Where the Road Meets the Sky The night of the inaugural screening of Where the Road Meets the Sky was deeply chaotic. I had been introduced to the works of John Connors by a coworker and while familiar with the name of the documentary, its subject matter was still a mystery to me. Determined not…
Happyend Director: Neo Sora Starring: Kurihara Hayato, Hidaka Yukito, Ayumu Nakajima, Makiko Watanabe, Shirō Sano. Running Time: 113 minutes The senior prank, one of the great fascinations of American cinema. It feels rare to see these burning displays of late adolescence in other realms of global cinema, but Neo Sora’s (Ryuichi Sakamoto:Opus) debut retools those well worn senioritis japes for…
Director: Alex Ross Perry Starring: Pavement, Zoe Lister-Jones, Michael Esper, Kathryn Gallagher, Joe Keery, Jason Schwartzman, Nat Wolff, Fred Hechinger, Griffin Newman, Tim Heidecker, Logan Miller Running Time: 128 minutes Alex Ross Perry’s affinity for a chaotic and self-destructive artist is well-established in his filmography. His 2014 feature, Listen Up Philip, is an examination of…
Director: Gia Coppola Starring: Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Song, Kiernan Shipka, Billie Lourd, Jason Schwartzman Running Time: 89 minutes It has felt a little hard lately to avoid the fact that everything is getting worse all the time. For me, at least. Every day it feels as if an additional piece…
Director: Ross Whittaker Featuring: Stefan Klincewicz, Paddy Kehoe, Pat Kenny, Running Time: 86 minutes Early on in Ross Whittaker’s documentary about an infamous Irish syndicate stitch-up in the early 90s, we see an appearance from stat-man Stefan Klincewicz on Pat Kenny Live, promoting his book of tips on how to increase your chances winning the…
Director: Charlie McDowell Starring: Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie, Emily Matthews, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson Running Time: 90 minutes There’s a quote from one of Tove Jansson’s delightful Moomin books that I have always adored: “The quiet transition from autumn to winter is not a bad time at all. It’s a time for protecting and securing…
Director: Osgood Perkins Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood Running Time: 98 minutes As someone who isn’t necessarily a fan of scary movies, mostly because I enjoy sleeping at night, I approached the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Monkey with extreme caution. Walking into the…
Director: Christopher Andrews Starring: Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Nora-Jane Noone, Paul Ready, Aaron Heffernan, Colm Meaney Running Time: 106 minutes Watching the exports of the European arthouse over the last few years, one of the big strains of film I’ve seen pop up has been the rural paranoid thriller. These are dour films shot in…
Director: Sinead O’Shea Featuring: Edna O’Brien Running Time: 99 minutes Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story is a moving documentary about the life and works of one of Ireland most talented writers. Directed by Sinead O’Shea, the documentary highlights how Edna O’Brien defied censorship, challenged societal norms, and redefined a woman’s place in literature with…
Director: Brady Corbet Starring: Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Alessandro Nivola, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Isaach De Bankolé Running Time: 215 minutes A film over six years in the making, that replaced an entire A-level cast before filming (Joel Edgerton, Marion Cotillard and more were originally set to star), one with obviously lofty awards…
