Tag Archives: Hong Chau

Showing Up review — Kelly Reichardt’s indie spirit reemerges

June 8, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Kelly Reichardt | Written by Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond | 107 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Carbon Arc Cinema The corner of American indie cinema that Reichardt comfortably inhabits is akin to indie folk rock of the early 2000s — entirely lo-fi and earnest and in no hurry to get where it's going. I… Read More

The Whale review — Brendan Fraser career best in stage-bound drama

December 23, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Darren Aronofsky | Written by Samuel D Hunter, from his play | 117 min | ▲▲▲△△ A version of this review appeared on FITI in September 2022 from the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s hard not to think of The Wrestler when watching this movie, how Darren Aronofsky’s 2008 film gave the role of… Read More

My Policeman, Living, and The Whale reviews #TIFF22

September 12, 2022 flawintheiris

My Policeman | Directed by Michael Grandage | Written by Ron Nyswaner from the novel by Bethan Roberts | 113 min I sometimes feel like French cinema has perfected the melodrama, so nobody else should attempt it. I felt that way with My Policeman, an aggressively average attempt at melodrama with a queer twist. Pop… Read More

Downsizing review — Bigger and more peculiar than it sounds

January 4, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Alexander Payne | Written by Payne and Jim Taylor | 135 min It may be the prestige season's least-buzzed feature, but Alexander Payne, an award-winner for his wry, humanist dramedies (Sideways, The Descendants, Nebraska) has delivered a film that skews contrary to its marketing and to audience expectations. Don't let that put you… Read More