Tag Archives: Julie Christie

Gordon Pinsent on Away From Her

May 16, 2026 flawintheiris

Here's the most recent in a series of interviews I conducted in the past with prominent actors and filmmakers. I was fortunate enough to speak with Sarah Polley for her first feature film, Away From Her, in 2007. I'm sorry to say that chat has been lost in time, but some of the details we… Read More

Glorious 39 review — Wartime mystery takes an odd turn

May 3, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Stephen Poliakoff | 129 min | Amazon Prime It was the sterling cast that drew me to this otherwise unknown 2009 British historical drama. How is it that a feature starring Bill Nighy, Juno Temple, Eddie Redmayne, David Tennant, Romola Garai, Charlie Cox, Jeremy Northam, Julie Christie (!) , Jenny Agutter,… Read More

Far From The Madding Crowd (2015) review — A handsome period romance

May 13, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, David Nicholls adapting the Thomas Hardy novel | Disney+ I miss Merchant Ivory. There, I've said it. During the heyday of the filmmaking team of Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, they created a brand of literary adaptations that ignited a genre of corset dramas, many of which were… Read More