Film Review: The Great Movement (2022) 
A surreal mix of events which – on paper – make little sense, but which coalesce into a treatise onContinue Reading
Author: Marie O'Sullivan
Films not in the English language – have we jumped the one-inch barrier yet?
As we eagerly await Sunday’s Academy Awards, Marie reflects on this year’s crop of films not in the English languageContinue Reading
Film Review: Mothering Sunday (2022)
A gentle but deep story of the awakening of a young woman’s creativity in the period following World War 1, MotheringContinue Reading
The Generation of Evil – MANIFF 2022
Dark, intriguing and violent, this Lithuanian murder investigation sees the provincial elite haunted by secrets from their past when theContinue Reading
We’re All in This Together – MANIFF 2022
Katie Boland is a busy lady, taking full creative control of We’re All in This Together while also playing twin sisters onContinue Reading
18½ – MANIFF 2022
A fun, veering towards darkly comical take on what may have happened to the missing 18 ½ minutes of PresidentContinue Reading
Blank – MANIFF 2022
With the kind of near-future unease of an episode of Black Mirror, a woman tries to escape her writer’s blockContinue Reading
Spaghetti Junction – MANIFF 2022
Kirby McClure’s background in music video certainly shows through in Spaghetti Junction, his first feature film. Like me, UK readers willContinue Reading
Compartment No 6 – MANIFF 2022
Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix winner Compartment No 6 gets a showing at Manchester Film Festival. A snowy journey with real warmth.Continue Reading
The Falconer – MANIFF 2022
Two young men from very different backgrounds have their friendship severely tested by, of all things, a bird of prey. TheContinue Reading