Glassland - Sunday 1st November 5pm

From Mali last week, we move across continents to Ireland for Sunday's film, Glassland. The film already has a pedigree, it was a winner at the Galway Film Fleadh and Sundance, with a plot set among the socially excluded in contemporary Tallaght. According to the Irish Times, it's not altogether a happy story, however the Guardian describes it as being "like the emotional equivalent of a massage with a sandpaper loofah, the film leaves you feeling raw and tender’

It is in the performance of the 3 lead characters that makes Glassland such a compelling movie. Toni Collette plays Jean, an alcoholic mother – "nailing the accent, she brings shapes and shadows to a challenging role that, for a change, is worthy of her talent" - The Guardian

Jack Reynor, as John, is her long suffering son – "through coiled tension, hooded frustration and, eventually, voluble remonstrating, he gets across a terrible truth about addiction: those around the user suffer the most and with the least justification" and Will Poulter, (as John's mate, Shane) brings a welcome element of comic relief, "bringing a stunned vacancy to the character that proves hilariously endearing".

Beautifully shot, Little White Lies concludes that it is a "proper film, robustly made and beautifully acted"