Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUND-UP: LA SYNDICALISTE, MOTHER AND SON & THE SUPER-8 YEARS

REVIEW ROUND-UP: LA SYNDICALISTE, MOTHER AND SON & THE SUPER-8 YEARS

This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 30th June 2023 include La Syndicaliste, Mother and Son and The Super-8 Years. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

 

LA SYNDICALISTE

“Isabelle Huppert is fascinating in blood-boiling injustice drama” — The Guardian 

“A mesmerising three-in-one French thriller.” 4/5 — The Times 

“Huppert is magnificent in this enraging true story.” 4/5 — Evening Standard 

MOTHER AND SON

“Epic in storytelling scope and laser-focused on the most minute emotional shifts.” 4/5 — The Times 

“Told with immense tenderness but also a beady, lucid honesty.” 4/5 — The Financial Times 

“Emotionally acute, elegantly trisected.” — Variety 

“Tender and moving.” — Sight and Sound 

THE SUPER-8 YEARS

“An effective gloss on a life that has already been carefully examined.” 4/5 — The Irish Times 

“Delicate and very personal.” — The Guardian 

“Vivid and full of feeling.” — The New York Times 

“A magical home movie essay on marriage, motherhood and the whole damn thing.” — Little White Lies 


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