Tag Archives: Steven Knight

Spencer review — Diana’s darkest days

November 8, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Pablo Larraín | Written by Steven Knight | 117 min | Crave Larraín is the Chilean auteur with a gift for compelling biographies of charismatic figures — Jackie and Neruda being two — as well as the kind of versatility to make movies like last year's electrifying Ema. Here he teams up with… Read More

Locked Down review — Light comedy delivers vicarious freedoms

January 15, 2021 flawintheiris

Directed by Doug Limon | Written by Steven Knight | 118 min | Crave Plus/HBO Max Let's take a look at the filmography of the key creatives behind the camera of Locked Down, the first big feature to directly address the Covid-19 pandemic: Director Doug Limon is probably best known for having directed The Bourne… Read More

Serenity (2019) review — Sweaty thriller spoiled in the twist

January 29, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Steven Knight | 106 min | Prime Video My co-host Stephen Cooke and I have been getting into the work of M. Night Shyamalan on our podcast, LENS ME YOUR EARS (Episode #74), where I out myself as an apologist for the Philadelphia filmmaker. I have time for a storyteller as… Read More

The Girl in the Spider’s Web review — Stylish thriller is too Bond-ed for comfort

November 12, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Fede Alvarez | Written by Alvarez, Jay Basu, and Steven Knight, from the book by David Lagercrantz, based on characters by Stieg Larsson | 117 min For Sony Columbia to dive back into this popular series of books so late in the game feels like a calculated gamble, but not one likely to… Read More

Allied review — Wartime spy drama a clunky bomb

November 24, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Robert Zemeckis | Written by Steven Knight | 124 min Zemeckis is a disciple of Spielberg, the creator of high-end Hollywood entertainment like Back To The Future, Forrest Gump, and Contact. More recently he's been as interested in computer generated imagery as in story and character, with films like last year's The Walk. It was a picture… Read More

Burnt review — There’s Sizzle in this Steak

October 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by John Wells | Written by Steven Knight, from a story by Michael Kalesniko | 100 min There was a time when Adam Jones (Bradley Cooper) was a hotshot chef in a high end Paris restaurant, but he lost it all to his attitude and addictions. After more than two years of detox and… Read More

Pawn Sacrifice review — The Politics of Chess Genius

September 28, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Edward Zwick | Written by Steven Knight, Stephen J. Rivele, and Christopher Wilkinson | 114 min. Despite myself, the question I always ask when I see a conventional biopic like this one: Would this material be more affecting as a documentary or as this feature? In this case I don't have to wonder.… Read More

Locke review

August 19, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Steven Knight I make a big deal about it when a quality film doesn't get distribution in cinemas here in Halifax, but I also understand the reticence of distributors—some feature films just don't have that crowd-pleasing vibe. And I get that the people making decisions might consider Locke and wonder whether anyone… Read More