Film Review

Summer 1993 is a portrait of a child having her world upended that manages to be kind without puling punches and sad without being maudlin. It's a great achievement for the feature debut of Spanish director Carla Simón. The story concerns…

The Incredibles might be one of the 21st century’s best superhero films. Written and directed by Brad Bird, the 2004 Pixar animation centred on a family of superheroes in exile, called into action to save the world. The sequel has arrived…

Keepers of the Flame, directed by Nuala O'Connor, charts through the labyrinth of Irish history from the 1916 Rising, through the War of Independence and the Civil War. It catalogues stories from ordinary Irish men and women whose tales…

There’s a great melodrama lurking at the heart of The Secret of Marrowbone, Yet, it never emerges. Instead cheap scares, a poor script and an over-reliance on twists form the shoddy skeleton of this film, ruining its potential. Considering…

What happens when you have a film about a professional female race driver who at no point assists her bank-robbing husband as a getaway driver? A missed opportunity is what. And all this when recently they have honest-to-God babies…

In recent years, Paul Schrader the screenwriter and Paul Schrader the director haven’t always been the cosiest of bedfellows. His script for the pitch black psycho-drama Taxi Driver gave us one of Martin Scorsese’s most acclaimed works and…

Hunting is often referred to as “stalking” by those with a knowledge of the controversial sport. Ask any hunter from Ernest Hemingway to infamous sniper Carlos Hathcock. Most will agree it is the stalking of the kill rather than the killing…

Taylor Sheridan has not yet written a bad film. Until now that is. His first three: Sicario, Hell or High Water and Wind River all share the neo-Western genre but differ in setting, tone and character. Sicario: Day of the Soldado is the…

For film buffs living in Ireland, it's been frustrating witnessing parties, clubs and nightlife onscreen. These depictions are often America-set. Scenes of inebriation feel more sanitised in a mainstream movie. Meanwhile, the ones that…

“I racialize everything because I'm South African, it’s my culture,” university lecturer Max Matsane (Kagiso Lediga) tells his long-term partner, Sam (Pearl Thusi), before chastising her for giving twenty rand to a panhandler. Therein lies…