Tag Archives: Gordon Pinsent

Gordon Pinsent on Away From Her

May 16, 2026 flawintheiris

Here's the most recent in a series of interviews I conducted in the past with prominent actors and filmmakers. I was fortunate enough to speak with Sarah Polley for her first feature film, Away From Her, in 2007. I'm sorry to say that chat has been lost in time, but some of the details we… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2015: Post Five — I hit the wall

September 22, 2015 flawintheiris

I had big plans for making Day 5 at the AFF a three feature day, but I couldn't do it. I think I'm still recovering from yesterday's movie marathon, and the emotional depth charge that was Room. Despite the appeal of Ethan Hawke and his trumpet skills, the serious draw of an Icelandic goat drama,… Read More

The Grand Seduction review

May 30, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Don McKellar, written by Michael Dowse and Ken Scott. I saw this movie when it opened the 2013 Atlantic Film Festival. It was much beloved by the audience, and it's easy to understand why. The movie is a charming, slightly sassy tale of good people living in a Newfoundland fishing village who are… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013 Day 1: Paddle To The Ocean, The Grand Seduction and the Gala bash

September 13, 2013 flawintheiris

Though the Gala Opening movie is The Grand Seduction, Don McKellar's new picture, the first film of the festival I took in was Paddle To The Ocean, which shows on Friday at 4:30pm as part of Atlantic Shorts 1. I found it to be the perfect get-feet-wet (see what I did there?) entry for the… Read More

Argo review

October 25, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Ben AffleckWritten by Chris Terrio from a Joshuah Bearman article in Wired MagazineThis is a story I'm familiar with. My folks were in the Canadian diplomatic corps, so Canadian Ambassador to Iran in 1979, Ken Taylor, was something of a big deal in Dad's business. Taylor and his wife, Pat, helped get six… Read More