Tag Archives: Alexander Skarsgaard

The Diary Of A Teenage Girl review — The Truth About Teen Lust

August 20, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Marielle Heller, Written by Heller adapting the Phoebe Gloeckner illustrated novel It's a sticky proposition: How do you tell the story of a 15-year-old girl who loses her virginity to her mother's 35-year-old boyfriend, complete with lots of nudity and sex scenes, without it being queasy-making, salacious, or exploitative? The Diary Of A… Read More

The East review

July 16, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Zal BatmanglijWritten by Batmanglij and Brit MarlingThough it has a rising star in the lead (Marling) and an Oscar-nominee in support (Ellen Page), this eco-thriller is an underdog in the landscape of summer releases, and well worth seeking out.Marling has made waves in recent years, as an actor, writer and producer, on films… Read More

Melancholia review

November 27, 2011 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Lars von TrierI've said it before and will again: von Trier is a provocateur. That he's from Denmark, my mother's homeland, the most prominent director to emerge from 1995's Dogma movement—a rigorous aesthetic that he's long since shirked—makes his films interesting to me, but I rarely want to see them again.… Read More