Tag Archives: Chaitanya Tamhane

The Disciple review — A life in art, its glory and disappointment

May 13, 2021 flawintheiris

The Disciple | Written and Directed by Chaitanya Tamhane | 130 min | Netflix An earlier version of this review was posted on FITI in September 2020 as part of my coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival. Back in 2015, Carbon Arc Cinema screened Chaitanya Tamhane’s first feature, Court, the delightfully droll satire of the Indian criminal… Read More

Top 15 Films of 2020

January 4, 2021 flawintheiris

Every year I assemble a list of the 10 best feature films (and sometimes documentaries) I saw in the past 12 months, and with it an accompanying collection of 10 "Under-The-Radar" pictures — the more peculiar, less mainstream, hidden gems worth seeking out. I figure that list could be more useful to a cinephile looking… Read More

#TIFF2020 Reviews — Concrete Cowboy, The Disciple, Inconvenient Indian

September 15, 2020 flawintheiris

Concrete Cowboy | Directed by Ricky Staub | Written by Staub and Dan Walser, based on the book by Greg Neri | 111 min Knowing this film is based on a Young Adult novel explains a lot about a narrative that seems a lot less complex than it promises to be early on. Fourteen-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin,… Read More

Carbon Arc Reviews: The Second Mother, When Marnie Was There, Phoenix, The Wolfpack, A Poem Is A Naked Person, The New Girlfriend, Tangerine, Court, Dough, Jimmy’s Hall, The Russian Woodpecker

November 16, 2015 flawintheiris

This fall I've been part of the talented crew who program films and help out at Carbon Arc screenings taking place at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. Here are my thoughts on each of the films we screened. (Carbon Arc Cinema returns in the first week of February, 2016.) The Second Mother Written… Read More