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
Author: Marie O'Sullivan
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
Proxy Emotion – MANIFF 2022
A suspenseful, fun drama from South Korea in which one person is paid to stand in for another, and thingsContinue Reading
Film Review: Master Cheng (2022)
An unexpected meeting of two cultures – Chinese and Finnish – in a remote Finnish village is the setting forContinue Reading
Film Review: Ali & Ava (2022)
Depicting the spark of a love story in a northern town, Ali & Ava contains two exceptional performances from its leads, andContinue Reading
Film Review: The Worst Person in the World (2021)
Becoming a fully functioning adult with a proper job and a life partner is messy. Joachim Trier’s romantic drama isContinue Reading