REVIEWS

BRING THEM DOWN review

BRING THEM DOWN initially tells its story through the perspective of Michael. Weighed down by internal conflicts, he traverses the Irish countryside almost invisibly. His brooding aggression and minimal dialogue hook you into his world. Michael’s silent fury is far more fascinating and impactful than the noise of his neighboring

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THE OUTRUN review

FOE star Saoirse Ronan is earning rave reviews for her performance in THE OUTRUN. The film is an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s autobiographical story, in which a return to one’s origins is synonymous with inner healing. Here, Ronan finds a role tailor-made to explore the intricacies of the human soul, in

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FOE review

After providing the raw fodder for Charlie Kaufman’s characteristically cryptic I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, Canadian novelist Iain Reid serves up more brain-bender material in Garth Davis’ FOE. Anchored by emotionally raw performances from Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, with Aaron Pierre as a stranger bringing equal parts seductive charm

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BALLYWALTER review

The reviews for BALLYWALTER are in! The Irish Independent says “Patrick Kielty is a revelation and Seána Kerslake exemplary in this moving drama. Together they created something wonderful, something unique, something that deserves to find an audience. Armed with a moving, meaningful screenplay by Stacey Gregg, BALLYWALTER speaks only when

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FLORA AND SON review

The reviews are in for ONCE director, John Carney’s FLORA AND SON. Single mom, Flora (Eve Hewson), struggles to keep her son Max (Orén Kinlan) out of trouble in Dublin. She gets the idea to give her teenager a guitar, but he quickly refuses it in all his teenage angst.

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THE KILLER review

Straight from it’s World Premiere at Venice Film Festival, THE KILLER is earning highly positive reviews. David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman: an ascetic who in the movie’s sensationally low-key

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LOLA review

The debut film from Irish director Andrew Legge is a pacy, thrillingly inventive found-footage mockumentary that purports to show the invention, in 1940, of a machine that can intercept television and radio broadcasts from the future. The device is named Lola in honour of the mother of the machine’s creators:

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WOMEN TALKING review

The reviews are in for WOMEN TALKING, starring Jessie Buckley. This important film tells the story of a community battered by rape and patriarchal ideas, as a mainly female cast debate the repercussions of the brutality meted out to them. Sarah Polley’s sober, sombre ensemble picture stars Rooney Mara, Claire

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TOWN OF STRANGERS review

TOWN OF STRANGERS is set in the town of Gort in County Galway, perhaps best known for being the site of Coole House, the home of Lady Gregory and the Irish literary revival of Yeats, Synge, O’Casey and Shaw. None of that is mentioned, however: director Threasa O’Brien focuses on

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FLORA AND SON review

The latest movie from Irish writer-director John Carney (ONCE, SING STREET) is picking up some very good reviews following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Discovering an old guitar in a skip, she believes that music may be the answer and winds up seeking the services of an LA-based

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AFTERSUN review

Charlotte Wells’ moving debut feature AFTERSUN details a father-daughter vacation at a cheap resort in Turkey. There’s something unknowable about Calum (Paul Mescal), and maybe this is because Sophie (Frankie Corio) is a child, and he’s her dad, and she’s just about coming to the age where she’s separating herself

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THE WONDER review

In the new film version of Emma Donoghue’s richly absorbing novel THE WONDER, we confront what the march of history and colonialism has done to Ireland. The film opens in 1862, ten years after the Great Hunger, in a windswept midlands village where a local girl called Anna O’Donnell is

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IRISH FILM NEWS

Scott to reprise VANYA role

Olivier Award®-winning actor Andrew Scott (RIPLEY) will reprise his wildly acclaimed performance in VANYA, a radical new adaptation of Chekhov’s masterwork, UNCLE VANYA. Anton Chekhov’s

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Ronan joins THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

Saoirse Ronan (THE OUTRUN) is rumored to have joined the cast of Greta Gerwig‘s THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA film from Netflix. According to the report, Ronan’s role will be a

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Liam Neeson in ABSOLUTION

Arriving in theatres Nov 1, Liam Neeson’s (RETRIBUTION) latest action flick is his first release of 2024. The Co. Antrim native stars as an aging

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BRING THEM DOWN review

BRING THEM DOWN initially tells its story through the perspective of Michael. Weighed down by internal conflicts, he traverses the Irish countryside almost invisibly. His

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The true story behind The Blitz

In a new Guardian piece, BLITZ, the upcoming movie from Oscar-winning British film director, Sir Steve McQueen, is profiled. The film, starring Saoirse Ronan (THE

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THE GREY leaving Prime

Liam Neeson‘s THE GREY is leaving Amazon Prime on Aug 31. Don’t miss the Ballymena actor’s brilliant performance as John Ottway, a sharpshooter hired to

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THE OUTRUN review

FOE star Saoirse Ronan is earning rave reviews for her performance in THE OUTRUN. The film is an adaptation of Amy Liptrot’s autobiographical story, in which

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Kerry Condon joins PRESSURE

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN star Kerry Condon has joined fellow Irish acting talent Andrew Scott (RIPLEY) in the upcoming D-Day movie PRESSURE. Condon, born in

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Hinds in THE RINGS OF POWER

Oscar-nominated Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds will take the role of The Dark Wizard in the upcoming Prime Video series LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS

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Fassbender talks KNEECAP

THE KILLER lead Michael Fassbender plays a pivotal role in the new politically fueled documentary KNEECAP. Fassbender plays Cairealláin’s onscreen dad Arlo, with Simone Kirby

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Scott wraps KNIVES OUT 3

ALL OF US STRANGERS star Andrew Scott has wrapped filming of KNIVES OUT 3 in Australia. Director Rian Johnson confirmed the shoot was complete, thanking “the

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Ronan talks THE OUTRUN

FOE star Saoirse Ronan has opened up about how playing an alcoholic in Nora Fingscheidt’s THE OUTRUN had a profound effect on her. The Little

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Éanna Hardwicke in SAIPAN

Fast-rising and BAFTA-nominated Irish star Éanna Hardwicke (NORMAL PEOPLE) is set to play Manchester United and Ireland soccer legend Roy Keane in upcoming Irish feature

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Saoirse Ronan in BLITZ

Steve McQueen‘s BLITZ, starring Saoirse Ronan and Harris Dickinson, will premiere in select cinemas Nov 1, prior to streaming globally on Apple TV+ on Nov

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THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE trailer

THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE, set in beautifully lush Irish countryside, is a heartwarming comedy about family, world peace… and sheep. Two distant cousins who’ve never

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KNEECAP for The Oscars

KNEECAP has been selected to represent Ireland in the Oscar International Feature Film category at the upcoming 97th annual Academy Awards. Set in West Belfast in

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DANCE FIRST trailer

The new biopic about Irish writer Samuel Beckett, starring THE USUAL SUSPECTS star Gabriel Byrne, has released its first trailer. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos

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Ruth Negga Streaming Now

PASSING star Ruth Negga has had a busy year shooting major projects for the big streaming platforms. The Irish actress can now be seen in

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Andrew Scott in PRESSURE

What a year it’s been for Andrew Scott, with global acclaim adding up for this performances in RIPLEY and ALL OF US STRANGERS. Now, the

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THE OUTRUN release date

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Saoirse Ronan’s addiction drama THE OUTRUN for a fall theatrical release. Director Nora Fingscheidt’s film, which stars Ronan as

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Paul Mescal in GLADIATOR

We’re just a little over four months away from the premiere of GLADIATOR 2 and the anticipation is real. According to Paul Mescal, the film

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KNEECAP trailer

A new trailer has been released for the award winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP. In this fiercely original sex, drugs and hip-hop biopic KNEECAP play

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KNEECAP trailer

A trailer for the award-winning Irish language documentary KNEECAP has been released. Based on the origin story of the riotous and ground-breaking Irish-language rap trio, the

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