Tag Archives: Renate Reinsve

Backrooms review — The deep, undeniable fear of liminal spaces

June 1, 2026 flawintheiris

Directed by Kane Parsons | Written by Parsons and Will Soodik | 110 min | ▲▲▲▲ | In Cinemas It's rare to go see a movie where when you step outside the screening room you immediately see the world in the frame of that movie. When you come out of Backrooms everything looks a little...… Read More

Sentimental Value review — Superb from start to finish

November 28, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed bu Joachim Trier | Written by Trier and Eskil Vogt | 133 min | ▲▲▲▲▲ | Amazon Prime An earlier version of this review appeared on FITI during coverage of the Atlantic International Film Festival A second time watching Sentimental Value, away from the subcutaneous hum of the festival season, confirms what I suspected… Read More

Winter-Spring 2025 Season at Carbon Arc Cinema

May 10, 2025 flawintheiris

This weekend is the Animation Festival of Halifax, in its 14th year. It's put on by the good people at Carbon Arc Cinema, where I'm a volunteer programmer and artistic director. Carbon Arc used to go on hiatus during the summer, which made the festival the natural conclusion to our busiest time, when the days… Read More

A Different Man review — Only skin deep

October 3, 2024 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Aaron Schimberg | 112 min | ▲▲△△△ | Crave This is bit of a confounding picture, a satire based on a foundation of interesting ideas and happy to play with them, but the commitment to the bit sends it off the rails in the last act. A Different Man wants to… Read More

The Worst Person In The World review — Norwegian romance births new star

February 17, 2022 flawintheiris

The Worst Person In The World (orig. title: Verdens verste menneske) | Directed by Joachim Trier | Written by Trier and Eskil Vogt | 127 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | VOD A version of this review originally appeared on FITI in September 2021 when I caught this film at FIN: Atlantic International Film Festival. The third part… Read More