Tag Archives: Patricia Clarkson

She Said review — Journalism drama chronicles the fall of Weinstein

November 20, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Maria Schrader | Written by Maria Schrader, based on the New York Times investigation by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey | 128 min | ▲▲▲▲△ It's hard to underestimate the impact of this story that ran in The New York Times — along with a parallel piece that ran in the New Yorker… Read More

Reviews from the Vault Vol. 10 — A few more very good movies

October 7, 2019 flawintheiris

From 2005 to 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM in Halifax, every Sunday morning hosting The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

#FIN2018 reviews — The Bookshop, Under The Silver Lake

September 21, 2018 flawintheiris

The final day of the 2018 festival comes with mixed feelings. I'm exhausted, and picked up a cold on my way, but had a great week nonetheless. Big props to the organizers and programmers for bringing together a great collection of films. I especially enjoyed the quality of the documentaries this year, and while I… Read More

New on Canadian Netflix: August/September 2017

September 27, 2017 flawintheiris

Here are a cross-section of a number of mildly-to-solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) Death Note (2017) I was a big fan of Adam Wingard's The Guest (found elsewhere on this month's list), bit… Read More

Learning To Drive review — Moving drama, light-footed comedy

September 10, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Isabel Coixet | Written by Sarah Kernochan, based on an article by Katha Pollitt | 90 min. From the director of Elegy and the writer of the unacknowledged classic Impromptu comes an unlikely gem about a distraught New York literary critic and her burgeoning friendship with a driving instructor. The picture is being marketed as a… Read More

Top 10 of 2005 and 2006

August 24, 2015 flawintheiris

In a couple weeks this blog will be five years old. Accordingly, through the coming fortnight I'm gonna be taking a few looks back. As I've done before, I've stumbled upon some material from the vaults: My list of the best movies of 2005 and 2006, a list I put together for my four year movie broadcast… Read More

The East review

July 16, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Zal BatmanglijWritten by Batmanglij and Brit MarlingThough it has a rising star in the lead (Marling) and an Oscar-nominee in support (Ellen Page), this eco-thriller is an underdog in the landscape of summer releases, and well worth seeking out.Marling has made waves in recent years, as an actor, writer and producer, on films… Read More