Life Itself
November 26th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
The owlish, circular Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert famously championed 1994’s Hoop Dreams, an early documentary by Steve James looking …
Film / Theatre Reviews
The Drop
November 14th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
The Drop is a good example of how short stories and screenplays are different forms with different expectations and demands. …
Interstellar
November 7th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Houston, we have a problem. Christopher Nolan may be a spectacularly skilled constructor of film, but he’s no storyteller. In …
The Book Of Life
October 29th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Perhaps more than even Christmas and Halloween, the Mexican Dia de los Muertos (‘Day of the Dead’) is a holiday …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
October 16th, 2014 | by Brian Coney
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles combines two of the least appealing trends in current pop culture. The first is an unearned nostalgia …
Ida
October 13th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Ida is a modest but beautiful Polish-language buddy road movie from Pawel Pawlikowski, who returns to his homeland for a gorgeously vintage …
Dracula Untold
October 8th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
To local youngsters seeking a bankable trade in these uncertain times, might I suggest a specialism in medieval prop design? …
Gone Girl
October 6th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Who knew extreme marital dysfunction could be such a riot? Adapted by Gillian Flynn from her best-selling novel, Gone Girl is a …
20000 Days on Earth
September 22nd, 2014 | by Will Murphy
It’s important to understand that we all have our own biases. So before I discuss the new documentary 20000 Days …
Pride
September 22nd, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Pride works – and it really works – because it finds a way to perfectly be the kind of film you …
