Far From The Madding Crowd
May 5th, 2015 | by Des Traynor
At first consideration, it seems nigh-on impossible to view Thomas Vinterberg’s new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s first popular success as …
Film / Theatre Reviews
I Am Belfast
April 21st, 2015 | by Conor Smyth
The movies were like magic carpets, Mark Cousins tells us about his younger days, introducing Festival opener I Am Belfast at the …
Fast and Furious 7
April 6th, 2015 | by Will Murphy
Typically, we love the underdog story. The scrappy young team of misfits and broken toys come together to take on …
Who Am I – No System Is Safe
March 31st, 2015 | by Will Murphy
In the pantheon of great films about technology, there are very few members exclusively devoted to coding, even fewer exclusively …
While We’re Young
March 25th, 2015 | by Will Murphy
Two years ago, Noah Baumbach made an absolute treat of a film called Frances Ha. It was an intelligent and …
Cobain: Montage of Heck
March 22nd, 2015 | by Will Murphy
In April of 1994, Kurt Cobain died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He left behind a wife, …
Catch Me Daddy
March 18th, 2015 | by Richard Davis
Lovers on the run, honour killings and bounty hunters form the narrative context for a film that nails its colours firmly …
Still Alice
March 11th, 2015 | by Conor Smyth
There is a deep sense of inevitability to Still Alice, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s Alzheimer’s drama based on Lisa Genova’s …
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
March 9th, 2015 | by Colm Laverty
THIS IS A TRUE STORY. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request …
Reluctant Yet Obligatory Review of the Year: 50 Shades of Grey
February 19th, 2015 | by Dean Van Nguyen
It’s hard to imagine anyone leaving their cinema seat after Fifty Shades of Grey feeling truly satisfied. Certainly not people …
