Tag Archives: Gina McKee

The End We Start From review — Jodie Comer survives watery apocalypse

February 14, 2024 flawintheiris

A capsule version of this review appeared on FITI during my coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2023. Directed by Mahalia Belo | Written by Alice Birch from the Megan Hunter novel | 102 min | ▲▲▲△△ | VOD and Digital Platforms Alice Birch is the writer of the series, Normal People,… Read More

My Policeman review — Another sad gay love story

November 6, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Michael Grandage | Written by Ron Nyswaner from the novel by Bethan Roberts | 113 min | ▲▲△△△ | Amazon Prime A version of this review appeared on FITI at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in September. I sometimes feel like French cinema has perfected the melodrama, so nobody else should attempt… Read More

20 Best Movies on Amazon Prime (From the 20th Century)

May 24, 2021 flawintheiris

I started with Netflix, notorious for having a shallow catalogue of older movies, then went on to Disney's new service, Star. Now I'm having a look at Prime, which actually boasts a bigger variety of films 21 years or older. Here's some of the best available now: Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) This is Werner… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 10 — A few more very good movies

October 7, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More