Tag Archives: Terrence Malick

A Hidden Life review — Beautiful to see, but distant

April 10, 2020 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Terrence Malick | 174 min | On Demand In 1939, in St Radegund, a remote mountain village in Austria, live Franz and Fani Jägerstätter (August Diehl and Valerie Pachner) and their kids. They're staunch Catholics who work off the land, the beautiful meadows and hills over which dark clouds form, providing… Read More

Song to Song review — Malick’s dream ride continues to SXSW

December 12, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Terrence Malick | 129 min | on iTunes Since The Tree of Life, Terry Malick's been eschewing anything approaching a traditional narrative in his films, instead making sweeping romantic tales of love and alienation—To The Wonder and Knight Of Cups—driven by visuals and intimate voiceover rather than dialogue and plot. This approach upsets many in the… Read More

Knight Of Cups review — Hypnosis Agog

April 11, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Terrence Malick | 118 min | ▲▲▲▲△ I really tend to resist this kind of observation when writing about the movies, but with the new films from legendary director Terrence Malick, I have to say it: I think in a certain mood, they're hypnotic, beautiful, and moving. In other moods, your mileage may… Read More

Reviews From The Vault: Vol. 1

August 27, 2015 flawintheiris

Between 2005 and 2009 I was a programmer on CKDU 88.1 FM every Sunday morning with something called The Love & Hate Movie Show. I talked about what I was seeing and revisited some of my favourite films of old, pretty much what I do now here on FITI. I still have a lot of… Read More

Boyhood review

August 14, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Richard Linklater In December of this year when people like me consider the stand-out feature films of the past 12 months, Boyhood will distinguish itself from the pack for one undeniable reason: it took 12 years to make. Starting back in the GW Bush era, Linklater gathered a small cast together… Read More

Top 10 Movies of 2013

January 3, 2014 flawintheiris

I measure the best movies of any year by a visceral reaction: When I walk out of the cinema (or away from my home screen, as the case may be) how much do I want to see it a second time, and how soon? Rewatchability is important. With that in mind, please find below a… Read More

To the Wonder review

May 12, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Terrence MalickCinema as poetry. This is how Malick's last feature, The Tree of Life, was described by some. But that wasn't half of it. To the Wonder takes that descriptor far further. And in doing so, Malick provides an astonishingly beautiful film, but one that demands a lot of attention and… Read More

Why TV Is (Often) Better Than Movies

April 14, 2013 flawintheiris

It's Sunday evening, April 14, and I've just read the box office totals for this weekend. I generally don't care much about this stuff, the fascination with the money a movie has made in a weekend. It's become a marketing tool for the Hollywood factory, and one of the reasons so many movies are so… Read More

I showed up on CTV Morning Live to talk movies…

April 5, 2013 flawintheiris

Go here to see me, though the link will vanish quickly.I talked about Spring Breakers, Olympus Had Fallen, and previewed Terrence Malick's To The Wonder, which opens in a couple of weeks.Thanks to all the folks at CTV Atlantic for having me on again! Read More

War Horse review

January 7, 2012 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven SpielbergWritten by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, from the book by Michael MorpurgoSitting in a mostly empty movie theatre watching Spielberg's new epic movie, I playfully imagined what War Horse would be like as directed by Terrence Malick, probably because I just reviewed 2011 and Malick's The Tree of Life featured prominently.… Read More