Film

In the 21st century, Irish cinema has become a lot more adventurous. There’s been the scabrous comedies of the McDonagh brothers; the quiet atmospheric character studies of Lenny Abrahamson and Rebecca Daly; gritty portraits of life on the…

On the first episode of I Know That Face hosts Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio delve into the career of Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Viola Davis. Andrew and Stephen discuss Davis' career from her time in the character actor…

Many consider animation to be a waste of time, something for young children and nothing more. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The so called one dimensionalism that many consider animation to be is actually often a deeply complex…

Last week, Macedonian film God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya was crowned 2019's Lux Prize winner, an award given out by the European Parliament to help significant European films find an audience beyond their national market. Beating fellow…

The latest one-off Netflix documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator uncovers the darkness behind Bikram Choudhury and his hot yoga empire. This insightful outing from filmmaker Eva Orner (Chasing Asylum) lifts the lid on a harrowing tale of…

For those reading who do not know me, let me introduce myself. My name is Stephen Porzio. I’m 24 and I work as a journalist and film critic, writing for publications including Hot Press and Travel Ireland Magazine. Also in my spare time, I…

It’s interesting the upstate mansion has become a symbol of prejudice in the cinema of Trump’s America. Opposition to the “elites” was a rallying cry of the man’s incendiary presidential run. Yet it’s the not-so-humble abodes of the upper…

As part of the famous Disney Renaissance the 1989 release of The Little Mermaid took the world by storm and is still one of the most easily recognisable animation films to this day. It told the story of Ariel and her undersea adventures as…

The only movie podcast devoted to character actors, each episode of I Know That Face delves into the career of one of those people where you know the face but maybe not the name. From Bob Hoskins, to Mia Goth, to Viola Davis, hosts Andrew…

Few arthouse films this year are as likely to appeal to an Irish audience than The Nightingale, writer-director Jennifer Kent's follow up to her breakout debut The Babadook from 2014. After all the Aussie filmmaker's latest is essentially…