Tag Archives: Golshifteh Farahani

Extraction II review — Daddy issues, armed to the teeth

June 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Sam Hargrave | Written by Joe Russo, based on the graphic novel Ciudad by the Joe and Anthony Russo, Ande Parks, and Fernando León González | 122 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Netflix The first movie in this franchise arrived at a unique time. It was the spring of 2020. I was in lockdown and… Read More

Extraction (2020) review — Quality big-screen action on the small screen

May 7, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Sam Hargrave | Written by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, and Ande Parks, based on the graphic novel Ciudad by the Russos, Parks, and Fernando León González | 116 min | Netflix Before we all get back to seeing things in the cinema, we're going to have films released on demand or on streaming services… Read More

#FIN2019 Day Three — Arab Blues, Parasite reviews

September 15, 2019 flawintheiris

Arab Blues (Un Divan a Tunis) A tart surprise, biting into this satiric comedy, one that made me wonder what the Tunisian authorities thought of it. I gather the film was largely financed in France. Selma (Golshifteh Farahani of Paterson and Rosewater) was born in Tunisia but raised in Paris. Now a psychotherapist, she comes… Read More

#AFF2016 — The Rehearsal, Paterson, Below Her Mouth reviews

September 22, 2016 flawintheiris

The Rehearsal Directed by Alison Maclean | Written by Maclean and Emily Perkins, adapting the novel by Eleanor Catton | 102 min The Rehearsal is an unexpected pleasure, a New Zealand picture about drama school students that goes interesting places. Stanley (James Rolleston) is 18 and one of those students. He's a little awkward, but the classes… Read More