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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 22nd September 2023 includes Ballywalter, Flora and Son, and R.M.N. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“The chemistry between Patrick Kielty and Seána Kerslake is excellent.” 4/5 – RTE
“Kerslake brings an edge and unpredictability that animates a carefully shaded story.” – The Irish Times
“Kerslake drives the action, literally and figuratively.” – The Guardian
“The script has a sharp insight into human emotions and drills down to the bone to get at them.” – Entertainment.ie
“Quietly moving and affecting” – No More Workhorse
“It does have a sizeable heart.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“Hewson is terrific” – Independent.ie
“Hewson does an impeccable job as Flora, the movie’s heart and soul.” – RogerEbert.com
“Musical crowd-pleaser plays a simple but sweet tune” – The Guardian
“Small of scale, unabashed in its pop sincerity, and irresistible.” – Variety
“Urgent, fiercely intelligent migration drama from a modern master.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“Wraps the dramatic coil tighter and tighter with immaculate precision.” 4/5 – Little White Lies
“Further evidence that Mungiu is one of the world’s most interesting dramatists.” 3.5/4 RogerEbert.com
“Mungiu’s riveting latest feature finally reaches these shores with all its prescience intact.” – Totally Dublin
“Mungiu’s touch is so deft and his filmmaking so enlivening” – The New York Times
A QUIET LOVE 16.15
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: MISSPENT YOUTHS? (PROGRAMME 2) 13.15
IFI TALKS – THE RHYTHM OF IDEAS: JEAN-LUC GODARD AND THE CINEMA OF THE FRENCH NEW WAVE 18.30
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY 15.40, 18.00
MY FATHER’S SHADOW 13.30
NO OTHER CHOICE 13.40
SENTIMENTAL VALUE 20.20
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE 14.00, 20.30
THE SECRET AGENT 16.30, 19.50
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