Docs Ireland: The Inventor
June 19th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
An “invention” is, of course, not just a product you make, it’s a story you tell, a fancy you fashion. …
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Docs Ireland: 2040
June 14th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
The screening of 2040 was packed with schoolchildren thanks to the involvement of Into Film, a Northern Irish charity focused …
Docs Ireland: The Silence of Others
June 14th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
“Spain is covered in mass graves.” Buried wells of grief and pain stir underneath Spain’s transition from decades-long dictatorship to …
Papi Chulo
June 7th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
2016’s Handsome Devil, a minor hit and the second film from Irish director John Butler, turned on issues of gay …
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
May 31st, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
The world is ending. And even if politicians don’t know it, blockbuster cinema does. Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the …
Aladdin
May 30th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
How is it possible for something to be both the same, and less? It’s a curious philosophical achievement Disney have …
Avengers: Endgame
April 26th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
God bless Robert Downey Jr. As Tony Stark, the lonely tin man with a hole in his chest, Downey Jr. …
Q&A With Andy & Ryan Tohill, Directors of The Dig
April 23rd, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
Digging up the past is dirty business. Northern Irish indie The Dig, the first feature from brothers Andy and Ryan Tohill, brings …
BFF 19: Beats
April 22nd, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
Wrapping up this year’s Belfast Film Festival, Michele Devlin and Mark Cousins took to the podium and paid tribute, in …
BFF 19: Eighth Grade
April 18th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
If you are someone who finds the multi-pronged genius of Bo Burnham gallingly unjust, then brace yourself. The comedian has …
