HumpdayFOUR YEARS ago, a scruffy, proudly transgressive drama called Mysterious Skin was the only film that dared open against Star …Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Unmade BedsDirected by Alexis dos Santos. Starring Fernando Tielve, Déborah FrancisIddo Goldbeg Club, IFI/Screen, Dublin, 92 minFri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Situations VacantDirected by Lisa Mulcahy. Starring Diarmuid Noyes, Sam Corry, Shaun Dunne, Mary Murray 15A cert, lim release, 97 minFri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Bunny and The BullFIRST THINGS first. This irritating, shapeless – though undeniably imaginative – project is not quite the first Mighty Boosh …Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
SéraphineMARTIN PROVOST skirts two troublesome genres in this earthy, scuffed, beautifully performed study of the French primitive painter…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Nativity!THIS HEART-sinkingly useless British comedy is filled with meaningless bustle and a pathetic insecurity over its own meagre worth…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
Glorious 39FOR THE last decade or so, Stephen Poliakoff has been dividing TV viewers with a series of films that are either, complex knots…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
A very pleasant vampireINTERVIEW: IF YOU’RE GOING to be stuck with the same face for 350 years then it might as well be the one attached to Peter Facinelli…Sat Nov 21 2009 - 00:00
The first day of the rest of your life/Le premier jour du reste de ta vieDirected by remi BezanconFri Nov 20 2009 - 00:00
Oscar intrigue over animation nominationsREEL NEWS : Something fishy may be afoot in the campaign for the best animated feature OscarFri Nov 20 2009 - 00:00
Taking WoodstockDirected by Ang Lee. Starring Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Mamie Gummer 16 cert…Fri Nov 13 2009 - 00:00
AmeliaDirected by Mira Nair. Starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher EcclestonFri Nov 13 2009 - 00:00
Jennifer’s BodyOH DEAR, oh dear. The worst thing about the near-complete failure of screenwriter Diablo Cody’s follow- up to the sublime Juno…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
GoatsHOW FAR can you get with little else but charm and goodwill in your backpack? On the evidence of this enjoyably barmy adaptation…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
9IT MAY seem perverse to describe a film about the end of the world as lacking ambition, but, though nicely designed and often…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
Tales from The Golden Age/Amintiri din Epoca de AurIF YOU were enumerating the masterpieces that you’re not sure you ever want to have to watch again, then 4 Months, 3 Weeks and…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
This is itTHERE ARE precedents. Not long after Lenin died, his record company embalmed the body and invited acolytes to enter a darkened…Fri Oct 30 2009 - 00:00
The CoveWHEN APPROACHING a documentary on an ecological subject, the average punter may feel the need to gird one’s metaphorical loins…Fri Oct 23 2009 - 01:00
Katalin VargaDirected by Peter Strickland. Starring Hilda Peter, Tibor Palffy, Norbert Tanko, Melinda Kantor. Club, IFI, Dublin, 82 minFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Ong Bak: The Beginning/Ong Bak 2Directed by Tony Jaa. Starring Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatree, Sarunyu Wongkrachang, Nirut SirijunyaFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Je Veux VoirDirected by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Rabih Mroue Club, Kino, Cork, 75 minFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
TriangleDirected by Christopher Smith. Starring Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Rachael Carpani. 16 cert, gen release, 99 min.Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Goodbye SoloSet in and around the North Carolina city of Winston-Salem, Goodbye Solo is a decent middle-brow exercise in practical humanism…Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Love HappensBEFORE KICKING this useless film in its stupid, fat head, let us pause to, once again, bemoan an infuriating irregularity in …Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zeeIF YOU thought Somerstown , Shane Meadows’s brief last film, seemed a tad insubstantial – more of a delightful exercise than …Fri Oct 09 2009 - 01:00
Get off my landBIRDWATCHERS/LA TERRA DEGLI UOMINI ROSSI – BIRDWATCHERS Directed by Marco Bechis Club, Queen’s, Belfast; IFI, Dublin, 108 min…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
The path of most resistanceTHE ARMY OF CRIME/ L’ARMÉE DU CRIME Directed by Robert GuediguianFri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
