As the dust settles on film festival season, catch up on Carsten Knox's reviews and commentary from AIFF24 at the link. You'll also find all of his updates from Toronto's film fest on Flaw In The Iris: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/aiff2024/#aiff24#tiff24#filmfestival#moviereview

Now playing in Halifax cinemas: The Substance, with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. Carsten Knox called it deeply glossy, machine-gun edited body horror: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-all-we-imagine-as-light-when-the-light-breaks-sweet-angel-baby-and-the-substance/#movie

Anora could’ve been a chronicle of an awkward and unfortunate few days in the American immigrant experience, but it goes a lot deeper than that. The final review from the Atlantic International Film Festival: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-closing-night-gala-anora/#aiff24

Filmmaker Sean Baker has a knack for sustaining underlying, skin-crawling suspense, says Carsten, even as in broad strokes Anora could be described as a comedy. His review from AIFF24's Closing Night Gala: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-closing-night-gala-anora/#aiff24

NEW: The Closing Night Gala of the Atlantic International Film Festival. Carsten Knox reviews Sean Baker's Anora: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-closing-night-gala-anora/#aiff24#aiff2024#filmfestival#moviereview

Gorgeous, dreamlike, melancholy, and often opaque in the thematic stakes, says Carsten of Caught By The Tides. His review of this and The Girl With The Needle at AIFF24: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff-caught-by-the-tides-the-girl-with-the-needle/#aiff2024#moviereview

NEW: Carsten Knox reviews Caught By The Tides and The Girl With The Needle. Days Six and Seven at the Atlantic Film Festival: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff-caught-by-the-tides-the-girl-with-the-needle/#aiff24#aiff2024#filmfestival#moviereview

Heartbeat, screened at AIFF for its 10th anniversary, is one of the greatest movies about Halifax Carsten's ever had the pleasure to see. Day 5 of the festival: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-made-in-england-the-films-of-powell-and-pressburger-julie-keeps-quiet-heartbeat/

A solid Belgian drama set at a tennis academy, Julie Keeps Quiet is as much a mystery as it is a drama. Reviews of this, Made in England, and Heartbeat at AIFF24: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-made-in-england-the-films-of-powell-and-pressburger-julie-keeps-quiet-heartbeat/

NEW: Day Five at the Atlantic International Film Festival. Carsten Knox reviews Made in England, Julie Keeps Quiet, and Heartbeat: https://halifaxbloggers.ca/flawintheiris/2024/09/aiff24-made-in-england-the-films-of-powell-and-pressburger-julie-keeps-quiet-heartbeat/#aiff24#moviereview