Tag Archives: Bruno Ganz

A Hidden Life review — Beautiful to see, but distant

April 10, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Terrence Malick | 174 min | On Demand In 1939, in St Radegund, a remote mountain village in Austria, live Franz and Fani Jägerstätter (August Diehl and Valerie Pachner) and their kids. They're staunch Catholics who work off the land, the beautiful meadows and hills over which dark clouds form, providing… Read More

The Party (2017) review — Send your regrets

March 1, 2018 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Sally Potter, with Walter Donohue, story editor | 71 minutes It's not often I actually regret sitting through a movie, given my passion for the medium, but the greatest mercy Sally Potter's The Party bestows on audiences is its brevity, which, in this case, barely approaches the soul of wit. Patricia Clarkson… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2015: Post Five — I hit the wall

September 22, 2015 flawintheiris

I had big plans for making Day 5 at the AFF a three feature day, but I couldn't do it. I think I'm still recovering from yesterday's movie marathon, and the emotional depth charge that was Room. Despite the appeal of Ethan Hawke and his trumpet skills, the serious draw of an Icelandic goat drama,… Read More

Reviews: Assassin, Copenhagen, Night Train To Lisbon, Son Of A Gun, and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her

July 9, 2015 flawintheiris

And now for some recent releases on VOD, iTunes, Netflix, Blu-Ray and the like. Assassin A London hitman named Jamie (Danny Dyer) works for a pair of shady gangster brothers (Martin and Gary Kemp, Spandau Ballet founders who were terrific as another pair of gangster brothers years back in The Krays). On his off hours… Read More

The Counselor review

October 27, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley ScottWritten by Cormac McCarthyThis is the first screenplay written directly for the big screen by Pulitzer Prize-winning McCarthy, whose dusty, western novels often concern themselves with the darkness in men's hearts—adapted in movies like No Country For Old Men and All The Pretty Horses, as well as the post-apocalyptic The Road. This,… Read More