Tag Archives: Mia Wasikowska

Leviticus review — Queer horror too obvious by half

June 18, 2026 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Adrian Chiarella | 88 min | ▲▲1/2 This new entry in queer horror from Australia comes freighted with hype — I'm sure given the recent success of low-budget horrors from emerging directors like Backrooms and Obsession, this film's distributors (NEON in the States, Elevation here in Canada) would be thrilled with… Read More

Bergman Island review — Summer sonata times two

October 13, 2021 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve | 112 min | Two screenings at Carbon Arc Cinema on Friday, October 15 As a FYI for new readers, I help program films at Carbon Arc Cinema in Halifax. The cinema offers tickets and screenings through their website and in person through fall and winter seasons (in non-pandemic… Read More

Judy and Punch review — Woozy tone scuppers unique concept

June 8, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mirrah Foulkes | 105 min | On Demand This film's an awkward, farcical comedy based around ye olde British seaside entertainment, the Punch & Judy puppet show. It's set in the medieval village of Seaside — nowhere near the sea — where married puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and Punch (Damon Herriman)… Read More

Reviews: London Town, Alice Through The Looking Glass, Calvary, London Has Fallen

February 4, 2017 flawintheiris

London Town Directed by Derrick Borte | Written by Matt Brown, based on the screenplay Untitled Joe Strummer Project by Sonya Gildea and Kirsten Sheridan | 92 min | iTunes and VOD Shay Baker (Daniel Huttlestone) is a 14-year-old living in '70s Wanstead, an East London suburb. Dad Nick (Dougray Scott) moves pianos for a… Read More

Crimson Peak review — More Gothic, Less Horror

October 20, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, Written by Del Toro and Matthew Robbins | 119 min | VOD This week I noted that Bridge of Spies had some misleading advertising with a somewhat misleading title: It's more a historical drama than a spy movie. For Crimson Peak's promotional assault, the actors and director have been calling… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2014: Day Eight—Cronenberg, The Guest, and that’s a wrap!

September 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Is it possible it's all over so soon? Must be since I was sitting in a packed house for David Cronenberg's Maps To The Stars on Thursday night, and a week ago I was at the Cohn for the disappointing opener, Elephant Song. As a closer, the Cronenberg film was typically discomfiting from the Canadian provocateur—even… Read More

Tracks review

June 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by John Curran, written by Marion Nelson from a book by Robyn Davidson Tracks is one of the summer's gems, and easily one of the best movies so far this year. I saw it last year at the Atlantic Film Festival, and am happy to see it a second time. It's based on the true… Read More

Blockbuster Blues 2014: The Good and The Grim Prospects for This Season at The Movies

May 14, 2014 flawintheiris

This summer's blockbuster selection looks pretty dire, I gotta say. In April we had Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Transcendence. This month we've got The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past. These are big-budget science fiction and fantasy films, highly anticipated, which make all in the Nerd Nation very happy—and me too. But the first three are… Read More

Atlantic Film Festival 2013: Day 8: Atlantic Shorts Gala, Tracks, Awards and Festival Wrap

September 20, 2013 flawintheiris

I got to see two programs of Atlantic Shorts this year, fewer than I'd have liked, but sometimes that's just how it goes. The Shorts Gala, which I caught in its encore presentation, was stuffed with quality work. Here are a few that really grabbed me:Two Penny Road Kill by Lisa Rose SnowA lovely tale… Read More

Stoker review

March 23, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Park Chan-Wook | Written by Wentworth Miller and Erin Cressida Wilson | 98 min | On Demand A little like if Dark Shadows was played totally straight, Stoker is a concoction both fluffy and gothic, a self-conscious Hitchcock pastiche that dances on the edge of camp before eventually becoming the thing it pretends to be. Park… Read More