Marie’s Top Ten Films of 2021
Marie gives us Top 10(ish) of 2021 Like many people I’m sure, my cinema-going in 2021 was severely curtailed (yetContinue Reading
Category: Marie O’Sullivan’s Film Reviews
Film Review: Quake (2021)
A woman with amnesia and a deep seated fear of losing custody of her young son begins to rebuild long-repressedContinue Reading
Film Review: Betrayed (2021)
Norway’s shameful part in the persecution of its own citizens during WWII is the beginning of an emotional journey forContinue Reading
Film Review: Lapwing (2021)
Philip Stevens’ debut feature Lapwing settles down in an isolated community at the mercy of the drunken and violent whims of itsContinue Reading
The Noise of Engines – Raindance Film Festival 2021
The Raindance 2021 first features continue with The Noise of Engines, a Québécois film with just the right kind of quirkContinue Reading
Porcelain – Raindance Film Festival 2021
Another first feature at Raindance 2021, this time from Dutch director Jenneke Boeijink, Porcelain explores the fragility of family relationships in theContinue Reading
Far Eastern Golgotha – Raindance Film Festival 2021
Taxi driver Viktor Toroptsev is an unlikely YouTube sensation, but this documentary about a man determined to change things inContinue Reading
Beans – Raindance Film Festival 2021
A coming of age story from a little-seen historical and cultural perspective, centred on an indigenous girl growing up inContinue Reading
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar – Raindance Film Festival 2021
Three young women see their chance of independence slip from their grasp and decide to take matters into their ownContinue Reading
Petrov’s Flu – London Film Festival 2021
This surreal, fever-dream of a story set in post-Soviet Russia comes from controversial film and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, whoContinue Reading