Tag Archives: David Lowery

Mother Mary review — A song of bloody absolution

April 25, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David Lowery | 112 min | ▲▲▲1/2 As a filmmaker, Lowery is tough to pin down. He doesn't stick to a lot of recognizable themes or genres, but instead bounces around. The indie western Ain't Them Bodies Saints was probably the first time I took note of his work, and while… Read More

The Green Knight review — Beautiful to see, but stolid

July 31, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed and Written by David Lowery | 130 min | Amazon Prime Count on the American indie studio A24 to deliver a counter-programming punch to the summer movie slate, a psychedelic adaptation of the ancient poem Sir Gawain and The Green Knight from the filmmaker responsible for the unaccountably overrated A Ghost Story. Lowery also gave… Read More

The Old Man & The Gun review — A feel-good tribute to a cinema icon

October 29, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by David Lowery | Written by Lowery from a New Yorker article by David Grann | 93 min Few icons can cast Robert Redford's cultural shadow. We've known his work for more than 50 years as a leading man, director, and filmmaking force, founder of the Sundance Film Festival. This utterly disarming feature film… Read More

A Ghost Story review — A melancholy slog

August 9, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David Lowery | 92 min A Ghost Story is a feature with three or four ideas, one of which is good. It stretches what would have made a clever, perhaps even poignant short film to more than an hour and a half, forcing its audience to experience the eternal ennui of the… Read More