Cinema Review: The Kid with a Bike
The Dardenne brothers take us on a beautiful ride.
Category: Cinema Reviews
Cinema Review: John Carter
Old-fashioned science fiction adventure epic wrapped in a 21st Century digital package.
JDIFF: Terence McDonald
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Irish: Terence McDonald Wednesday, 21st February, 6:30pm, IFI A teacher by trade, prolific Derry amateur filmmaker Terence McDonald (1926-2001) shot over 35 films in his lifetime. For this low-key JDIFF screening, Terence’s son, Peter, shared with us, not only about his father’s varied and skillful shorts but also about what [...]
Cinema Review: Stella Days
DIR: Thaddeus O’Sullivan • WRI: Antoine O. Flatharta • PRO: Jackie Larkin, Lesley McKimm, Maggie Pope • DOP: John Christian Rosenlund • ED: Dermot Diskin • DES: Anna Rackard • Cast: Martin Sheen, Stephen Rea, Trystan Gravelle, Marcella Plunkett, Tom Hickey, Amy Huberman, Joey O’Sullivan Father Barry (Martin Sheen) is all packed and ready to [...]
Cinema Review: Trishna
Michael Winterbottom’s flawed modern-day spin of Thomas Hardy’s penultimate novel, ‘Tess of the d’Ubervilles’.
JDIFF 2012 First Look Cinema Review: Michael, a chilling child-kidnapping tale from Austria
Now on release in the IFI, the chillingly mundane day-to-day life of a pedophile with a boy captive in his basement.
JDIFF 2012: Shorts
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Other Presentations: JDIFF Shorts Friday, 24th February, 6:30pm, Light House Cinema The fabulous final JDIFF weekend got off to a top-notch start with a fantastic feast of fresh films – of the short variety, of course. These six hand-picked gems showcase the crème de la crème of Ireland’s talent, all [...]
JDIFF 2012: Nightdancers
Cannibals, breakdance and Uganda – not your typical Irish documentary, Emile Dinneen’s ‘Nightdancers’ provided a fascinating insight into a generation’s struggle with their own cultural and spiritual beliefs.
JDIFF 2012 First Look Cinema Review: Margaret, directed by Kenneth Lonergan
Kenneth Lonergan’s long awaited return to filmmaking since his breakout success, You Can Count On Me (2000).
JDIFF 2012 Irish Cinema Review: Silence, Pat Collins and Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde
Pitched somewhere between documentary and fictional film Silence gently eases us through a defiantly abstract story.
JDIFF 2012 Out of the Past: Baraka,1992
Ron Fricke’s 1992 documentary on the development of our planet.
![JDIFF 2012 Real to Reel Cinema Review: This Is Not A Film [In Film Nist]](http://filmireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/this-is-not-a-film-by-jafar-panahi-and-mojtaba-mirtahmasb-f2326-300x180.jpg)
JDIFF 2012 Real to Reel Cinema Review: This Is Not A Film [In Film Nist]
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s house arrest leading up to a 6 year jail sentence for making films against the ‘Islamic regime’.
![JDIFF 2012 German Cinema Review: The Day I Was Not Born [Das Lied In Mir], in co-operation with Goethe-Institut Irland](http://filmireland.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/The-Day-I-was-Not-Born2-300x167.jpg)
JDIFF 2012 German Cinema Review: The Day I Was Not Born [Das Lied In Mir], in co-operation with Goethe-Institut Irland
It’s the type of film Michael Bay doesn’t make.
JDIFF 2012: Out of the Past Cinema Review: Tim Burton’s Batman
Welcome cinema screening of Tim Burton’s classic 1989 ‘Batman’.
JDIFF 2012: In Darkness review
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2012 Special Presentation: In Darkness Wednesday, 22nd February, 8:10pm, Cineworld What is so striking about Oscar-nominated, In Darkness is the originality in tone. Many familiar titles in the past have dealt with the tough subject matter by focusing on the heroism and bravery of those who fought against the Nazi [...]
JDIFF 2012: Dreamtime, Revisited
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Irish: Dreamtime, Revisited Wednesday, 21st February, 6:30pm, IFI Magical, wondrous, sensual and spiritual, Dreamtime Revisited is anevocative recollection of the life and work of writer, poet and philosopher, John Moriarty. Commissioned as part of Reel Art scheme,this abstract film uses stunning contemporary footage, interviews from his friends and family, [...]
