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Belfast Film Festival

26th Nov 2025

REVIEW: Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier and Renate Reinsve reunite in eloquent and intricate family drama

Hamish Calvert
16th Nov 2025

REVIEW: A Private Life – Jodie Foster flexes her French in peculiar and lacking mystery drama

Hamish Calvert
12th Nov 2025

REVIEW: On the Sea – Barry Ward wades into a familiar but moving tale of queer love and longing

Hamish Calvert
4th Nov 2025

REVIEW: Die My Love – dark and dauntless drama plunges Jennifer Lawrence into maternal madness

Hamish Calvert
8th Oct 2025

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Hamish Calvert
25th Nov 2024

REVIEW: Nightbitch – Amy Adams runs wild in profound but peculiar meditation on motherhood

Hamish Calvert
19th Nov 2024

REVIEW: The Other Way Around – a break-up movie with a refreshing but repetitive twist

Hamish Calvert
17th Nov 2024

REVIEW: Dead Man’s Money – Irish attempt at Macbeth is certainly no Shakespeare

Hamish Calvert
15th Nov 2024

REVIEW: La Cocina – fiery kitchen drama cooks up an astute but overlong account of the immigrant experience

Hamish Calvert
12th Nov 2024

REVIEW: Armand – Renate Reinsve continues to impress in constantly evolving moral thriller

Hamish Calvert
6th Nov 2024

REVIEW: Bring Them Down – nasty Irish farming thriller is anything but sheepish

Hamish Calvert
2nd Nov 2024

REVIEW: Fréwaka – an eerie Irish language folk horror firmly grounded by its roots

Hamish Calvert