This noir-tinged thriller “is messy but some uneven performances … fade into the background” because it “gets so many other elements right”.
Tag: film
The Dance, Reviewed
This documentary following a choreographer and his dancers as they create a performance revels in “The joy of seeing bodies in motion and the wonder of witnessing creation take hold”.
Rebecca’s Boyfriend, Reviewed
This new film with “mumblecore energy” is “ambiently amusing … raw, witty, but rarely gut busting”.
Zone 414, Reviewed
“There’s a beating heart somewhere beneath the metallic surface” of this film, “but it’s hard to hear over the same old cyberpunk beeps and boops we’ve been hearing for 40 years”.
Love Yourself Today, Reviewed
This new documentary chronicles Damien Dempsey’s Christmas concert at Vicar Street in 2019, and the lives of three of the fans who were there.
Deadly Cuts, Reviewed
In this new film, “The action is so zany that it feels like the film reel might unspool and burn up at any second.”
Follow the Dead, Reviewed
Neither of this film’s “core elements, the horror or the comedy, is handled well. It’s not scary or all that funny,” writes our reviewer.
Rose Plays Julie, Reviewed
Intimate and distressing, this film sees a young woman search for identity. Her quest reopens the wounds of the past and brings danger to her doorstep.
Finding You, Reviewed
A violinist swaps New York for Carlingford in a romance that “has a lot going on, but not a lot of it original”.
Hillwalkers, Reviewed
The boardroom and backwoods face off in this microbudget horror film.