Tag Archives: Catherine Deneuve

The Truth review — Charming French dramedy from renowned filmmaker

July 9, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda | Written by Hirokazu Koreeda and Ken Liu | 106 min | On Demand A frequently amusing, frequently melancholy family drama with a few undeniable meta overlaps to real life that help keep things interesting from the director of Shoplifters, a film I was in the minority for not loving. Catherine Deneuve… Read More

Remembering Alan Rickman and David Bowie

January 16, 2016 flawintheiris

It's been a rough week, absorbing the news that actor, writer, and director Alan Rickman, and creative icon David Bowie, have died. Both were 69. A Shakespearean thesp in the UK, most audiences in North America were introduced to Alan Rickman with the one-two punch of Die Hard (1988) and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). He's remarkable… Read More

Remembering Tony Scott

August 20, 2012 flawintheiris

It wasn't cool to say you were a fan of Tony Scott's movies. Among cine-snob circles, anyway. His work was too commercial, too mainstream. He wasn't an auteur because he didn't write his own features. And Ridley, his older brother, got more acclaim, won more awards and had a bigger fanbase thanks to Alien and… Read More