Following up his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy stars as a devoted father dealing with the complexity of discovering a terrible truth in Small Things Like These. Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants directs this adaptation of the novel by Claire […]

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One of the best-reviewed films of the year is finally getting a U.S. release. Colm Bairéad’s feature-length debut, The Quiet Girl, is an adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novella “Foster,” which centers on a young mute girl (played by newcomer Catherine […]

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Years after making a splash on the indie scene with The Fits, filmmakers Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis bring their newest drama from inner-city Cincinnati to an Irish fishing village. God’s Creatures premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival […]

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Martin McDonagh, the genius behind both theatre and the outstanding Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and In Bruges returns with an Ireland-set “break-up” story centering on two longtime friends. Reteaming with his In Bruges leads Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, he transports […]

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I met with Polish director Małgorzata Szumowska (In the Name Of) on Saturday, September 7, 2019, at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, to discuss The Other Lamb (which I also reviewed), her newest feature (and English-language debut). The movie follows […]

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Handsome Devil is an affable picture, but it’s a few nips and tucks away from being great.

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No matter how you cut it, Song of Granite is a transcendent portrait of Heaney’s life.

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A Patch of Fog mostly works as a taut atmospheric thriller that manages to hold some real surprises for the end, thanks to solid mise-en-scène and excellent performances.

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Panti Bliss didn’t ask to become the poster woman for gay rights in Ireland. But when duty called, she answered with gusto.

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Our Day Will Come is a hedonistic nightmare, one that explores how quickly power and the pleasure derived from it turns into rage and terror.

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