Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUNDUP: PASSING, THE RESCUE, AZOR AND SEVEN SAMURAI

REVIEW ROUNDUP: PASSING, THE RESCUE, AZOR AND SEVEN SAMURAI

This week’s new releases at the Irish Film Institute on Friday, October 19th 2021 are Passing, The Rescue, Azor, and a re-release of Seven Samurai. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

 

PASSING

“Hall’s feel for the period and her gift for folding potent discourse into the attractive visuals kicks it up to the level of high art.”
4/5 – The Irish Times

“An impressive filmmaking debut from actor-turned-director Rebecca Hall which largely avoids cliché or soapboxing about race, featuring two excellent performances from Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga.”
4/5 – Empire Magazine

“The entire film exists in this perpetual state of a deceptively gentle push and pull. It’s a masterful balance of tone.”
3.5/4 – Roger Ebert

 

 

THE RESCUE

“A stunning documentary of bone-deep moral resonance and cinematic mastery that deserves to be experienced on the big screen.”
Variety

“The Rescue keeps you on the edge of your seat for every minute, even if you already know the outcome.”
Hollywood Reporter

“An accessible tale of disparate nations and individuals uniting behind a common, noble goal.”
New York Times

 

 

AZOR

“Pure evil is all around in this unnervingly subtle, sophisticated movie; an eerie oppression in the air.”
5/5 – Guardian

“As with the concealing language of the dictatorship, death is everywhere, just not on screen.”
5/5 – Irish Times

“A quiet, unhurried, un-flashy film, and that’s what makes it unnerving.”
3.5/4 – Roger Ebert

 

 

SEVEN SAMURAI

“The greatest action movie ever made.”
Washington Post

“The glorious vigour and strength of this film is presented with such theatrical relish and flair: its energy flashes out of the screen like a sword.”
5/5 – Guardian

“Akira Kurosawa’s The Seven Samurai (1954) is not only a great film in its own right, but the source of a genre that would flow through the rest of the century.”
4/4 – Roger Ebert

 

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