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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 19th May 2023 include Beau is Afraid and Local Hero. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“A vast, generous, properly hilarious entertainment that will spawn debate for years to come.” 5/5 — The Irish Times
“An excellent movie with resoundingly terrific performances” 4/5 — Entertainment.ie
“Aster sucks you in with each absurd, claustrophobic development” 3.5/4 — Roger Ebert
“Wonderfully wistful and charming” 5/5 — The Guardian
“Testifies, thematically and tonally, to the impressive scale and subtlety of Forsyth’s filmmaking talent.” — The Criterion Collection
“A loving, funny, understated portrait of a small Scottish town” 4/4 — Roger Ebert (1983)
“Thoroughly original in an unobtrusive way.” — The New York Times (1983)
A PRIVATE LIFE 20.40
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: CONCRETE PROOF (DOUBLE BILL) 12.00
EFFI O BLAENAU 14.00, 18.40
ODYSSEYS: PARIS, TEXAS 15.30
ROSEBUSH PRUNING 11.50, 18.30
THE INVITE 16.20, 20.50
THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD 13.20
THE ODYSSEY 12.10 16.00 19.50
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