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This week’s new titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, July 22nd 2022 include Robust, Notre-Dame on Fire, Mad God and Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Supremely well-performed French feature debut” – Variety
“It’s a role which Gérard Depardieu masters to a tee (to no-one’s surprise), brilliantly supported by his partner” – Cineuropa
“Overall, it’s captivating, charming and steps enough to the side of convention to give us something more grounded and touching.” 8/10 – Film Carnage
“Annaud gives the action a dreadful, compelling momentum” 4/5 – The Financial Times
“This reconstructed documentary by veteran director Jean-Jacques Annaud glows with a mixture of reality, suspense and frustration” 4/4 – le News
“This is undoubtedly a work of historic significance, made by a master in his field” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Though sprinkled with reminders of Lynch and Cronenberg and others, Tippett’s defiantly adult vision has a freakish originality and a sorrowing tone that’s oddly touching.” The New York Times
“A careful, frequently astounding achievement.” Paste Magazine
“Mad God is a compact, despairing, wildly inventive song of mourning” 3/4 – Slant Magazine
“A very touching and insightful film.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Robert B Weide – who directs here – brings about an insightful profile piece that tells the writer’s story as well as charting the monumental influence he exerted on culture at large” – Little White Lies
“Intriguing, enthralling and enlightening, Unstuck in Time reignites a spark of affection in those familiar with him and serves as a wonderful introduction for the unacquainted.” – Totally Dublin
“It’s an opportunity to bask in Vonnegut’s wit and intelligence — to admire the crackerjack delivery of his jokes, savor the offbeat perfection of his prose, drink in the playfulness of his smile.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time’ is a gorgeously rendered, unexpectedly moving appraisal of the life and craft of one of the best-loved literary voices of the late 20th century.” – Los Angeles Times
A QUIET LOVE 16.00
HAMNET 18.15
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 13.10, 20.30
JEAN-LUC GODARD: A WOMAN IS A WOMAN (UNE FEMME EST UNE FEMME) 18.30
NO OTHER CHOICE 16.45
SENTIMENTAL VALUE 15.40
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 13.40, 20.50
THE SECRET AGENT 13.20, 19.50
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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