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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)
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: AGAINST THE ODDS (PROGRAMME ONE) 13:00
ARMAND 15:40, 20:30
BEAT THE LOTTO 14:00
FROM HILDE, WITH LOVE 13:10
HEARTS OF DARKNESS: A FILMMAKER’S APOCALYPSE 4K RE-RELEASE 15:50
HOT MILK 13:30, 18:30
NINE QUEENS 25TH ANNIVERSARY 20:20
THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND 18:20
THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME 18:00
THE SHROUDS 16:00
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