Directors: Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodruiguez, Hugh Grant, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Regé-Jean Page Running Time: 134 minutes Previous attempts to bring the enormously popular Dungeons and Dragons series to the big screen were something of a laughable disaster. The long forgotten, only remembered to mock edition…
Playing at this year’s EAFFI, Absence tells a story of an unspoken past against a backdrop of contemporary urban disarray.
Winner of the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, Hong Sang-hoo’s The Novelist’s Film makes its way into Irish cinemas as part of this year’s East Asia Film Festival (EAFFI) at the Irish Film Institute (IFI). A modern classic dressed in black and white, this is a considered and…
Seven years after its success at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Kōji Fukada’s Harmonium makes its way back to the big screen as part of this year’s East Asia Film Festival (EAFFI) at the Irish Film Institute (IFI). A haunting tragedy of suppressed emotion and internalised trauma, Fukada hits all the right notes in this chilling and compelling family…
Director: Léa Mysius Starring: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Sally Dramé, Swala Emati, Moustapha Mbengue, Daphné Patakia Running Time: 95 minutes We sometimes encounter a scent so potent it brings us back to a memory. We sometimes have a memory so potent we wish that we could really go back there and change it. In the strange, sensual, sensational…
In Irish cinemas now, Pearl was a long-time coming to local screens. Horror guru Ti West originally released throwback slasher X and prequel Pearl back-to-back in 2022, with sequel MaXXXine already ready to go to. The film arrived at last as a midnight movie selection at the 2023 Dublin International Film Festival, releasing wide across…
An Irish made sci-fi with interesting ideas is coming to cinemas next month. After screening at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival, it will be exciting to see another locally grown genre film on our screens. LOLA is the feature debut of Andrew Legge (The Chronoscope), and won the prestigious Méliès d’argent award at the Trieste…
Pretty Deadly Films celebrates the best of blockbusters and beyond. Our latest issue is available now. Issue 13 of PDF is a consideration and celebration of just some of the works of one of Ireland’s favourite actors. You can order a digital download or print edition now from our ko-fi shop. In PDF 13: Pay what you…
Director: Klaus Härö Starring: James Cosmo, Bríd Brennan, Catherine Walker, Nora-Jane Noone Running Time: 100 minutes There is a whole sub-genre of cinema about elderly romances, especially ones where a grumpy old man is brought back out of his shell by the power of love. Our own Brendan Gleeson has been in a few, and…
The success of features like An Cailín Ciúin and Róise & Frank has seen more enthusiasm than ever among audiences for films in Irish. For those who’d like to see great shorts from years gone by as Gaeilge, the Irish Film Institute have put together Gearrscannáin ón gCartlann. See Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom and…
