Tag Archives: Lenny Abrahamson

Now on Canadian Netflix: Summer 2019

July 23, 2019 flawintheiris

To The Bone The first feature directed by Marti Noxon, whose name I’ve always associated with Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She also worked on Sharp Objects, the noirish HBO drama with Amy Adams who played a character with an addiction to self-harm. To The Bone is about Ellen (Lily Collins). She's 20 and anorexic, or… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2015: Fourth Post — Reviews of Room, Victoria, and The Stanford Prison Experiment. + AFF Awards

September 21, 2015 flawintheiris

It's the end of a 14-hour day at the film festival, but I have to write a few words about Room, which I got out of less than an hour ago. As I mentioned on Twitter, it'll be a hell of a year at the movies if I see anything else as powerful. I had a feeling… Read More

Frank review — Quirky, original, and moving

November 6, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson, written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan Frank is a strange little backstage comedy/drama on its surface. Underneath it's a solemn examination of damaged people inside a circle of attention and creativity. It's maybe got a dash of Almost Famous, but it's far more peculiar. You should know, a favourable comparison… Read More