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
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
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
Film Review: Peter von Kant (2022)
Peter von Kant’s tears are slightly warmer than Petra’s were 50 years ago, but François Ozon’s homage to his idol RainerContinue Reading
Film Review: Hilma (2022)
Lasse Hallström’s biopic of Swedish abstract artist Hilma af Klint struggles to unpack the originality of the artist’s life andContinue Reading
A Room of My Own – London Film Festival 2022
Marie’s final report from #LFF22 hops over to Tbilisi, Georgia, to discover how difficult it is for contemporary young womenContinue Reading
Subtraction – London Film Festival 2022
Take a slice of Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, a good pinch of Asghar Farhadi and the lightest sprinkling of Wong Kar-Wai’s In theContinue Reading
The Cloud Messenger – London Film Festival 2022
A distinctive and unique first feature from Rahat Mahajan, which blends ancient myth and modern high-school romance. Some entrancing traditionalContinue Reading
More than Ever – London Film Festival 2022
With a nuanced performance of a character in turmoil from Vicky Krieps, and featuring Gaspard Ulliel in his final screenContinue Reading