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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 13th October 2023 includes Lies We Tell and Mean Streets 4k Restoration. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“A tightly laced, elegantly cut gothic period drama ” 4/5 — The Guardian
“Agnes O’Casey steals the show” — The Irish Times
“Mulcahy nicely sustains the gothic tension” — Independent.ie
“Suitably disturbing and makes for a gripping experience.” — No More Workhorse
“Mulcahy’s direction is equally direct and unencumbered, with a real sense of style and cinematography” — entertainment.ie
“Scorsese’s miraculous early masterpiece is a blistering classic” 5/5 — The Guardian
“Terrific. Top shelf talent at the top of their game, working immediately before they would change Hollywood.” 5/5 — Empire
“Has an elemental power, a sense of spiraling doom, that a more polished film might have lacked.” 4/4 — Roger Ebert (2003)
“A triumph of personal filmmaking.” — Pauline Kael, The New Yorker (1973)
AMÉLIE (25th ANNIVERSARY) 15.30
CRONOS (4K RE-RELEASE) 18.10
IRISH FOCUS: THE SWIMMING DIARIES + Q&A 18.15
OBSESSION 13.10, 20.55
ORPHAN 13.00, 18.00
ROMERÍA 15.20
ROSE OF NEVADA 12.50
THE CHRISTOPHERS 15.50 (OC), 20.40
TRAD 20.45
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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