Here Before – Review
Written and Directed by Stacey Gregg and starring Andrea Riseborough (Shadow Dancer, Birdman), Jonjo O’Neill (The Fall), Eileen O’Higgins (Brooklyn), Martin McCann (Wildfire) and Niamh Dornan, Here Before is set in Northern Ireland and centres around a woman called Laura and her family. When a…
The Electric Life of Louis Wain – Review
I find it odd going into a film not knowing anything about it. I always have a sense of anxiety or unease thinking: “Am I just going to sit here and be bored or is my mind going to explode with the level of artistry…
Last Night in Soho – Review
As people, we often reminisce about how good things once were. As a child, my parents would complain about my music, because the music of their generation is better according to them. I’m sure their parents, my grandparents, had the same complaints as well. I…
Everything in the End – Review
A breathtaking meditation on apocalypse & grief from a refreshingly simple & movingly human perspective. I went to see ‘Everything in the End’ at IndieCork last month knowing very little about the film or the director Mylissa Fitzsimmons. I was intrigued by the synopsis and…
Spencer – Review
Directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie) and starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role, Spencer is an imagined account of what happened over the three days during Christmas in 1991 when divorce rumours were rife between Diana and Charles. Set in the Queens residence of Sandringham…
Deadly Cuts – Review
Written and directed by Rachel Carey and starring Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Erika Roe (Herself, Dublin Murders) Shauna Higgins (Dating Amber, Red Rock) and Lauren Larkin (Love/Hate) in the central roles. Set in Piglinstown, a fictional working-class suburb of Dublin, Deadly Cuts centres on four…
Gunpowder Milkshake – Review
Imagine a city where there is an underworld of criminals who live by a set of rules. Crime organizations that utilize a secret society of assassins, and a place where those assassins can go and guns are not allowed. Are you imagining John Wick? That…
Father Of The Cyborgs – Review
Father of the Cyborgs is a documentary directed by David Burke on the fascinating neurologist Phil Kennedy. It follows his behind-the-scenes journey to becoming the man who was named ‘Father of the Cyborgs’. Why? Because he brought out the concept of connecting the human brain…
