Charades, shifts and sinking ships – Valentine’s viewing from the Film In Dublin team

Charades, shifts and sinking ships – Valentine’s viewing from the Film In Dublin team

Love is in the air in the fair city of film. Across Dublin’s cinemas, there’s plenty of Valentine’s Day screenings afoot, whether it’s The People’s Joker at the Light House, romance rescreenings at the Stella, or 80th anniversary screenings of heartbreaking classic Brief Encounter at the IFI. The new Bridget Jones is out, as is…

Finely tuned mourning in One Fine Morning 

Finely tuned mourning in One Fine Morning 

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Starring: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory, Nicole Garcia Running Time: 112 minutes  Grief is an emotion unbound by tense and time. One can grieve something that hasn’t fully happened yet, or something in the moment of inevitable motion, just as strongly as the pains of the past. Léa Seydoux’s Sandra in One Fine…

It’s she, Emily, she’s come home

It’s she, Emily, she’s come home

Director: Frances O’Connor Starring: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling Running Time: 130 minutes The short life and enduring works of Emily Brontë make her an understandable target for biopic fare. Work backwards from Wuthering Heights and you can build the story as it suits, about women, about the authorship and ownership of…