Film Review

We’ve all read the headlines and watched the David Attenborough documentaries. By now it should be no secret that human greed has catapulted our world into the midst of an extinction crisis. The facts are devastating. According to the World…

And Then We Danced has caused quite the stir in Georgia, its representation of LGBT characters triggering a far-right backlash and requiring police to stop protestors from crashing a screening at the Amirani Cinema in Tbsili. All this…

On paper, comparisons could be drawn between Broken Law and Cardboard Gangsters. The films both feature crime, unsavoury types and a bunch of the same cast members. It’s to debut writer-director Paddy Slattery’s great credit though that…

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a romantic gothic drama that will make viewers hearts sing and break in almost equal measure. It’s the tale of two lovers from different walks of life. They are brought together through a lie yet ultimately…

Obsessed loners taking on giant corporations make for riveting cinema, with the premise providing a perfect opportunity to highlight grave injustice. This time the loner is lawyer Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), the corporation is none other…

Dublin director Lorcan Finnegan has already established himself as a filmmaker to watch. This was with the one-two punch of his acclaimed short Foxes in 2012, about a couple trapped in a remote housing estate and the animals that surround…

End of the Century is an intimate gay love story set in Barcelona, and the debut feature from Argentinian director Lucio Castro. The filmmaker’s career has featured a string of short films, the latest of which Trust Issues was shown at…

One positive regarding the rise of streaming services is they’ve given filmmakers a place to showcase their work that would not fit neatly onto cinema screens. Recently, Paul Thomas Anderson and Thom Yorke’s glorious one-reeler Anima and…

Back in 2015, Robert Eggers caused a stir within the horror community with his stellar debut The Witch. Rightfully acclaimed for its authenticity and unwavering attention to building all-consuming atmosphere and dread, it was selected by…

The rich are getting richer and leaving the rest of us behind. Filmmakers have taken notice. Parasite is the latest in a slew of recent films dealing with the thorny topic of class inequality alongside the likes of Joker, Ready or Not and…