Directed by Will Gluck | Written by Gluck and Ilana Wolpert | 103 min |▲▲△△△ | In Cinemas Ah, that rarest of genres to get a release in cinemas these days, next to the Western: a romantic comedy. It isn't hard to see what made the producers of this picture slaver: "Let's put the two ..read more

Written and Directed by Maryam Keshavarz | 107 min | ▲▲▲△△ | In Cinemas Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is a New Yorker, raised in an American-Iranian family, the only girl in a house with eight brothers. She's an out lesbian, but in the wake of the end of her relationship with another woman sleeps with a ..read more

Written and Directed by Rebecca Miller | 102 min | ▲▲△△△ | In Cinemas  Rebecca Miller has had a compelling, if shaggy career as a filmmaker. Prominently for those of us in this part of the world, in 2005 she wrote and directed The Ballad Of Jack and Rose, shot in PEI and starring her ..read more

Directed by Randall Park | Written by Adrian Tomine, adapting his own graphic novel | 92 min | ▲▲▲▲△ | In Cinemas  Here's a knowing, self-aware comedy that plays with the conventions of the genre while also serving as a sharp look at creativity, identity, and representation, specifically amongst urban Asian-Americans. Actor-turned-Amazon-pitchman Randall Park (Always ..read more

On Friday on CBC Information Morning in Nova Scotia I reopened The Knox Office, my film column, and spoke with guest host Pauline Dakin about movies people may want to watch leading up to Valentine's Day. I wanted to offer at least five possibilities for different scenarios — but ended up talking about even more ..read more

Directed by Carrie Cracknell | Written by Ron Bass and Alice Victoria Winslow, based on the book by Jane Austen | 107 min |▲▲▲△△| Netflix I was thinking we must be in the midst of an Austen revival, but Austen never really goes away. Just this summer we've seen Fire Island, which has its roots ..read more

Directed by Nicholas Stoller | Written by Stoller and Billy Eichner |  115 min | ▲▲▲▲△ This past week Film Twitter has been all up in arms about why Bros bombed at the box office and whether its writer and star, Billy Eichner — of the running up to people on the street and yelling ..read more

Directed by Ol Parker | Written by Parker and Daniel Pipski | 104 min | ▲▲△△△ You can't deny the dazzling star power of Mr George Clooney and Ms Julia Roberts, Oscar-winners both but more likely to be remembered as movie stars than character actors — or in Clooney's case, as a director. Sure, they've ..read more

If you're a regular FITI reader you may have noticed I've been watching more than my fair share of Christmas movies this season, especially the new batch showing up in cinemas and on streaming services. https://halifaxbloggers.ca/holiday-movies/   I was on CBC Information Morning this week discussing a few of these Christmas movies with host Portia ..read more