Tag Archives: David Robert Mitchell

Reviews: Vox Lux, On The Basis Of Sex, Bumblebee, Destination Wedding, The Mummy, Under The Silver Lake

May 1, 2019 flawintheiris

Vox Lux Brady Corbet's film is a strange animal, a drama about a pop star that's also a treatise on fame and the responsibility of art to inspire both violence and healing. Not all of its ideas work, but it deserves kudos for what it tries to do more than what it succeeds at. The… Read More

#FIN2018 reviews — The Bookshop, Under The Silver Lake

September 21, 2018 flawintheiris

The final day of the 2018 festival comes with mixed feelings. I'm exhausted, and picked up a cold on my way, but had a great week nonetheless. Big props to the organizers and programmers for bringing together a great collection of films. I especially enjoyed the quality of the documentaries this year, and while I… Read More

It Follows review — A creepfest of the highest order

March 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell | 101 min | Amazon Prime The last time I was so pleasantly perplexed by a genre picture it was Jonathan Glazer's Under The Skin, which came out last May. This is another puzzler with powerful undercurrents of sex and death, both an indie teen movie and a horror, often… Read More