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
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
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
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