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This week’s new titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 16th September 2022 include Funny Pages and Róise & Frank. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Scabrous and sad comedy of comic-book obsession” – The Financial Times
“Ghoulish, gross and creepy” 4/5 – The Times
“Zany, memorable, and packed with off-the-cuff ideas” – RollingStone
“Shades of ‘Ghost World’ Color Cartoonist Comedy.” B+ – Indiewire
“A quirky East Coast comedy is a true diamond in the rough” 5/5 – The Jewish Chronicle
“Terrific debut feature from Owen Kline.” 4/5 – The Telegraph
“Deliciously dark coming-of-age comedy.” 4/5 – The Scotsman
“Idiosyncratic, unsettling and very funny coming-of-age story.” 4/5 – Cinevue
“Daniel Zolghadri shines in Owen Kline’s darkly hilarious directorial debut.” – The Wrap
“A heartwarming tale of shaggy dogs, a grieving widow, and a lonely young boy, Róise & Frank holds all the ingredients for a tearjerking denouement with not a dry eye in the house guaranteed at the closing credits.” – Film Ireland
“Roise & Frank is a shaggy dog story which proceeds cosily as expected.” – Screen Daily
“A real (dog) treat.” 4/5 – Entertainment.ie
“It’s sweet, it’s silly as well as bizarre and I loved it.” 4/5 – Scannain
“A shaggy dog story with real heart. Comedic but emotionally true study of bereavement and its effects.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“Together, Duris and Mackey have a corset-twanging chemistry.” 3/5 – The Guardian
“The story of Anne Frank and her diary is retold in this fervent, heartfelt and visually wonderful animated film” 4/5 – The Guardian
“An inventive animation from Ari Folman” 4/5 – The Irish Examiner
“A new animation tells Frank’s story through the girl she wrote to in her diary” – The Times
“Animated film explores the disconnect between myth and history” Financial Times
“It is a thought-provoking and engaging film” 4/4 – Morning Star
“Imaginatively retells the well-known story” – Socialist Worker
“Refugees are being denied sanctuary yet Anne is deified, something Folman uses to make blunt but effective points about the lessons of her young life being forgotten by an adult world too concerned with her value as a tourist attraction” 4/4 – The Scotsman
“It uses a device that might have come from a Disney film – Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne addressed her diary, comes to life in contemporary Amsterdam and tries to find her – but it tells a decidedly un-Disney story, albeit in a way that is suitable for children, and it is being shown in both English and Hebrew versions” – The Jerusalem Post
“Where is Anne Frank Animates an Important Story in a Beautiful Way” – Movieweb
ANORA 15:30
BIRD 11:10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL – IFI FAMILY: SAUVAGES 11.00
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: AGATHA AND THE LIMITLESS READINGS 14.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: BEING MARIA 15.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: JIM’S STORY 17.30
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: MARCELLO MIO 19.50
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SCÉNARIOS + EXPOSÉ DU FILM ANNONCE DU FILM ‘SCÉNARIO’ 12.10
FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL: SOULEYMANE’S STORY 13.00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:40, 18:20
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 16:20, 18:30
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 20:10
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 20:40
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