Tag Archives: Saoirse Ronan

Review in Brief: Ammonite (2020)

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

AMMONITE is a labour-intensive, impeccably detailed and tender film, the second from tactile master Francis Lee. This is a story of passions, of the agony of being starved of them, of being kept from them. Direct comparisons to PORTRAIT OF … Continue reading →

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Review: Little Women (2019)

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

There have been plenty of reviews by men that open with “I haven’t read the book but…” and I’m unfortunately going to have to add to that pile. It’s not deliberate ignorance, it’s just a classic I’ve just never gotten … Continue reading →

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Review: Lady Bird (2017)

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

While we’re up to our eyeballs in father-son stories on film, even pretty frequently seeing father-daughter and mother-son stories (both examples involving sons tend to be dysfunctional, because aren’t we just the worst?), there are relatively few really good mother-daughter … Continue reading →

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Review: Brooklyn (2015)

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

If there was one thing I wasn’t expecting in a swooning transatlantic romance it was the sight of Saoirse Ronan humiliatingly relieving herself in a bucket. Said scene takes place during a harrowing stormy Atlantic crossing early on in the … Continue reading →

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