Tag Archives: Isabelle Huppert

EO review — Donkey drama works as a mirror

November 24, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski | Written by Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska | 86 min | ▲▲▲△△ | Carbon Arc Cinema Expecting to see this garlanded picture — it won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and is Poland's official Oscar entry for Best International Film — I made a point to watch the… Read More

Mrs Harris Goes To Paris review — Fashion fairy tale a lovely surprise

August 2, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Anthony Fabian | Written by Fabian, Carroll Cartwright, Keith Thompson and Olivia Hetreed, based on a novel by Paul Gallico | 115 min | ▲▲▲▲△ My research about this picture revealed a TV movie adaptation of the source novel, by it's original title, Mrs 'Arris Goes To Paris, was made in 1992. It… Read More

New On Canadian Netflix: June/July 2017

July 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Here are a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) *One note: In May I recommended Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, a film when I first saw it back… Read More

#AFF2016 — Women Who Kill, L’Avenir (Things To Come) reviews

September 19, 2016 flawintheiris

Women Who Kill Written and Directed by Ingrid Jungermann | 93 min Morgan (writer/director Jungermann) and Jean (Ann Carr) are ex-lovers who co-host a podcast about female serial killers and live together in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Their morbid fascination with ladies who deal death isn't entirely explained, but it does bind them together in ways… Read More

Reviews: Assassin, Copenhagen, Night Train To Lisbon, Son Of A Gun, and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her

July 9, 2015 flawintheiris

And now for some recent releases on VOD, iTunes, Netflix, Blu-Ray and the like. Assassin A London hitman named Jamie (Danny Dyer) works for a pair of shady gangster brothers (Martin and Gary Kemp, Spandau Ballet founders who were terrific as another pair of gangster brothers years back in The Krays). On his off hours… Read More

The Atlantic Film Festival 2012: Love (Amour)

September 19, 2012 flawintheiris

When I read the glowing reviews for this film coming out of Cannes (where it won the big prize, the Palme D'Or), it was described as about an elderly couple dealing with dementia. I wondered if it would be like Away From Her, but that film was never referenced in comparison. Makes sense, now that… Read More