In my review of A Complete Unknown, I noted that early critiques of the film prior to its release surrounded screenwriters James Mangold and Jay Cocks’ decision to focus on the early career of Bob Dylan. The Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s which Dylan arrives into at the beginning of the film,…
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…
Gabriel Adewusi is taking up room in our heads at the moment and deservedly so. The actor is one of the leads of the short film Room Taken, a darling of the festival circuit since its debut in late 2023 at the Cork International Film Festival. Since then its screened from DIFF to KIFF, been…
Director: Leigh Whannell Starring: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger Running Time: 103 minutes As Ireland’s own Lee Cronin prepares to unravel a new take on The Mummy, it might be understandable for him to use Blumhouse’s other reimaginings of classic monster movies as a point of reference., both for the do’s and…
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…
