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This week’s new releases at the Irish Film Institute on Friday, April 8th 2022 are CODA, The Outfit, Murina, and Prayers for the Stolen. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Only an utter malcontent could prove entirely resistant to Coda’s charms.” 4/5 – Irish Times
“CODA is a radiant, deeply satisfying heartwarmer that more than embraces formula; it locates the pleasure and pureness in it, reminding us of the comforting, even cathartic, gratifications of a feel-good story well told.” Hollywood Reporter
“Caring, boisterous, and adorned with the hugest of hearts.” 3.5/4 – Roger Ebert
“In its straightforward way, the film delivers an emotional knockout. It’s a movie about a family, and by the end you may feel you know them as well as you know your own.” Variety
“Top-tier cinema.” 4/5 – Times (UK)
“Movies rarely come as chic as The Outfit, a thrifty, continually unpredictable whodunit, fashioned with the same meticulousness found in the bones of a deceptively simple suit.” 3.5/4 – Roger Ebert
“A refreshingly grown-up, original work, as pleasingly assembled as a good crossword puzzle.” Hollywood Reporter
“A moody and mysterious drama with hidden depths.” 4/5 – Little White Lies
“[A] small but beautifully atmospheric story.” Deadline
“Makes the compelling case that even without labyrinthine murder plots or hard-bitten private eyes, a young girl’s passage into adulthood can be the perfect, darkly dazzling vehicle for a sunshine noir.” Variety
“A complex, subtle, tender and heart-rending story of a young girl’s upbringing in a village menaced by the drug cartels and people traffickers.” 4/5 – Guardian
“”Prayers for the Stolen” shines a much-needed light on the consequences of Mexico’s war on drugs, specifically highlighting the plight of the nation’s women and girls.” B – indieWire
“A darkly dazzling dream of life in the cartel-blighted Mexican hinterlands.” Variety
“There’s a haunting beauty to Tatiana Huezo’s depiction of the gradual cross-contamination of childhood innocence and criminal aggression.” 3/4 – Slant Magazine
ANORA 15:30, 20:00
BIRD 13:00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 13:10, 15:40, 18:10
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE 13:20, 18:20, 20:30
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT 15:10, 19:50
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR 17:30
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