Plan 75

Plan 75 – Review

“No approval need from your doctor or family,” a Plan 75 representative smiles at his elderly customer. In fact, the entire conversation about whether or not you should choose to end your own life in...

Ramona – Review

There have been many attempts, on film, at unpicking the industry itself. Whether it’s a classic like Singin’ in the Rain, a biopic like Ed Wood, or artistic meditations on how damn hard it is to pro...
Victim Obet

Victim (Obet) – Review

Mark Twain is noted as observing that “a lie travels halfway the world before the truth can get its boots on.” What may have started out as a small way of avoiding bigger consequences soon becomes al...
Miss Viborg

Miss Viborg – Review

Don’t let the lush colour pops of mauve, sunshine yellow and teal fool you. Marianne Blicher’s feature-length debut, Miss Viborg, is no light-weight comedy. It’s a film about how circumstances and fl...
Aus Meiner Haut Skin Deep

Skin Deep (Aus Meiner Haut) – Review

“Is it possible for a body to be inherently happier or unhappier than another body?” asks one of the characters within writer-director Alex Schaad’s feature-length debut, Skin Deep (Aus Meiner Haut)....
God's Creatures

God’s Creatures – Review

There is an old stereotype about Irish mammies and their sons. Daughters have to jump through hoops for attention, but the boys can do no wrong. Their halo rarely needs polishing and their dinner pla...
The Worst Person in the World

Top 10 Films of 2022 – Mary’s Picks

It’s that time of year again when I realise that I have watched absolutely nothing. (If you’ve listened to our podcasts, you’ll also know this to be the case.) You only have to look...
Guillermo Del Toro Pinocchio Netflix

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Review

There have been at least twenty four cinematic adaptations of Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi’s story of the wooden boy brought to life. Three of these appeared in 2022 alone. Surely, there cannot be any mo...
The Wonder Netflix Florence Pugh

The Wonder – Review

Ireland, 1862. The spectre of the Famine looms large over the island. People are starved of hope and haunted by loss. This is the backdrop of Sebastian Lelio’s The Wonder, based on Emma Donoghue’s bo...