The programme is out now for the 2022 Kerry International Film Festival

The programme is out now for the 2022 Kerry International Film Festival

KIFF 2022 have also announced the recipient of their honorary Maureen O’Hara award. The Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) have this morning launched their 2022 film festival program. Celebrating its 23rd edition, the long running festival will take place this year 20 – 23 October 2022 across a series of venues throughout Killarney, Co. Kerry, as…

Florence Pugh deserves more than Don’t Worry Darling

Florence Pugh deserves more than Don’t Worry Darling

Director: Olivia Wilde Starring: Florence Pugh, Chris Pine, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, Olivia Wilde, Kiki Layne Time: 121 minutes It’s such a head f*ck trying to evaluate art with a female protagonist, starring one of our most talented young stars, and to now have that performance completely overshadowed and undermined by the media circus surrounding…

The IFI Documentary Festival returns this week

The IFI Documentary Festival returns this week

This week sees the return of the IFI Documentary Festival for another year. Taking place from from September 21st to 25th, the Doc Fest will show some of the best new Irish and international non-fiction cinema. Screenings and Director Q&As alike will provide plenty of insight, with Irish premieres including All that Breathes, winner of the Golden…

A quick but clipped gait in See How They Run

A quick but clipped gait in See How They Run

Director: Tom George Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, David Oyewolo, Charlie Cooper, Harris Dickinson Running Time: 98 minutes The Mousetrap is an institution of the West End, an Agatha Christie murder mystery play that ran in London non-stop from the 1950s until a Covid-enforced pause. Murder mysteries can prompt curious contradictions…

Dónal Foreman answers The Cry of Granuaile

Dónal Foreman answers The Cry of Granuaile

Dónal Foreman takes an unconventional approach to telling Irish stories. In his acclaimed doc The Image You Missed, Foreman cracks into the archives of his father’s own documenting of The Troubles, resulting in a deeply intimate encounter. In Out of Here, he improvised with young Irish actors for whom the film’s exploration of recession-hit Dublin hit hard…