Posts Tagged ‘John Carney’

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Film Review – Flora and Son

September 29th, 2023 | POSTED BY Allen Almachar

Ever since his critically acclaimed Once (2007), writer/director John Carney has routinely come back to explore the connective power of music. Whether it’s in Begin Again (2013) or Sing Street (2016), Carney has taken a deliberately sentimental approach in how music can heal, inspire, and draw empathy. He basks so deeply in this…

Film Review – Begin Again

July 2nd, 2014 | POSTED BY Edward Davidson

Earnest, sweet, endearing, laconic, engaging; these are all terms that come to mind when describing the delightful new musical Begin Again. A follow up by director John Carney to the astonishingly terrific Once, the new film works as a spiritual sequel. It doesn’t share any…