Tag Archives: Ethan Hawke

The Magnificent Seven (2016) review — Old and young guns shoot straight enough in western remake

October 2, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Antoine Fuqua | Written by Richard Wenk and Nic Pizzolato, based on the screenplays for The Magnificent Seven (1960) by William Roberts and The Seven Samurai (1954) by Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Hideo Oguni | 133 min A remake of a remake of a remake, this newest tale of hired guns helping out a village… Read More

#AFF2016 Opening Gala: Maudie review

September 16, 2016 flawintheiris

This year's festival got off to a strong start with the Opening Gala screening of Maudie and the annual party, this one taking place at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the perfect location given the subject of the film, folk artist Maud Lewis. Like the last AFF, the opening film was screened at the Rebecca… Read More

The AFF 2016 Atlantic Program Announced

August 10, 2016 flawintheiris

On Wednesday morning the Atlantic Film Festival announced their program of films from the Atlantic region to screen at the annual festival, which runs September 15-22. The national and international films are announced in two weeks, on August 24. There are a few strong contenders in this year's list. I'm interested in seeing Bruce McDonald's new… Read More

Born To Be Blue review — The thrill is gone

March 17, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Robert Budreau | 97 min. | ▲▲△△△ I've come to the end of my patience with the conventional musical biopic. It takes some directorial imagination to upend the cliches and do something fresh in the genre, as Bill Pohlad did last year with a dual narrative in the Brian Wilson picture Love & Mercy.… Read More

10 Best Under-the-Radar Films of 2015

December 31, 2015 flawintheiris

As I mentioned the other day in my look back at 2015 in the cinema, my Top 10 of 2015 will be coming soon, once I've caught up on a few more pictures. In the meantime, here's another list to consider. As per usual, plenty of the year's best cinema found their way to us on… Read More

Good Kill review — Strong subject but weak execution in drone war movie

May 15, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Andrew Niccol Niccol's work is never less than interesting. He wrote The Truman Show, and wrote and directed Gattaca, Sim0ne, Lord of War, In Time, and now Good Kill. He explores science fiction, but he also has a sense of the contradictions of our age: the way our media and technology can both… Read More

Predestination review — A twisted tale of time travel

February 11, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig, adapting the short story All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein. Time travel movies keep on coming. Last year we had X-Men: Days of Future Past, which was quite a bit of fun, and now in cinemas are two movies that take audiences across time—Project Almanac and The… Read More

Boyhood review

August 14, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Richard Linklater In December of this year when people like me consider the stand-out feature films of the past 12 months, Boyhood will distinguish itself from the pack for one undeniable reason: it took 12 years to make. Starting back in the GW Bush era, Linklater gathered a small cast together… Read More

Before Midnight review

June 15, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Richard Linklater Written by Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, based on characters by Linklater and Kim Krizan What might have been film history's most unlikely—and delightful—sequel gets a sequel. Back in 1995 Linklater told a story in Before Sunrise that had the tang of authenticity and autobiography; two 20-somethings meet on a… Read More

Reviews: Your Sister’s Sister, People Like Us, The Woman in the Fifth, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, Safety Not Guaranteed

December 19, 2012 flawintheiris

I've spent some time recently catching up with movies I missed in cinemas, either because they opened and closed too quickly or didn't open at all in my town. Here are a few notables now out on DVD. Your Sister's Sister Written and directed by Lynn Shelton This film is some kind of perfect, tiny… Read More