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
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
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
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
Film Review: EO (2022)
Jerzy Skolimowski acknowledges that his donkey story, EO, takes another donkey story, Au Hasard Balthazar, as inspiration. His observation of the human elementContinue Reading
Film Review: Nostalgia (2022)
The problem with nostalgia is that it’s not real. Perhaps, like Felice, you can kid yourself for a while thatContinue Reading
Marie’s Top 10 plus 5 of 2022
Marie kicks off 2023 for The Movie Isle with her Top Ten (plus a wee bit extra) Films of 2022.Continue Reading
Film Review: Broker (2022)
If there’s anyone you can trust with a story about marginalised people somehow forming their own unique family to getContinue Reading