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Film Festivals

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
31st Oct 2024

REVIEW: Piece by Piece – LEGO Pharrell biopic is a colourful and charming animated odyssey

Jake Gibbard
25th Oct 2024

REVIEW: A Nice Indian Boy – Karan Soni charms in cliched but cheerful queer rom-com

Hamish Calvert
25th Oct 2024

REVIEW: Hard Truths – another impactful and intimate drama from Mike Leigh

Jake Gibbard
24th Oct 2024

REVIEW: A Real Pain – a slight but sympathetic second feature from writer-director Jesse Eisenberg

Jake Gibbard
21st Oct 2024

REVIEW: Joy – IVF drama is fairly formulaic, but full of feeling

Hamish Calvert
18th Oct 2024

Belfast Film Festival 2024: Our Top Five Picks

Hamish Calvert