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This week’s new titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 11th November 2022 include Clouded Reveries, No Bears and The Draughtsman’s Contract. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Director Ciara Nic Chormaic’s Irish-language documentary is intimate and illuminating as it sensitively chronicles Ni Ghriofa’s process, interests and influences.” – Screen Daily
“There is a bracing severity and intelligence and moral seriousness to No Bears.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Iranian dissident’s brave and brilliant act of defiance.” – Financial Times
“No Bears is an inventive act of defiance.” 4/5 – The Scotsman
“This is a daring and brave film that, in a sense, is about the power of film itself. It’s also great cinema.” – The Spectator
“Greenaway’s arch tale of sexual and political manipulation has not lost its power to bewilder and compel.” 5/5 – The Guardian
“What we have here is a tantalizing puzzle, wrapped in eroticism and presented with the utmost elegance. I have never seen a film quite like it.” 4/5 – Roger Ebert
“Film noir at its finest, a template of the genre, etc. Billy Wilder in full swing, Barbara Stanwyck’s finest hour, and Fred MacMurray makes a great chump.” 5/5 – Empire
“Few other directors have made so many films that were so taut, savvy, cynical and, in many different ways and tones, funny.” 4/5 – Roger Ebert
“Orson Welles gave one of his most Shakespearean performances as an ageing, corrupt police chief in this remarkable melodrama.” 5/5 – The Guardian
“Dark, atmospheric story of crime and corruption.” 4/5 – Roger Ebert
AKIRA (4K RESTORATION) 18.20
ALAN GILSENAN: THE JOURNEY OF WEATHER-EXPOSED BONES 13.30
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 18.15
BEFORE MIDNIGHT 15.50
FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER 11.00, 20.55
IFI FAMILY: MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO 11.00
MYSTERY MATINEE APRIL 2026 13.00
PRIMAVERA 13.20, 18.30
REBUILDING 10.50
ROSE OF NEVADA 15.50 (OC), 20.50
THE DRAMA 21.00
THE STRANGER 15.40
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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