Tag Archives: Janusz Kaminski

A Decade of FITI reviews: Lincoln (2012)

January 31, 2022 flawintheiris

Hello faithful reader! Carsten here. Having written thousands of reviews over the (actually more than) 10 years of this blog, I figured it might be fun to go into the vault and bring dusty, perhaps forgotten reviews back into the light. Expect these to show up around once a week for the next little while.… Read More

West Side Story (2021) review — Spielberg refreshes classic musical

December 11, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Tony Kushner, from the stage play and book by Arthur Laurents | 156 min | Amazon Prime, Hoopla Why remake a beloved musical — even if you go back to the original stage show? It seems a wildly counter-intuitive move, doomed to fail because those who loved the… Read More

Bridge of Spies review — Antiquated Crossings

October 16, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Matt Charman, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen | 141 min Don't believe the marketing. Yes, Bridge Of Spies is set in the late 1950s and early '60s, based on a true story, and yes, it's set in the intelligence community of the United States, the Soviet Union, and… Read More

Lincoln review

November 25, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by Tony Kushner, adapting Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns GoodwinI walked into Spielberg's newest historical epic expecting a handsome, serious and somewhat sentimental movie (thanks to the director's undeniable skill and irrepressible mushiness), beautiful to see (thanks to cinematographer Janusz Kaminski) with an acting clinic… Read More

War Horse review

January 7, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, from the book by Michael MorpurgoSitting in a mostly empty movie theatre watching Spielberg's new epic movie, I playfully imagined what War Horse would be like as directed by Terrence Malick, probably because I just reviewed 2011 and Malick's The Tree of Life featured prominently.… Read More