Carrie Crowley Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/carrie-crowley/ Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:42:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Carrie Crowley Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/carrie-crowley/ 32 32 ‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Ireland’s Lovely, Heartbreaking Oscar Entry Is One Of The Best Films Of The Year https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-quiet-girl-review-ireland-oscar-20221214/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-quiet-girl-review-ireland-oscar-20221214/#respond Wed, 14 Dec 2022 20:33:00 +0000 https://theplaylist.net/?p=446543 ‘The Quiet Girl’ Review: Ireland’s Lovely, Heartbreaking Oscar Entry Is One Of The Best Films Of The Year

Love and compassion don’t require grand gestures. Often, the subtlest actions forge the deepest, most meaningful connections — a patient ear, a shared space, a gentle hand. Colm Bairéad’s miraculous feature directorial debut “The Quiet Girl” is finely attuned to the soft magnitude those moments can carry for someone yearning for the smallest acts of kindness. Gorgeously realized and crafted with homespun care, this delicate and heartbreaking drama is one of the year’s best films. 

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If 10-year-old Cáit (newcomer Catherine Clinch) doesn’t say much, that’s because in the cramped, ramshackle, grimy household with three other sisters and her mother (Kate Nic Chonaonaigh), pregnant with her fifth child, it’s better to be forgotten than noticed.

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