Tag Archives: Sturgill Simpson

Killers Of The Flower Moon review — Crime epic gazes into the abyss

October 22, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Martin Scorsese | Written by Scorcese and Eric Roth, based on a book by David Grann | 206 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas It's finally here, the much buzzed-about epic (in scope and length) crime drama/western from Martin Scorsese. The film based on the true story of the Osage, a Native American… Read More

The Creator review — Sci-fi AI epic works thanks mostly to the visuals

October 2, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Gareth Edwards | Written by Edwards and Chris Weitz | 133 min | ▲▲▲▲△ About 20 minutes into The Creator it was clear to me how this non-Intellectual Property, non-franchise, stand-alone big budget science fiction movie got green-lit: James Cameron. This is a movie that's following Cameron's sci-fi movie playbook — it's deeply… Read More

The Hunt (2020) review — A whole lot better than its rep

April 18, 2020 flawintheiris

Directed by Craig Zobel | Written by Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof | 90 min | Netflix This is not the excellent Thomas Vinterberg drama from 2012 starring Mads Mikkelsen that I'm sure you were confusing it with. No, I didn't really think you were confused. That's just a little art house cinema humour for… Read More

Queen and Slim review — Outlaw tale undeniably potent

November 26, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by Melina Matsoukas | Written by Lena Waithe and James Frey | 132 min | Netflix A first feature by a longtime music video director—her credits include collaborations with Rihanna and Beyoncé— with noted TV writer/actor Lena Waithe and A Million Little Pieces author James Frey, tells the story of two African Americans on… Read More

The Dead Don’t Die review — Zombie picture raises dead, laughs

June 20, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Jim Jarmusch | 104 min | On Demand Even the forever cool and laid-back Jim Jarmusch—whose previous work includes Down By Law, Night On Earth, Dead Man, Only Lovers Left Alive, and Paterson—gets angry. You can feel him seething, and maybe even just a bit of his bitterness in the aftertaste… Read More