From the Archives: A Ghost Story

Review by Robyn Kilroy A few months ago, while scrolling through You Tube in search of trailers for upcoming films, I came across a trailer that instantly had my interest. With the title A Ghost Story and the thumbnail being someone dressed in a white sheet with eye holes cut out, I was intrigued and watched it.

From the Archives: Loving Vincent

Review by Robyn Kilroy The great Vincent van Gogh once said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together”, a quote that I believe sums up the work of Dorota Kobiela’s new film Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully painted film. It took two years to complete this film, with over

From the Archives: The Cured

Review by Robyn Kilroy I think most people would agree with me when I say that the zombie movie is a sub-genre that has very much been overdone. Whether it’s a serious horror such as Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later or a more comedic take like Shaun of the Dead, the horror genre has been bombarded with flesh-eating

From the Archives: 2001: A Space Odyssey

Originally posted 2014 | Review by Luke O’Reilly The upcoming release of 2001: A Space Odyssey by the BFI will be it’s fifth time to hit the cinemas since it first came out in 1968. Directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick it is one of most iconic and influential films ever made. Stanley Kubrick stands

From The Archives: The Imitation Game

Originally posted 2014 | Written by Killian O’Dwyer “Are you paying attention?”, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Alan Turing asks a police officer. He’s about to tell the policeman – and, by extension, us – his whole story. Turing’s quiet and dignified interrogation in a small, cold police station room frames most of The Imitation Game as a retelling, in

From The Archives: The Look of Silence

Originally published 2014 | Written by Cathal Kavanagh 50 years ago, helped along by Cold War paranoia about apparent communist threats, the Indonesian army staged a coup on the road to eventually seizing control of the country in 1968. As part of the ‘spontaneous’ uprisings on behalf of the citizenry, up to a million ‘communists’,