Tag Archives: Tracy Letts

Deep Water review — High trash, extreme fun

March 23, 2022 flawintheiris

Directed by Adrian Lyne | Written by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, based on a story by Patricia Highsmith | 115 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | Amazon Prime A couple of things I want to say off the top about this movie. Grace Jenkins, who plays Trixie, the six-or-seven-year-old daughter of Ana de Armas and Ben… Read More

Little Women (2019) review — Greta Gerwig reimagines a classic text

December 29, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig, based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott | 135 min | Netflix Having seen four earlier versions adapting this material in the past week—though not having read the book—I came to this newest edition feeling like I know this story pretty well, but hoping Gerwig could present it… Read More

Ford v Ferrari review — Car racing picture tight in the turns

November 22, 2019 flawintheiris

Directed by James Mangold | Written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, and Jason Keller | 152 min | Crave Plus This movie is called Le Mans 66 in the UK, which has something to do with copyright and something to do with the Brits familiarity with the history of motor racing. I gotta be honest,… Read More

The Post review — Great story, uninspired telling

January 13, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by Steven Spielberg | Written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer | 116 min It's hard to know what the average American is thinking these days about the nation's administration and its boorish Commander-In-Chief, but despite polls suggesting he's unpopular, it's fair to say his rage at the pillars of the American First Amendment,… Read More

Lady Bird review — The greatest hits of adolescent upheaval

November 21, 2017 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Greta Gerwig | 94 min Greta Gerwig, the queen of the New York indie—witness Frances Ha, Mistress America, and Maggie's Plan—takes her turn as a writer/director in this tale of a willful teenager in the wilds of 2002 Sacramento, California. Tonally very much of a kind with those movies she's starred… Read More

New On Canadian Netflix: June/July 2017

July 24, 2017 flawintheiris

Here are a cross-section of a number of mildly-to- solidly recommended films recently made available on Canadian Netflix. (You can click on the movie titles to read my original reviews where I’ve written them in the past.) *One note: In May I recommended Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, a film when I first saw it back… Read More

Reviews: Imperium, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, The Birth Of A Nation (2016)

November 7, 2016 flawintheiris

Imperium Directed by Daniel Ragussis | Written by Ragussis and Michael German | 109 min | On iTunes and Blu-Ray Nate Foster (Daniel Radcliffe) is an FBI agent—young, bright, and bushy-tailed—who goes from nerdy analyst to hardcore undercover agent working under tough-as-nails supervisor Angela (Toni Collette). His job is to infiltrate a radical cell of… Read More

Indignation review — Literate drama and tragedy

August 11, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by James Schamus | Written by Schamus, adapting the novel by Philip Roth | 110 min | ▲▲▲▲△ A refreshing counter-program offering in these dog days of summer, Indignation is a literate, thoughtful, and affecting drama from a filmmaker best known as a producer and screenwriter, a creative collaborator to Ang Lee on films like The… Read More

August: Osage County review

January 17, 2014 flawintheiris

Directed by John WellsStageplay and screenplay adaptation by Tracy LettsSince Julia Roberts had kids, she's been much more choosy with the films she does, working much less frequently. This is the opportunity afforded a former Queen of Hollywood, and more power to her. I've noticed that when she does work, the quality of her performances… Read More