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
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
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
In Transit: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
The lives of two very different women intersect for a short time, after which their paths will change – forContinue Reading
On The Sea: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
The sea, the sky and the windswept coastline of North Wales are the backdrop for On The Sea, a poignant storyContinue Reading
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
Exiled Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi’s moving record of her long-distance phone conversations with photojournalist Fatma Hassona in Gaza are theContinue Reading
Mortician: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
A very quiet piece focussing on two Iranian exiles living in snowy Canada, which has a sting in its tail.Continue Reading
Concessions: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
If Slacker were a Gen Z film set in a cinema, it might look something like Concessions, a first feature from Mas Bouzidi receivingContinue Reading