Tag Archives: Chloë Sevigny

Kristen Stewart film reviews: Seberg, Lizzie, JT LeRoy, Underwater

June 4, 2020 flawintheiris

Kristen Stewart is working nonstop these days — she's been in five features in the past three years, the highest profile being Charlie's Angels, with Happiest Season still expected later in 2020. The actor achieved fame through the sparkly vampire-ridden Twilight series, but in recent years has pursued far more interesting and varied feature work.… Read More

Queen and Slim review — Outlaw tale undeniably potent

November 26, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Melina Matsoukas | Written by Lena Waithe and James Frey | 132 min | Netflix A first feature by a longtime music video director—her credits include collaborations with Rihanna and Beyoncé— with noted TV writer/actor Lena Waithe and A Million Little Pieces author James Frey, tells the story of two African Americans on… Read More

The Dead Don’t Die review — Zombie picture raises dead, laughs

June 20, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch | 104 min | On Demand Even the forever cool and laid-back Jim Jarmusch—whose previous work includes Down By Law, Night On Earth, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive, and Paterson—gets angry. You can feel him seething, and maybe even just a bit of his bitterness in the aftertaste… Read More

Lean On Pete review — Potent equine drama wins by a length

April 26, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Andrew Haigh | Written by Haigh, based on the novel by Willy Vlautin | 121 min Charley (Charlie Plummer) is an impoverished but self-reliant teenager living with his restless father (Travis Fimmel, another in his catalogue of self-involved dads, following Ragnar in Vikings) in Oregon, having just moved into the State. Charley picks up… Read More

The Snowman review — A watchable disaster

October 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Directed by Thomas Alfredson | Written by Peter Straughan, Hossein Amini, and Søren Sveistrup, based on a novel by Jo Nesbø | 119 min Are windows between bedrooms a thing in Norway? How about play rooms on commuter trains? And powerful industrialists who have subordinates find them sex slaves and present them in the back… Read More

Love & Friendship review — Jane Austen’s lighter side

June 9, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Whit Stillman | Adapting Jane Austen's Lady Susan | 92 min | On Demand | ▲▲▲▲△ Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) is a young widow, resigned to black lace and perpetual grieving. Not really though; she's far too busy manipulating everyone around her to waste time moping. She relies on the position… Read More