Director: Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne Starring: Shaun Dunne, Robbie Lawlor, Lady Veda, Jade Jordan, Eva-Jane Gaffney, Lauren Larkin Running Time: 101 minutes Breaking a stigma is about removing walls. In How To Tell A Secret, performance and interview are interwoven. Stories of living with HIV pass through acting, re-enacting and interview, from performance to…
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See how the other half dies in Glass Onion
Director: Rian Johnson Starring: Daniel Craig, Ed Norton, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, Leslie Odom Jr., Madelyn Cline, Janelle Monáe Running Time: 139 minutes Steve Jobs is dead. Tough break for him, but it does make brand management at Apple easier. The public perception of the ‘genius billionaire’ – innovative, enigmatic, benevolent…
Young love is all-consuming in Bones and All
Director: Luca Guadagnino Starring: Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance Running Time: 130 minutes The opening scenes of Bones and All take care to show us lead character Maren first and foremost as a young woman without a strong sense of self. Shy and sheltered, she’s led a life constantly on the move, her mom…
Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back live this December
The third iteration of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival is coming soon to Smithfield. The Generator Hostel will be host to a fully live edition of DICFF, bringing short and feature films and live comedy performances to patrons over three days from Dec 2 – 4th. The brainchild of writer and director Maureen ‘Mo’…
Naughty or Nice back again in December 2022
artwork by Conor Merriman It’s that time of year again – the Naughty or Nice programme at the Light House Cinema was announced this week. The Christmas season of films at the Smithfield cinema is here, with the usual selection of Christmas favourites and deep cut delights on offer from December 4th – 31st. Naughty…
Peter McGann, Natasha Waugh and Jonathan Hughes dig into the depths of La Tumba
In 2018, director Natasha Waugh and writer Jonathan Hughes worked together on short film Mother, an offbeat, darkly funny tale of a matriarchal kitchen appliance. Their latest film, La Tumba is similarly smart, taking what seems like a pure comedy premise and delivering a sincere, emotional story. Featuring lovely performances by the leads, Eloisa Etxebarria…
Small Trans Film Club goes live and online this November
The Small Trans Library is a small lending library of trans-authored books for trans people, with branches in Dublin and Glasgow. Later this month, they’ll be expanding their efforts into the world of film, with a screening of short films telling Irish trans stories. Shorts from a variety of filmmakers will be available to view…
Cold around the edges of a sun holiday in the beautiful Aftersun
Deeply personal and profound, Charlotte Wells pulls us into memories both keenly felt and half understood, with real and heart wrenching performances by Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio.
Submissions open for Pretty Deadly Films #12 – ‘Feast on Film’
The final issue of the year for Film In Dublin’s Pretty Deadly Films zine will be released in early December and we have submissions open now for articles and artwork. PDF Issue 12 will be all about the best of food and drink on film. Each issue of PDF looks at film through the lens of a particular theme,…
Cork International Film Festival kicks off this week
Over 80 Irish premieres will be taking place at Cork’s biggest film festival. CIFF 2022 begins this Thursday, with 200 films over 10 days. The latest films by Ireland’s own Frank Berry and Lorcan Finnegan are included in this year’s programme. Frank Berry’s Aisha will be kicking off the Festival this week on the 10th of November…