Diamonds in the Sand – London Film Festival 2025
Contrasting locations of Tokyo and Manila form part of Lily Franky’s journey in search of happiness after a couple ofContinue Reading
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
Dry Leaf – London Film Festival 2025
From the director of 2021’s enigmatic What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, Dry Leaf is a contemplative journeyContinue Reading
A Sad and Beautiful World – London Film Festival 2025
This love story, encompassing a relationship over decades in Beirut, is at times funnier than you would expect, but alsoContinue Reading
Calle Malaga – London Film Festival 2025
A glorious Carmen Maura stars as an older woman who refuses to be dictated to by her daughter when moneyContinue Reading
Miroirs no.3 – London Film Festival 2025
A broken family and an emotionally broken young woman are brought together following an accident, and lives start to beContinue Reading
Romería – London Film Festival 2025
Based loosely on writer/director Carla Simón’s own search to discover something about her deceased parents’ lives in 1980’s Spain, Romería is aContinue Reading
Film Review: Dear Stranger (2025)
An Asian couple living in New York have to face the fragility of their marriage when their young son goes missing. DearContinue Reading
Film Review: Happyend (2025)
Set in an extremely near-future Tokyo, a group of final year high-school students face up to a society increasingly usingContinue Reading
Film Review: Tape (2025)
A high school reunion takes a dark turn, as each of those present remembers the past very differently. Bizhan Tong’s TapeContinue Reading
Film Review: The Courageous (Les Courageux) [2025]
An unstable mother struggling to keep her family together ends up drawing her children into her self-deception as she battlesContinue Reading