Tag Archives: Samantha Bee

Sisters review — Fey and Poehler’s party pad

December 26, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Jason Moore | Written by Paula Pell | 118 min | ▲▲▲△△ So much of what makes Hollywood comedies memorable is a balancing of tone between the gags and the narrative. It's about believing that the characters live and breathe outside the frame of the film, that they go on after it's over. It's… 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