Rye Lane

Review by Cat Earley The 2023 Oscars – as per the usual fare – were awash with all the glitz and glamour expected of such an affair. Thoughtful and moving films like A24’s Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front swept the awards with all the fanfare that such

The Berlinale Report

By Cat Earley What do you imagine when you think of a cinema? Is it the crunch of buttery popcorn? The hurried footsteps on the blacktop as patrons scurry to their seats? The dimming of the lights before the big event? Now, what about a film festival? Is it pretentious voices wafting towards directors in

The Future Tense – DIFF Part 2

Review by James Mahon The Future Tense ( Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, 2022) should not work cinematically. As a video essay format it seems more suited to a YouTube or Podcast platform in the tradition of Joe Rogan et al. Yet definitely unlike a Joe Rogan podcast, The Future Tense not only works, but

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Review by Chiara Gregor Writer and director Pawo Choyning Dorji’s debut feature-film Lunana – a Yak in the Classroom (2019) was submitted to the Oscars for Best International Feature not once but twice; so it must have surprised both the Bhutanese as well as the international audiences when it was included in the nominations the

New Normal – DIFF Part 1

Review by Ines Murray Gomez New Normal (Jung Bum-shik, 2022) is a collection of interconnected short films that take place within the span of a few days in Seoul. They all contain some degree of social commentary on a variety of topics, primarily the naive over-reliance on technology of South Korean culture and primarily young

Creed III

Review by Shane McKevitt Creed III (Michael B. Jordan, 2023) is certainly an improvement over the last film, which was an underwhelming follow-up to the pleasant surprise that was the first Creed (Ryan Coogler, 2014). This latest installment, the 9th of the Rocky franchise overall, marks the directorial debut of Michael B. Jordan, who also

Bus Girl

Review by Cat Earley Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022, Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert) broke the critical mile across multiple modes when it first premiered at South by Southwest last year; open themes of depression that engage, rather than clash, with an equally open silliness that permeates the narrative and makes its message more

Must Watch Films DIFF 2023

By Katie McKenna The Dublin International Film Festival is a highlight of the year for any Irish cinephile. However, with their extensive line-up it’s hard to know what films to watch. Don’t worry, here at Trinity Film Review we’ve gone through the line-up and made a list of the five films that must not be

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Review by Leah Kelly Announced in 2008, Guillermo Del Toro’s passion project Pinocchio (2022) was certainly worth the wait. Based on Carlo Collidini’s The Adventures of Pinocchio, it reimagines the classic story set to the backdrop of Mussolini’s Italy. Del Toro was struck by the similarities between Pinocchio and Frankenstein – someone is created and

The Whale

Review by Lila Funge Brendan Fraser is making his long awaited return to the big screen in The Whale (Darren Aronofsky 2023). The film follows Charlie (Brendan Fraser), a severely obese man who struggles to reconnect with his estranged daughter Ellie (Sadie Sink) in his final days. Charlie’s medical carer and close friend Liz (Hong