Tag Archives: Jeremy Saulnier

Rebel Ridge review — Action thriller could use a little more action

September 24, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier | 131 min | ▲▲▲△△| Netflix When Saulnier emerged on the American indie filmmaking scene with Blue Ruin and Green Room, alongside filmmakers like Taylor Sheridan and Dan Gilroy he seemed like a natural to carry that great tradition of Hollywood thrillers into the future. He stumbled slightly with… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: October 2018

October 2, 2018 flawintheiris

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society A fine, romantic period drama, stewed in the bones of 84 Charing Cross Road and any number of WWII-era tales of British privation. This most clumsily-titled film earned a cinematic release in the UK, but not here. It's too bad because it's a good-looking picture, with lovely seaside… Read More

LENS ME YOUR EARS: Ep. 019 “New Filmmakers”

May 2, 2016 flawintheiris

The podcast I co-host with Stephen Cooke is back after a brief hiatus with a show about up-and-coming filmmakers who've caught our attention. Included in the discussion are Jeff Nichols, Jean-Marc Vallée, Denis Villeneuve, Jeremy Saulnier, Ryan Coogler, and many more. Check it out, and our other recent LENS ME YOUR EARS podcasts, here on… Read More

Reviews: Ida, Blue Ruin, The One I Love, White Bird In A Blizzard

December 31, 2014 flawintheiris

A few impressions of films now available on one of the alternative platforms—Netflix, DVD, Blu-Ray, VOD, iTunes, what have you—that didn't open in local cinemas. Ida A spare and gorgeous black and white drama from filmmaker Pawel Pawilikowski (My Summer of Love, The Woman In The Fifth), Ida is set in Communist Poland in the… Read More