Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUND UP: GODLAND, LOLA & THREE COLOURS: WHITE

REVIEW ROUND UP: GODLAND, LOLA & THREE COLOURS: WHITE

This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 7th April 2023 include Godland, Lola and Three Colours: White. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

 

GODLAND

“It is breathtaking in its epic scale, magnificent in its comprehension of landscape, piercingly uncomfortable in its human intimacy and severity.” 5/5 – The Guardian

“A sharp, dryly funny, at times cruel exploration of human arrogance and frailty” – The New York Times 

“visually striking and emotionally austere” – Variety 

LOLA

“The sparkling chemistry between [the] two leads and the ramshackle setting add to a pleasantly unmoored register” 4/5 – The Irish Independent

“This is one of the most distinctive and stylish looking films you’ll see this year, full of retro futurism, recalling the films of Fritz Lang” 4/5 – RTE

“With elegance and a healthy dose of humour, LOLA pays tribute to film, to moving images as a repository of worlds in the making which materialise as if by magic right before our eyes.” – Cineuropa

THREE COLOURS: WHITE

“What a strange confection White is – an opera of male agony and outrageously implausible picaresque adventure.” 5/5 – The Guardian

“Loosely structured as a picaresque romantic odyssey with flashes of black comedy and glum pathos” 4/5 – Empire 

“A fine lead perf from Zbigniew Zamachowski anchors an ingenious rags-to-riches tale of revenge filtered through abiding love.” – Variety 

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