Tag Archives: Hugh Thompson

Splinters review — Nova Scotia-set queer drama eases through grief

October 26, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Thom Fitzgerald | Written by Fitzgerald, based on the play by Lee-Anne Poole | 94 min | At Neptune Theatre in Halifax This film debuted in these parts back at the FIN Atlantic International Film Festival in 2018 after having played at TIFF, and at the time was Fitzgerald's return to feature filmmaking… Read More

#FIN2020 Reviews — Shorts!

September 24, 2020 flawintheiris

At this year's FIN Atlantic International Film Festival I've taken in a couple of full shorts programs, and then a few other random shorts that caught my eye, all available online. There's more time to watch them now the the program has been extended to Sunday, given concern around Post-Tropical Storm Teddy, which didn't end… Read More

Stage Mother review — Drag dramedy turns Halifax into San Francisco

August 26, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Thom Fitzgerald | Written by Brad Hennig | 93 min | On Demand and In Cinemas In 2020 it's fair to call Thom Fitzgerald a Nova Scotia filmmaking legend. It was 23 years ago his debut, The Hanging Garden, was an international sensation. In the years since he's carved out a career as… Read More

#FIN2018 reviews — Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, Hopeless Romantic, Halloween Party

September 15, 2018 flawintheiris

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch It's been something, watching Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky meld their visual storytelling from Manufactured Landscapes (2006) to Watermark (2013) to this, completing the trilogy with cinematographer Nicholas de Pencier, an observation of the sublime beauty and horror of human industry. This final film is simply about the nightmare of there being… Read More