Tag Archives: Jason Eisener

Rutger Hauer on Gottingen Street

April 6, 2026 flawintheiris

In May 2010, The Coast published my feature story about Hobo With A Shotgun, one of the biggest homegrown movies to blast out of Dartmouth and leave a big hole in Halifax. Hobo was directed by Jason Eisener, Written by John Davies, and produced by Rob Cotterill. It stars Rutger Hauer in the title role,… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 7 — Big-Budget Fantasy

August 25, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

In Cinemas: August 28, 2015 — We Are Your Friends, No Escape, Turbo Kid, Testament Of Youth

August 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Ah, the last week of August. Along with mid-February, this counts as one of Hollywood's real dumping grounds, a time of year they'll release movies they have next to no confidence in or they don't know how to market. I think their working theory is that people are in transit, students are going back to… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 3: V/H/S 2, Jeune & Jolie and Blackfish

September 15, 2013 flawintheiris

As I mentioned about last night's There Are Monsters, I'm no fan of the found-footage genre. And yet I thought Jay Dahl managed to take it to a new, almost abstract place in his film. And to the makers of V/H/S 2, I want to say I was impressed with how you creatively shoe-horned the conceit into your anthology… Read More

The Atlantic Film Festival 2012: Parties and premieres, The Disappeared review

September 14, 2012 flawintheiris

The AFF opening night party is always a blast—even when the heat makes for a human stew, as it did at last year's venue. Last night's edition did not disappoint. Big kudos to the organizers who had the food and free cocktails—champagne followed by rye and ginger—running all evening. The site, the cavernous Cunard Centre,… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2007

August 29, 2012 flawintheiris

Yes, yes, I know. It is August 2012. But as I roll up to the second birthday of Flaw In The Iris at the end of this week, I'm looking back at film-related stuff I did in the days before the inception of this venue. I used to have an hour every week on CKDU… Read More

Hobo With A Shotgun review

March 24, 2011 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason EisenerWritten by Eisener and John DaviesThis is a tough movie for me to review. It was made in my town, starring an actor I've idolized since I was a kid, Rutger Hauer. I've interviewed the director on a number of occasions, most recently in this week's Coast cover story, which you can… Read More