Director: James Mangold Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Scoot McNairy, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook Running Time: 140 minutes Before a single shred of tangible information was available about James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, originally titled ‘Going Electric’, critics and film personalities online were already analysing and comparing it…
“Get on your knees” Harris Dickinson orders Nicole Kidman, as their characters tentatively crawl into a sub-dom affair in Halina Reijn’s Babygirl. His character means it, but in the moment he does something disarming; he laughs, his cocky intern Samuel struck by the absurdity of ordering the older, steely CEO Romy Mathis around sexually, when…
One of the most iconic and influential filmmakers in history arrives at the IFI this February and March for a packed retrospective. From Scorsese to Hansen-Løve to both Bill AND Ted, the work of Ingmar Bergman has its finger prints across film history, and you can soon see 22 films exploring some of his timeless…
The nominations have been announced for this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards, with some of the island’s biggest names, hardest working pros and rising talents given nods for their work on screen over the last year. With nominations cross across 29 categories in film and tv, the IFTA winners will be revealed during the…
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In Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’ film whose artistic and stylistic innovation is wholly matched by a deep emotional resonance at its heart, form and function come together to provide the viewer with an invaluable perspective. The camera is mostly placed within the point of view of the film’s two lead characters, the principled and inspired…
Director: Magnus von Horn Starring: Vic Carmen Sonne, Trine Dyrholm, Besir Zeciri Running Time: 115 minutes While Robert Eggers’ take on Nosferatu has become a box-office hit, with viewers ravenous for a gothic account of sexual politics not seen since My Immortal, the vampire flick doesn’t have a monopoly at the cinema this month for…
An Irish company have launched a scheme this month for emerging Irish genre writers to mark their entry into further filmmaking and to support emerging screenwriters in Ireland. Two-time Irish advertising ‘Company of the Year’ Banjoman Films is marking the launch of their film and TV division under the banner BMAN Entertainment with a scheme…
Director: RaMell Ross Starring: Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Hamish Linklater, Gralen Bryant Banks, Fred Hechinger, Jimmie Fails Running Time: 140 minutes One of the complaints often levelled at film critics’ choices for films that they collectively hail as ‘a masterpiece’ is their tendency to choose films that are formally and technically outstanding, but…
The First Fortnight Mental Health Art & Culture Festival starts this weekend, with over 60 events taking place nationwide from January 5th – 14th. For over a decade the arts-based mental health charity has organised the festival in the first two weeks of the year aimed at challenging the stigma around mental health. With events…
