Domhnall Gleeson as Jim Farrell and Saoirse Ronan as Ellis Lacey in Brooklyn. PHOTO COURTESY Fox Searchlight Pictures What a beautiful movie John Crowley has made in Brooklyn, the adaptation of Colm Toibin’s 2009 novel. This loving look back to early 1950’s America and one young Irish girl’s immigrant experience is a gorgeously rendered slice […]
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Closed Circuit a gripping thriller for our times
As conspiracy thrillers go, John Crowley’s Closed Circuit is one of the best in recent memory. Tautly told and smartly executed, the film rips a page from today’s headlines. It not only opens with a brutal terrorist attack but then focuses on the lack of trust that exists between citizens and their governments. What with […]
