Tag Archives: Haley Lu Richardson

After Yang review — Thoughtful but distant science fiction

May 30, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kogonada | Based on a short story by Alexander Weinstein | 96 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Crave When I first saw Columbus, the first feature film by documentarian and video-maker Kogonada, I was a bit nonplussed. I admired the formality of his filmmaking, the framing and deliberate lack of camera movement… Read More

Operation Finale review — Nazi hunter drama on target, mostly

June 20, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Chris Weitz | Written by Matthew Orton | 122 min | Netflix As a dramatization of Israeli agents' Argentine efforts to secure and extract the fugitive Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi "Architect of the Final Solution," it's hard to believe this picture was made in 2018. It moves and twists and shakes like a… Read More

Unbreakable (2000) and Split (2017) reviews — Filmmaker connects his films across two decades

January 17, 2019 flawintheiris

With the sequel Glass opening on Friday, January 18, I thought it worthwhile to rewatch its predecessors. My review of Split is a light rewriting of the original from February, 2017. Unbreakable | Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan | 106 min | (2000) Shyamalan is one of the few directors working who has a brand,… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: Spring 2018

May 10, 2018 flawintheiris

Mute (2018) A sci-fi thriller half a mess and half an interesting exercise in style. That it comes from Duncan Jones, the filmmaker responsible for Moon, Source Code, and, yes, Warcraft, hopes were high this would be a strong genre entry, but Mute never hits above its pulpy elements. We're in future Berlin, which looks… Read More

Carbon Arc’s 2017 Fall Season

November 26, 2017 flawintheiris

Another rousing collection of films screened at Carbon Arc Cinema from the end of September through November. Halifax's Independent Cinema series will now take a break. We will be back in early February with another collection of international and independent films. I wasn't able to see all the screenings this fall—I missed The Midwife, The Teacher,… Read More

Split review — Form returns for suspense thriller filmmaker

February 11, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by M. Night Shyamalan | 117 min | On Demand Shyamalan is one of the few directors who has a brand, and one who's seen that brand dragged through the mud. For awhile now, the name M. Night Shyamalan has been shorthand for shlocky genre pictures, his go-to favourite storytelling crutch—a third act… Read More

The Edge of Seventeen review — Teen movie of the year

November 23, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig | 104 min | Netflix Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) is a junior in high school and she's struggling. Her father died four years ago, leaving her neurotic mother (Kyra Sedgwick) raising two teenagers alone. Nadine's brother, Darian (Blake Jenner), was always the golden boy, the popular one free of… Read More

The Bronze review — Fame-whore redemption comedy

March 16, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Bryan Buckley | Written by Melissa and Winston Rauch | 108 min | ▲▲▲△△ If you're a certain age you'll recall the perfect, sickeningly wholesome image of Mary Lou Retton, the American gymnast who took home gold at the 1984 Olympics. Hope Greggory is Retton if she only won a bronze, but dined out on… Read More