Film Review: L’immensità (2023)
Rome in the 1970s is the setting for Emanuele Crialese’s latest film, featuring Penélope Cruz as a mother attempting to shield herContinue Reading
Author: Marie O'Sullivan
Film Review: Godland (2023)
The arrogance of colonisers, particularly those driven by their religious beliefs, meets the might of nature head-on, and there isContinue Reading
Lakelands – MANIFF 2023
A moving film set in the Irish midlands, which reflects on men struggling to find a way to express theirContinue Reading
We Might As Well Be Dead – MANIFF 2023
Dropped into this enclosed community with no introduction, it doesn’t take long before the absurdities come to light. A loneContinue Reading
watchAUT – Austrian Film Festival 23-26 March 2023
A short festival of Austrian film gets underway on 23rd March at London’s Ciné Lumière, featuring a couple of unexpectedly heart-warmingContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Four Film Noir Classics Vol 2
Arrow Video brings a new collection of noir films which are not necessarily well known. but which have plenty toContinue Reading
Cairo Conspiracy – MANIFF 2023
An espionage thriller set in Egypt’s most prestigious university for the study of Islam, Cairo Conspiracy is tense, engaging, and not entirelyContinue Reading
Chevalier – MANIFF 2023
If you, like many, have not come across Joseph Bologne before, then Chevalier is an entertaining introduction to this 18th-century violin virtuoso,Continue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Radiance Films’ Fill ‘er Up With Super (1976)
A little-known French road movie from 1976, Fill ‘er Up With Super (Le plein de super) from director Alain Cavalier and co-writtenContinue Reading
4K UHD Review: Arrow Video’s The Sisters Brothers (Collector’s Editon)
At last, a long-awaited UHD Blu-ray release for French director Jacques Audiard’s 2018 film The Sisters Brothers from Arrow Video. Both comedicContinue Reading