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Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, full Snyder

It’s time to see if Zack Snyder’s second part to his Sci-Fi Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire will give fans what they want. Well, you’ll be happy, or unhappy, to know that I quite enjoyed Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver. I found it to be an enjoyable second part of what I believe is a much larger story. First off, the film picks up immediately after the events of the first. Kora…

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Script-mentoring programme supporting Disabled writers to advance in Film and Television

Tilting the Lens announces a script-mentoring partnership and bursary with the National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama, aiming to diversify the existing talent in the film and TV industry in Ireland.

Accessibility consultancy Tilting the Lens today announced a script-mentoring partnership and bursary with Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland’s National Talent Academy for Film & Television Drama. An initiative aiming to diversify the existing talent in the film and TV industry in Ireland. The programme, called ‘Screen Stories: Getting Disabled Writers in the Room’ will support up to five Disabled…

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Strong Irish representation at Cannes 24 as Element Pictures secure 3 selections

Irish films and filmmakers are dotted throughout the 77th Cannes Film Festival programme, including 3 films Dublin-based Element Pictures.

The Cannes Film Festival this morning announced its lineup for the 77th edition of the prestigious festival. Irish films and filmmakers are dotted throughout the programme, with Dublin-based Element Pictures having three of its films invited to official selection. The Element Pictures productions selected are: Kinds of Kindness is Element Picture’s latest collaboration with Yorgos Lanthimos,…

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Catalyst International Film Festival returns for its 5th edition

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The Japanese Film Festival Ireland has officially returned

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Japanese cinema fans! The Japanese Film Festival Ireland has officially arrived. The Japanese Film Festival Ireland returns for its 15th edition this April, with a line-up of films that will bring the best of Japanese cinema to towns & cities across Ireland. Ireland’s only truly national film festival will showcase 19 films across 49 screenings this…

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Monkey Man, a high swinging champion

Dev Patel is an incredible talent. He’s been acting since a young age, making his mark on the small screen with Skins and then with Danny Boyle’s impressive Slumdog Millionaire. Now into his second decade of acting, he’s decided to throw his hat in the ring regarding writing and directing his first feature. So, how does Monkey Man size up? Monkey Man is a story about Kid (Patel) a man on a…

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JFFI 2024: Evil Does Not Exist

The Japanese Film Festival Ireland is coming this April. From the 9th of April, many films from up-and-coming talent as well as established names will be showcased. It’s a stacked lineup and you can find out more here. I was lucky enough to attend the Opening Ceremony and the film that I got to see was the latest film from Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Evil Does Not Exist. Starring a small ensemble cast…

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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the kings have returned

Kong is back. As Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire opens Kong welcomes audiences to his world with a wry smile. He’s made Hollow Earth his home and has been searching for some remnants of his kind. Meanwhile, up top Godzilla is cleaning up the Kaiju mess constantly reminding everyone he is still ‘King of the Monsters’. Everything is at peace until Kong goes too deep into the Hollow Earth and…

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EAFFI 2024: Snow Leopard Review

I’m late to this one unfortunately, life got in the way, but here is my review of Snow Leopard. This is a film that came out in 2023 and was the last film of Pema Tseden. It tells the story of a captured snow leopard and those around it. It was shown during the annual East Asia Film Festival to an excited audience. Snow Leopard has a seemingly simple premise. A farmer has captured a snow leopard…

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Immaculate, done with nuns

I am tired of nuns in horrors, I say this as someone who is both terrified and intrigued by horror. It’s such a fascinating genre. It can be horrifying, funny, over the top and completely sincere. So when Sydney Sweeney’s latest film, Immaculate came up on my dance card I was excited. I didn’t know anything about this film and I was in the mood for a horror. I was in the mood to be…

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Interview: Pat Collins on That They May Face The Rising Sun

John McGahern’s 2003 novel That They May Face The Rising Sun sounds like perfect material for writer-director Pat Collins. The acclaimed director of Song of Granite and Silence brings his calm and patient eye to this tale of two emigrés, Joe and Kate (Barry Ward and Anna Bederke), returning to Joe’s home in rural Ireland from London for a different pace of living. Collins and co-writer Éamon…

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Lisa Frankenstein, a cult classic in the making

Full of vibrant colours, over-the-top performances and some cheeky humour, Lisa Frankenstein was a complete surprise. Starring Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse and from first-time feature director Zelda Williams, Lisa Frankenstein is another entry in the ‘Coming of Rage’ subgenre of films. And as someone who has not seen many of these, I was quite impressed. There are films out there like…

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Dune: Part Two, a full-on spicy flow

I hope you’ve prepared to return to Arrakis, as Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) continues his journey of revenge to bring down those who destroyed his family. Along the way, Paul will begin many things, a hero, a messiah and possibly a conqueror. This is Dune: Part Two and it’s time for the sleeper to awaken. Dune: Part Two opens almost immediately after the events of the first film. Paul and…

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Double Blind, fortify your mind!

Starring an intimate cast and directed by first-time feature film director Ian Hunty-Duffy, Double Blind is a psychological horror. This horror is set in one location and sees a small band of volunteers try to survive 24 hours in a lockdown. Doesn’t seem so hard right? Well, they’ve taken an experimental drug and it’s kept them awake for 5 days and if they fall asleep on this 6th day their brains…

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Argylle, we're caught in a trap

Matthew Vaughn, he’s an interesting director. He’s brought us the Kingsman films, one of the best X-Men films in the shape of X-Men: First Class and my personal favourite Stardust. Now he’s heading further into the spy genre with Argylle. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell and Brian Cranston, Argylle follows Elly Conway (Dallas Howard). She’s a famous author who pens much-adored spy…

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Migration, what a trip

It’s time to see the first animation of 2024, well as long as you’re Ireland. This latest animated adventure from Universal was released in the US last year. This strange decision aside, how is Migration? Well, this is one of the easiest reviews I’ve written in a while. It’s a lot of fun and I was genuinely worried it would be another cookie-cutter animation from Illumination that has relied on…

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#Review: All of Us Strangers

Starring an intimate cast headlined by Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers is a film about a writer trying to figure out his life. Along this journey, Scott’s Adam meets and befriends Harry (Paul Mescal) a man who resides in the apartment building Adam also lives in. As Adam and Harry spark up a romance, Adam is trying to write about his parents who sadly passed away when he was twelve. How he…

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