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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 DIFFERENT MAN 12.30, 20.00
JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX 13:00, 16:10, 19:20
KNEECAP 20.10
MRS ROBINSON 12.20
THE OUTRUN 14.45, 17.20
THE SUBSTANCE 15.00
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN 50TH ANNIVERSARY 17.50
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