Dublin Oldschool
July 6th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
It’s hard to picture Dublin Oldschool on the stage. Emmet Kirwan’s 2015 poem-play of the same name, which ran at …
Browsing the "irish film" Tag
Kissing Candice
June 20th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
This review was originally published as part of the Belfast Film Festival ’18 coverage. The Omagh-born Aoife McArdle showcased her …
Dublin Film Fest: Good Favour
February 28th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
The big, bad Germanic woods spits out a wounded orphan in the opening of Rebecca Daly’s Good Favour, whose fairy …
Third Chance Saloon? Revisiting Kilkenny’s Oscar-Nominated Animations
January 26th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Among the Irish nominations for the 90th Academy Awards, announced this week, was The Breadwinner, up for Best Animated Feature, …
Sanctuary
January 4th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Cinema has a soft spot for the disabled, or at least those with worthy and theatrically resonant types of disabilities, …
Maze
September 22nd, 2017 | by Kev Lovski
Courting controversy is something that filmmakers have to be very wary of in this day and age, and for writer/director …
Galway Film Fleadh: Maudie
July 19th, 2017 | by Conor Smyth
The real-life tale of an arthritic misunderstood woman who finds meaning and recognition through art, Maudie could’ve have easily fallen …
Twice Shy
July 11th, 2017 | by Conor Smyth
The pressure on so-called ‘issue’ films to ‘start a conversation’, as the journo cliche goes, or, at least, to contribute …
Cardboard Gangsters
June 23rd, 2017 | by Kev Lovski
Cardboard Gangsters is an Irish crime drama from writer/director Mark O’Connor (King Of The Travellers) that tells a story familiar …
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