Tag Archives: Chloé Zhao

Eternals review — Mystifying and muddled Marvel movie

November 5, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Chloé Zhao | Written by Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo | 157 min | In Cinemas Lemme be upfront with my connection with this material: I've read comics since I was a kid and I made mine Marvel, but I tended to steer clear of the cosmic tomes like the… Read More

Nomadland review — Beautiful, elemental, and essential

April 9, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder | 107 min | Disney Plus and Crave Plus A version of this review first appeared on Flaw In The Iris in September 2020, when it screened as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. There's no ignoring the accolades heaped upon… 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 Review — Nomadland

September 13, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder | 108 min The book this film is based on — Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century — is non-fiction. Its writer, Jessica Bruder, also wrote this article for Harpers, which informs the screenplay. Zhao uses non-actors in the picture including… Read More