Fairytales and Folklore in Without Name [ADIFF 2017]

Directed By: Lorcan Finnegan  Starring: Alan McKenna, Niamh Algar, James Browne  Running Time: 93 minutes Without Name is the first feature length film from Lorcan Finnegan and writer Garret Shanley, the same team behind the short Foxes. The film celebrates ancient Irish folklore, returning it to its dark roots of mischievous fairy folk. The use…

Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by the Love Witch [ADIFF 2017]

Director: Anna Biller  Starring: Samantha Robinson, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Laura Waddell  Running Time: 120 minutes Anna Biller’s much anticipated dreamy technicolour feature came to Dublin as part of ADIFF 2017. The Love Witch is a true love letter to the pulp novels and films of the 1960s, full of beautiful women led astray to do…

Skull-crushing skullduggery in The Age of Shadows [ADIFF 2017]

Director: Kim Jee-woon Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min, Um Tae-goo Running time: 140 minutes Twists and turns are prerequisites of the spy thriller and at times, it can be difficult to get into a film that telegraphs its surprises by the very genre. Many attempt to pull it off by being so convuluted in their plotting that firm…