Tag Archives: François Ozon

Winter 2026 Season at Carbon Arc Cinema

May 10, 2026 flawintheiris

As regular FITI readers will know, I am a programmer and longtime volunteer at Carbon Arc Cinema here in Halifax. Over the past year as a community we've grown exponentially, showing films over four (sometimes even five) nights a week, a robust mix of independent, international, Canadian and documentary film. The films come so thick… Read More

#FIN2019 Day Six — Hugh Hefner’s After Dark: Speaking Out In America, Grâce à Dieu reviews

September 18, 2019 flawintheiris

Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out In America A look back at the Playboy founder's ventures into television in the 1950s and 1960s, with an assembly of footage from his variety/talk shows Playboy's Penthouse and Playboy After Dark, shows that challenged American television audiences for a couple seasons about a decade apart. According to Brigitte… Read More

Carbon Arc Reviews: The Second Mother, When Marnie Was There, Phoenix, The Wolfpack, A Poem Is A Naked Person, The New Girlfriend, Tangerine, Court, Dough, Jimmy’s Hall, The Russian Woodpecker

November 16, 2015 flawintheiris

This fall I've been part of the talented crew who program films and help out at Carbon Arc screenings taking place at the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History. Here are my thoughts on each of the films we screened. (Carbon Arc Cinema returns in the first week of February, 2016.) The Second Mother Written… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 3: V/H/S 2, Jeune & Jolie and Blackfish

September 15, 2013 flawintheiris

As I mentioned about last night's There Are Monsters, I'm no fan of the found-footage genre. And yet I thought Jay Dahl managed to take it to a new, almost abstract place in his film. And to the makers of V/H/S 2, I want to say I was impressed with how you creatively shoe-horned the conceit into your anthology… Read More