British actor Sam Riley, who shot to fame playing Ian Curtis in 2007's "Control", said he could relate to the feelings of wasted potential that plague his character in "Islands", a vacation noir that ...

mostly English-language “Islands” opens with a scene that for many would mark “rock bottom” — reason to check oneself into rehab — as Sam Riley’s Tom awakens in a field of sand dunes.

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 ...

BERLIN, Feb 21 (Reuters) - British actor Sam Riley, who shot to fame playing Ian Curtis in 2007's "Control", said he could relate to the feelings of wasted potential that plague his character in ...

German director Jan-Ole Gerster's mesmerizing, mostly English-language "Islands" opens with a scene that for many would mark "rock bottom" - reason to check oneself into rehab - as Sam Riley's Tom ...

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 ...

BERLIN — British actor Sam Riley, who shot to fame playing Ian Curtis in 2007's "Control" said he could relate to the feelings of wasted potential that plague his character in "Islands," a ...

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 ...

detective stumbles through his morning routine — a role for which Riley proves entirely convincing. But there’s also a much deeper malaise at work, like something out of an Antonioni movie.