Islands: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
A discomfiting, Highsmith-esque tale of a young family on holiday and a former tennis player-turned resort coach, Islands holds the viewer inContinue Reading
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
Christy: Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025
A film which leads with the impression that it’s going to be a tough watch, but which is surprisingly warmContinue Reading
Film Review: Souleymane’s Story (2025)
A hit at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, taking away both the Jury Prize and the Best Actor inContinue Reading
Film Review: Il Dono [The Gift] (2003)
In a remote village in the Calabrian countryside, the lives of two very different characters intersect almost silently, against aContinue Reading
Film Review: Nine Queens (2000)
24 hours in the lives of two con artists – played by Ricardo Darín and Gastón Pauls – on theContinue Reading
Film Review: Watch the Skies (2025)
A teenage girl (Inez Dahl Torhaug) defies her foster carers to team up with UFO investigators in Sweden. Watch the Skies implementsContinue Reading
Film Review: Two to One (2025)
With an impressive cast including Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller, director Natja Brunkhorst’s light yet heart-felt comedy Two to One opens inContinue Reading
Film Review: Killer of Sheep (1977)
A masterpiece of a film depicting everyday life in 1970s Los Angeles among African Americans, Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep is anContinue Reading
The End – Manchester Film Festival 2025
Fittingly drawing a close to Marie’s coverage from Manchester Film Festival 2025, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End sees a family of apocalypse survivorsContinue Reading
Transplant – Machester Film Festival 2025
Surgeon-in-training grasps the opportunity of a lifetime to learn from one of the most renowned surgeons in the country –Continue Reading