Tag Archives: Derek Cianfrance

Roofman review — Channing Tatum’s gentleman thief is a charmer

October 12, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek Cianfrance | Written by Cianfrance and Kirt Gunn | 126 min | ▲▲▲▲ Right off the bat, what makes Roofman so terrific is it's another tale about America today — even as it's set a few years in the past, there's something undeniably current about this story, which is based in fact.… Read More

Sound of Metal review — Riz Ahmed’s tour de force performance elevates drama

December 8, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Darius Marder | Written by Darius Marder, Abraham Marder, and Derek Cianfrance | 120 min | Netflix Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) is an addict, four years sober. He drums for a hard core band, and his partner, Lou (Olivia Cooke), is the front person. They've got a pretty good thing going on —… Read More

The Light Between Oceans review — Quality Melodrama Dashed on the Rocks

September 6, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek Cianfrance | Written by Cianfrance, adapting the novel by ML Stedman | 133 min | ▲▲▲△△ | VOD The arrival of a good melodrama is like the blooming of a corpse flower. It's rare enough to be a surprise, but it's still not something that's all together welcome—many don't appreciate them. (You know, because the… Read More

The Place Beyond The Pines review

April 24, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Derek Cianfrance Written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder Three stories, interlocked. The first: A stunt-driving motorcyclist (Ryan Gosling) returns to Schenectady, New York—a city whose name in Mohawk means, roughly, the title of this picture— and finds a woman (Eva Mendes) and an infant. Cycle guy decides to stay, to try and… Read More