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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 3rd November 2023 include Dance First, Fingernails, How To Have Sex, and Stolen. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Byrne and O’Shea play the writer to great effect” – The Irish Times
“Well cast and not overplayed.” – The Irish Independent
“A staid, respectable biopic” – Variety
“Haunts more than shocks in its parsing of love, lust, and longing.” 3/4 – RogerEbert.com
“Disarmingly sweet” The New York Times Critic’s Pick
“A whimsical, metaphorical exploration of love’s absurdity” – Screen Daily
“Youthful exuberance has seldom been so painful or compelling to watch.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“An intriguingly sympathetic, complex and even mysterious performance from Mia McKenna-Bruce” 4/5 – The Guardian
“A stark, devastating coming-of-ager” 4/5 – Independent.co.uk
“The writing is sharp throughout” – Screen Daily
“Visceral and essential viewing” 5/5 – The Irish Independent
“No study of outrages surrounding the mother and baby homes can hope to be comprehensive, but Margo Harkin comes closer than one might have imagined possible.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“A highly skilled assembly of testimony” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Essential viewing in Ireland, Stolen should provoke outrage in audiences far and wide.” – Screen Daily
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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