Tag Archives: Saul Rubinek

From The Vault: Highpoint (1982) review

June 1, 2025 flawintheiris

Directed by Peter Carter | Written by Dick Guttman and Ian Sutherland | 87 min | ▲1/2 | DVD It felt appropriate on the weekend of the Canadian Screen Awards to dig into the dark, dirty past of the Canadian movie business. Highpoint was made during the much-maligned tax shelter years in Canadian film, a time… Read More

BlackBerry review — Glitchy software scuppers tech comedy

May 11, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Matt Johnson | Written by Johnson with Matthew Miller, from a book by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff | 119 min | ▲▲△△△ BlackBerry has the distinct disadvantage of being the third movie this season serving as a biography of a product. The first two were the entertaining 1980s international caper Tetris, about… Read More

The Song of Names review — Middlebrow mystery never hits high note

January 10, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by François Girard | Written by Jeffrey Caine, based on the novel by Norman Lebrecht | 113 min | Crave Plus 1951: London, a 22-year old Polish-born violin prodigy, Dovidl Rapoport, is expected to debut on the West End stage. He doesn't show up, then vanishes. 1986: Martin, the English boy he grew up… Read More

Now on Canadian Netflix: December 2018

December 19, 2018 flawintheiris

Roma One could make an argument last year's Mudbound was the feature that signalled Netlfix's prestige drama interest, readying their horses for the annual Oscar race. Roma is really the tipping point, a film with the critical momentum to suggest it could actually take the Best Picture statuette. I'd be surprised, simply because it's much… Read More