Director: Joachim Trier Starring: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum Running Time: 128 minutes In a central scene of Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, our heroine Julie runs through streets frozen in time, leaving the boyfriend with whom she has no real future to pursue Eivand, the fun free-spirit who she’s…
Director: Ti West Starring: Mia Goth, Jenny Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Stephen Ure, Owen Campbell Running Time: 106 minutes The late 70s was a boom period for two of the sleazier sides of pop culture – slasher horror, and pornography. The rise of the home video market meant that viewers could enjoy…
The latest film by cinema’s grandfathocateur Paul Verhoeven Benedetta will be arriving in Irish cinemas just in time for the Easter weekend, with an release on 15th April. In anticipation of the exciting and enlightening release, which tells the story of a 17th century nun, her rise to power and her romance with a fellow…
The long Paddy’s weekend may be over, but you can still enjoy Irish cinema this week, as Brendan Muldowney’s latest film arrives in cinemas this Friday. The trailer for his new horror The Cellar shows an ancient evil emerging for Irish and international stars to deal with. The dark and haunting feature had its world…
On 15th May 2018, Temple Bar-based resource centre Filmbase closed its doors for the last time. 4 years on, we look back at what happened to Filmbase. Music – ‘Wig Wam’ by SLVS – https://tinyurl.com/9zmk7tsz Buy Film In Dublin a ko-fi and support us to make more videos like this: https://ko-fi.com/prettydeadlyfilms Sources for this video:…
Pretty Deadly Films celebrates the best of blockbusters and beyond. Our latest issue is available now. Our ninth issue is themed all around the film trend ‘Good For Her’. First given a name by @cinematogrxphy on Twitter, the ‘Good For Her’ are women’s stories that provoke a feeling of camaraderie and catharsis in the audience,…
Irish filmmakers are currently raising funds for two organisations working on the frontline in Ukraine. A group of Irish-based filmmakers are appealing for donations with all funds collected going to Docudays UA and the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk. The collective of filmmakers are hosting a gofundme in support of these orgs in Ukraine,…
This Saturday sees the collective of short films return to the Stella Theatre in Rathmines. All proceeds from this event are in aid of the Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland (MASI). MASI is an independent platform for asylum seekers to join together in unity and purpose. The collective seeks justice, freedom and dignity for all asylum…
Director: Audrey Diwan Starring: Anamaria Vartolomei Runtime: 100 mins Happening (L’événement) is a French film adapted from Annie Ernaux’s autobiographical account of having an illegal abortion in the 1960s. Ernaux’s genuine experience gives this film the weight and depth required for such serious subject matter. In Happening, we meet Anne Duschene (played by Anamaria Vartolomei), a young college student…
Director: Hannes Þór Halldórsson Starring: Auðunn Blöndal, Egill Einarsson, Sverrir Þór Sverrisson Running Time: 98 minutes If there’s one thing you can say about Cop Secret with absolute certainty, it’s that it is the best movie to be made by a professional Icelandic goalkeeper… Ok – that’s a joke that I’m positive will have been made 100 times…
