British actor Sam Riley channels washed-up tennis coach in vacation noir 'Islands'
British actor Sam Riley, who shot to fame playing Ian Curtis in 2007's "Control", said he could relate to the feelings of ...
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From Rock Star Dreams to Hollywood Noir: Sam Riley's New 'Islands'
Actor Sam Riley discusses his role in 'Islands,' a noir film about unfulfilled potential, debuting at the Berlin Film ...
‘Islands’ Review: Sam Riley Experiences ‘L’Avventura’ of a Lifetime in Soul-Searching European Thriller
The appearance of a woman from his past and the subsequent disappearance of her husband force a beach-bum tennis coach to ...
‘Islands' Review: Sam Riley and Stacy Martin in a Sun-Soaked Noir That Lets Its Tension Slacken in the Closing Stretch
Set around a luxury hotel in the Canary Islands, Jan-Ole Gerster's drama follows a Brit tennis coach whose inertia is shaken ...
Islands, Berlin Film Festival review: Sam Riley’s Highsmithian holiday mystery has a wicked backhand
The Control star is superb as a washed-up tennis pro who collides with a holidaying couple in Jan-Ole Gerster’s red ...
‘Islands’ Review: A Gripping Tennis Noir That Feels Like ‘Challengers’ by Way of Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith meets Challengers in a film about a Canary Islands resort tennis pro who gets involved in the ...
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‘Islands’ Review: Sam Riley and Stacy Martin in a Sun-Soaked Noir That Lets Its Tension Slacken in the Closing Stretch
The thought that Sam Riley’s Tom might turn out to be Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity or John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice is tantalizing but gradually appears to be more like ...
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Islands, Berlin Film Festival review: Sam Riley’s Highsmithian holiday mystery has a wicked backhand
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‘Islands’ Review: Sam Riley and Stacy Martin in a Sun-Soaked Noir That Lets Its Tension Slacken in the Closing Stretch
It’s carried by compelling performances from Riley and Stacy Martin, by its atmospheric setting and by the reliable pleasures of the troubled vacation subgenre. But at two hours, Islands ...