Preview: Docs Ireland 2019
June 4th, 2019 | by Richard Davis
DOCS IRELAND – a brand new documentary film festival – launches this summer, and will be showcasing some of the …
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Belfast Film Festival Euro Comedy Season
January 24th, 2019 | by Richard Davis
The Belfast Film Festival’s Euro Comedy season continues this week with two eccentric, original offerings: The Man without a Past …
Lady Bird
February 23rd, 2018 | by Richard Davis
Screenwriting 101, they say, is create conflict. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), the protagonist of writer-director Greta Gerwig’s Lady …
Weirded Out: An Interview With Feminist Horror Champions The Final Girls
October 27th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
Women have always been key figures in horror cinema, from Barbara Steele to Jamie Lee Curtis to Katharine Isabelle. While …
Victoria & Abdul
September 18th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
In this era of cinematic universes and franchises, it’s easy to forget that British cinema has one of its own: …
The Graduate
July 18th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
Fifty years have passed since the original release of The Graduate, the film that launched Dustin Hoffman as a star, …
George Best: All By Himself
March 9th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
George Best: All By Himself begins in darkness, with the voices of commentators eulogising George Best’s remarkable footballing talent, before …
Hacksaw Ridge
February 10th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
Hollywood loves a comeback. It’s a narrative that always seems to come into play around awards season and it’s been …
La La Land
January 17th, 2017 | by Richard Davis
After assaulting our senses with 2014’s furiously frenetic Whiplash, Damien Chazelle sets his sights on our hearts in his new …
Arrival
November 14th, 2016 | by Richard Davis
Most people may not know the name yet, but they soon will. Denis Villeneuve, with films like Prisoners, Enemy and …