Tag Archives: Mark O’Brien

The Righteous review — Gothic horror counts the wages of sin

June 10, 2022 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Mark O'Brien | 97 min | ▲▲▲△△ First off, let me say how much I enjoyed the gorgeous black and white cinematography in The Righteous from DP Scott McClellan. His lighting design frequently evokes classic Hollywood noir, a compelling choice of texture for a drama that makes a troubled journey between… Read More

The Sessions review

November 19, 2012 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Ben Lewin, based onan article written by Mark O'Brien in The Sun magazineA drama giving us a look into the lives of people who we don't see often on the big screen—the disabled—the tale told in The Sessions (when shooting it was entitled The Surrogate, but I suspect they changed that… Read More