The Oscar-nominated ‘The Quiet Girl’ speaks volumes

“The Quiet Girl” (2022) – “If you were mine, I’d never leave you in a house with strangers.” – Eibhlin (Carrie Crowley) As director/writer Colm Bairead’s movie opens, it’s springtime in 1981, and Cait (Catherine Clinch), a bashful nine-year-old, lives in a bustling home but one without radiant, productive energy.  Cait lives with a few sisters and her parents (Michael Patric and Kate Nic Chonaonaigh).  Her mom (Chonaonaigh) is expecting a baby boy in a few months, towards the end of the summer.  However, downtrodden moods linger within these dreary…

‘Emily’: Mackey rises to spectacular heights in O’Connor’s passion project

“Emily” (2022) – “I’ve loved Emily Bronte probably all my life.  I guess like on a super-geeky kind of level.” – Frances O’Connor, Sept. 9, 2022, at the Toronto International Film Festival O’Connor has starred in television and film since 1993, but she took a dramatic professional turn toward a passion project.  This English native put pen to paper and stepped behind the camera to fashion an engaging biopic of a notable countrywoman, Emily Bronte (1818 – 1848).  Bronte authored the celebrated book “Wuthering Heights”, her only novel. Note: this…