Tag Archives: Benny Safdie

Oppenheimer review — Haunting atomic drama echoes through time

July 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Christopher Nolan | Written by Nolan, based on the book American Prometheus by Martin Sherwin and Kai Bird | 180 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime The return of Nolan to serious, biographical work about men and war — following his spectacular Dunkirk — shows his ambition hasn't diminished one whit. This is a… Read More

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. review — Legendary YA novel finally arrives on the big screen

May 8, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig | Written by Craig, adapting the book by Judy Blume | 106 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Crave I'm of the generation that grew up, unfortunately, with stuff that was for boys and stuff that was for girls, and Judy Blume was definitely for girls. I was told in no uncertain… Read More

Stars At Noon review — Margaret Qualley makes it worth seeing

December 13, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Claire Denis | Written by Denis and Andrew Litvack, from a novel by Denis Johnson | 135 min | ▲▲▲△△ | On Digital and VOD Claire Denis is having a good month. Her film Beau Travail is Top 10 on Sight And Sound's Greatest Films of All Time, and her second English-language feature… Read More

Licorice Pizza review — ’70s nostalgia served on a giant slice

December 30, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson | 133 min | On Demand It's an interesting choice by the renowned American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, now in his 50s, to look backward. Not just make a film set in the early '70s, when he would've been a baby, and where he grew up — the… Read More

Uncut Gems review — Gambling thriller a symphony of tension

January 7, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by the Safdie Brothers | Written by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, and Ronald Bronstein | 135 min | Netflix The Safdie Brothers' new feature concentrates further the caffeinated charge of their last film, Good Time. It's the story of a New York jeweller and gambling addict whose life goes off the rails over a… Read More