The 15.17 To Paris
February 14th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
On 21 August 2015, on a cross-border train from Amsterdam to Paris, a Moroccan man named Ayoub El Khazzan emerged …
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Journey’s End
February 12th, 2018 | by Kev Lovski
On the 100 year anniversary of the end of The First World War, director Saul Dibb (Suite Francaise) and writer …
Glory (Slava)
February 12th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Glory (Slava) is a satire about the hypocrisies of power and class within contemporary Bulgarian society. Like the Russian-made watch …
Phantom Thread
January 24th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Phantom Thread is a ghost story dressed as a love story. It’s a beautiful, expertly cut ghoul. A glistening blood …
The Commuter
January 23rd, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
Liam Neeson’s late-career rejuvenation as your taxi driver’s favourite action hero has largely been down to three European film-makers. French …
Hostiles
January 22nd, 2018 | by Kev Lovski
Scott Cooper (Black Mass) is a writer/director who always delves into the gritty underbelly of the US, casting an unflinching …
The Final Year
January 18th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
‘I keep saying we should get a countdown clock, with the weeks and days left’, suggests Samantha Power, the Obama …
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
January 12th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
The phrase ‘dark comedy’ recurs in descriptions of the filmography of Martin McDonagh, the London-born but Irish-descended playwright turned film-maker …
Brad’s Status
January 10th, 2018 | by Conor Smyth
‘Everyone is just thinking about themselves; they’re wrapped up in their own stuff’, high schooler Troy Sloan tells his father, …
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, …