Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Virginie Elfira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia Running Time: 132 minutes “Lesbian nuns!” “A wooden Virgin Mary sex toy!” The press packet for Benedetta speaks loudly for itself, an eye-catching and/or hand wringing series of headlines from festival first impressions all the way to Liveline. It might seem like one of those…
Our friends at the Dublin Smartphone Film Festival are returning at the end of April with their usual mix of workshops and innovatively filmed-by-phone programming. The festival this year will be taking a blended approach, offering in-person events at the Irish Film Institute on 30th April, with online screenings to take place from the 30th…
Our friends at Entertainment.ie are sitting through some substantial cinema later this month in aid of Focus Ireland. On Friday 29th April, they’ll be starting a 25 hour Cinemathon at Cineworld Dublin, to celebrate their 25th anniversary and raise funds for the homelessness charity. entertainment.ie is well-known as one of Ireland’s best spots online reviews,…
The latest Marvel multiversal multiplex multiplier Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is coming to cinemas soon, with an Irish release from 5th May. And while MCU fans will know doubt be eager to see the latest instalment, it carries wider intrigue too in the return to the director’s chair of Sam Raimi. Mostly…
Director: Christopher Makoto Yogi Starring: Steve Iwamoto, Constance Wu Runtime: 100 mins Having premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, I Was a Simple Man follows the slow and impending demise of an elderly Japanese American man living in Hawaii and pieces together the parts of his life that have made him who he is.…
Jess is away so the boys play in the latest of our increasingly loopy recaps of the films we’ve watched recently. Néil gives his thoughts on Ti West’s X, Ethan goes over Escape from Mogadishu and Luke takes a look at The Worst Person in the World. Commando is recommended! Pierce Brosnan is celebrated! Some…
Director: Yu Chieh Cheng Starring: Mo Tzu Yi, Chen Shu Fang, Run Yin Bai Runtime: 106mins Taiwanese director Yu Chieh Cheng is a near veteran when it comes to issues surrounding identity. 2009 saw the release of Yang Yang, a film that probed the complicated journey of a French-Taiwanese woman and how this shaped her…
Director: Kavich Neang Starring: Piseth Chhun, Hout Sithourn, Jany Min Runtime: 130 mins For filmmaker Kavich Neang, White Building is deeply personal. Already in his youthful but promising career, he has cut his directorial teeth by chronicling the painful destruction of the apartment block where he and his peers were raised. In 2019, he documented…
The news this week that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia and is stepping away from acting prompted an outpouring of affection and reflection from the film business and the viewing public alike. With his family stating publicly that Willis’ cognitive abilities are severely impacted by the disorder – which affects the brain’s language…
