Country of Hotels – MANIFF 2021
Country of Hotels receives its European premiere at Manchester Film Festival this year and is one which might intrigue fans ofContinue Reading
Author: Marie O'Sullivan
Misha – MANIFF 2021 Opening Night
Misha, the opening film of Manchester Film Festival (MANIFF) 2021 is interesting and raises more questions than it answers. ButContinue Reading
Film Review: Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)
Successfully reaching the shortlist in the International Feature Film category for the 93rd Academy Awards, Quo Vadis, Aida? is Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić’sContinue Reading
Film Review: Fukushima 50 (2021)
Fukushima 50 looks at the devastating nuclear reactor failure in Japan. The publicity for this movie screams: “AFTER CHERNOBYL, COMESContinue Reading
Film Review: The Affair (2021)
Adapted from Simon Mawer’s acclaimed novel The Glass Room, this Czech-produced film in the English language with an international cast isContinue Reading
Film Review: Night of the Kings (2021)
A captivating and original film from Ivory Coast, Night of the Kings has rightly made the Academy Awards shortlist forContinue Reading
Film Review: The World To Come (2021)
Grief and isolation in a snowy winter melt into deep human connection when the lives of two women intersect inContinue Reading
Film Review: DEAR COMRADES! (2021)
“What am I supposed to believe in if not communism?” Idealism and family take centre stage in this film, based on realContinue Reading
Film Review: Spoor (2017)
Director Agnieszka Holland’s 2017 film Spoor, a female character study with a difference, is coming to VOD. Marie thinks you shouldContinue Reading
Film Review: The Exception (2021)
A tense psychological thriller with musings on the evil behind war crimes may seem like an odd combination, but inContinue Reading