Tag Archives: Nicole Holofcener

You Hurt My Feelings review — The truth may hurt, but the movie’s hysterical

May 26, 2023 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener | 93 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Someone in a movie once said it's hard to get through the day without a juicy rationalization. The same can be said for a white lie. Where would we be if we had to be 100% honest with the people around us all the… Read More

The Last Duel review — Potent story gets stuck in Rashomon mud

October 21, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Ridley Scott | Written by Nicole Holofcener, Ben Affleck, and Matt Damon based on books by Eric Jager | 152 min | Crave Plus It's late 14th Century Normandy, where aristocratic men wear armour and strut about doing what they like, puffing up with pride, while women suffer at their hands. That's the… Read More

Can You Ever Forgive Me? review — Perfectly pitched tale of forgery and loneliness

November 20, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Marielle Heller | Written by Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, based on the book by Lee Israel | 106 min You might never have heard of Lee Israel, and that wouldn't be a surprise. She was a journalist, a writer of celebrity profiles when once you could make a living doing just that.… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2013

January 3, 2014 flawintheiris

I measure the best movies of any year by a visceral reaction: When I walk out of the cinema (or away from my home screen, as the case may be) how much do I want to see it a second time, and how soon? Rewatchability is important. With that in mind, please find below a… Read More

Enough Said review

October 21, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener | On Demand Holofcener is the writer-director of a number of awkwardly funny American indie films. To call them comedies, or romantic comedies, is too reductive. They're independent films, and tend to avoid easy catagorization, but centre on urban relationships, about women and men and their friendships and love… Read More