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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 23rd December 2022 include Corsage, The Queen of Spades and Wildcat. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Vicky Krieps puts in a star turn as lonely, patronised Elizabeth of Austria in Marie Kreutzer’s austere drama.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Bold, visually striking and ingeniously anachronistic portrait of an empress.” – The New York Times
“Vicky Krieps crackles as an empress on the edge.” – The Financial Times
“As the Austrian Empress Elisabeth, the Phantom Thread star’s loaded gaze is the secret weapon of this icily inventive retelling.” 4/5 – The Telegraph
“The most surprising, funny and compelling period drama since The Favourite.” 4/5 – Empire
“Kreutzer’s costume-drama is an invigorating take on the period piece, a vibrant film that rejects the staid conformity of the genre and finds its intimate angles.” – Little White Lies
“A Superb Vicky Krieps Gives the Empress New Clothes in a Brilliant Reclamation of the ‘Sissi’ Legend.” – Variety
“This boldly restive biopic imagines Sissi as a deeply restless soul chafing against the social limitations of her day.” 3/4 – Slant Magazine
“An exhilarating classic.” 5/5 – The Guardian
“A singular exercise in macabre …It returns at a time of the year when ghost stories are particularly cherished. It deserves to become a regular seasonal indulgence.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“The Queen of Spades (1949) is now recognised as a gothic masterpiece of 1940s cinema.” – BFI
“Thorold Dickinson’s 1949 The Queen of Spades is the perfect winter ghost story.” – Little White Lies
“Touching and emotionally intelligent documentary.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“A Wildlife Doc Full of Human Feeling.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“A life-affirming tale of human and beast, ‘Wildcat’ is a deeply moving survival story.” – Los Angeles Times
“Powerful documentary.” – Indiewire
“An Afghan War vet confronts his PTSD with the help of an ocelot kitten in Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost’s moving documentary.” A- – AV Club
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:55
BALTIMORE 18:30
IO CAPITANO 13:20
JEANNE DU BARRY 13:10, 18:10
PERFECT DAYS 13:30
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 15:40, 20:45
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN Q&A (PREVIEW) 18.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 20:40
THE ZONE OF INTEREST 16:10
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