KERRY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (KIFF) CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY. HIGHLIGHTS: OPENING FILM – HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR FESTIVAL ANNIVERSARY GALA – SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, STARRING CILLIAN MURPHY, EMILY WATSON AND EILEEN WALSH REBECCA O’FLANAGAN IS THIS YEAR’S MAUREEN O’HARA AWARD RECIPIENT Today (September 24th, 2024) Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) is…
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Special screening of John Butler’s ‘Handsome Devil (2016) – 25th July
Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield Date: 25th July, 6.30 CAST AND CREW GATHER FOR A CELEBRATION OF IRISH FILM AND A SPECIAL SCREENING OF JOHN BUTLER’S HIT FILM HANDSOME DEVIL Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) is hosting a special screening of John Butler’s ‘impossible to resist’ film Handsome Devil (2016) on Thursday 25th July, at Smithfield’s Light House Cinema. The one-off event…
All of Us Strangers: A Transcendent Experience
Director: Andrew Haigh Starring: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell Running Time: 106 minutes Film criticism has a tendency to describe films as packing an emotional ‘gut punch’, I’ve seen it many times and never really understood what they meant. And then I saw All of Us Strangers.
It’s Barbie’s World Now
Directed by: Greta Gerwig Runtime: 114 minutes Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, America Ferraira, Ariana Greenblatt This Barbie is having an existential crisis. Greta Gerwig creates a breathtaking baby-pink world filled with Barbies blissfully moving through their simplistic existence; waking up in their dream houses, getting dressed in killer…
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…
Nope is Spectacular
Nope encourages audiences to question the dynamics behind spectacle.
The Inescapable Horror of Men
In fact as in fiction, when bad things happen to women, unfortunately many reactions disproportionately focus on the actions or choices made by the victim. Alex Garland’s Men refreshingly and definitively pushes that focus back onto the perpetrators and enablers of violence and intimidation.
Happening; Harrowing & Humanising
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…
Wrong Turn (2021) & The Horrors of a Bad Boyfriend
Directed by: Mike P. Nelson Starring: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Matthew Modine, Bill Sage Runtime: 109 mins *TW: Rape, section clearly marked below* For a long time now I’ve had a fascination I couldn’t shake with the Wrong Turn franchise, and even though our relationship status has never shifted from ‘It’s Complicated’ because of their ableist…
Ammonite could dig deeper
Director: Francis Lee Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan Runtime: 120 mins Francis Lee has a deep understanding of how to use harsh landscapes and natural sound in a beautiful way. Fans of Lee’s debut God’s Own Country will recognise his interest and talent in portraying working class queer stories in this new film. With Ammonite, Lee…