Monos
November 14th, 2019 | by Kev Lovski
Every so often, a movie comes along that completely rips up the rule book of filmmaking. Alejandro Landes’ (2011’s Porfirio) does so right …
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Woman at War
May 3rd, 2019 | by Kev Lovski
I don’t know if it’s the diet or something in their water supply, but Iceland seems incapable of creating bad …
Tyrel
March 11th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
Like Sebastián Silva’s previous films, Tyrel walks the tightrope between psychological drama and out-and-out horror. Interpersonal conflicts come to the …
Alita: Battle Angel
February 11th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
Sometimes crappy films are interesting. Their failures flag up ludicrous studio decision-making, or a creative ego gone unchecked, or just …
Vice
January 22nd, 2019 | by Conor Smyth
“What, uh, do we believe, sir?” a young Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld’s aide during the Nixon years, asks his boss. …
Dublin Film Fest: First Reformed
February 27th, 2018 | by Eimear Dodd
Questions of faith are easy to ask yet hard to answer. In the modern parable First Reformed, Reverend Toller (Ethan …
Darkest Hour
January 10th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Even while he’s having a cinematic moment, Churchill keeps his distance. Christopher Nolan weaponized celluloid machinery for the hyper-technical tension of …
Song of Granite
December 13th, 2017 | by Conor Smyth
A non-traditional perspective on a traditional Irish sean-nós singer, Song of Granite tells the story of Galway-born Joe Heaney through …
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
September 20th, 2017 | by Conor Smyth
Golden shower, more like. The unpleasant, unrelenting Kingsman: The Golden Circle drenches viewers in water-thin spy adventuring for a demanding …
Wind River
September 8th, 2017 | by Conor Smyth
Taylor Sheridan’s America is an exhausted, shrinking land. Land is a recurring theme for Sheridan, the screenwriter behind two of …