Tag: Joanna Scanlan
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A fabulous cast in a 1920’s Wagatha-Christie scandal runs out of steam.
Joyce Glasser reviews Wicked Little Letters (February 23, 2024) Cert 15, 100 mins. In Cinemas When a film featuring a best of British cast headed by Olivia Coleman (The Favourite), […]
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An impressive directorial debut exploring mixed marriage needs a bit of righteous anger
AFTER LOVE (June 4, 2021) in UK & Irish cinemas Cert 12A / 89 mins. In British-Pakistani writer-director Aleem Khan’s feature debut, Mary (Joanna Scanlan), a sixty-something, Caucasian, English woman […]
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Deborah Haywood’s promising feature debut starts out musty but grows on you
Joyce Glasser reviews Pin Cushion (July 13, 2018) Cert. 15, 82 min. Mother-daughter films are nothing new and hardly rare, but in Deborah Haywood’s poignant feature debut single mother, Lyn […]