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This week’s new titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, July 22nd 2022 include Robust, Notre-Dame on Fire, Mad God and Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“Supremely well-performed French feature debut” – Variety
“It’s a role which Gérard Depardieu masters to a tee (to no-one’s surprise), brilliantly supported by his partner” – Cineuropa
“Overall, it’s captivating, charming and steps enough to the side of convention to give us something more grounded and touching.” 8/10 – Film Carnage
“Annaud gives the action a dreadful, compelling momentum” 4/5 – The Financial Times
“This reconstructed documentary by veteran director Jean-Jacques Annaud glows with a mixture of reality, suspense and frustration” 4/4 – le News
“This is undoubtedly a work of historic significance, made by a master in his field” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Though sprinkled with reminders of Lynch and Cronenberg and others, Tippett’s defiantly adult vision has a freakish originality and a sorrowing tone that’s oddly touching.” The New York Times
“A careful, frequently astounding achievement.” Paste Magazine
“Mad God is a compact, despairing, wildly inventive song of mourning” 3/4 – Slant Magazine
“A very touching and insightful film.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“Robert B Weide – who directs here – brings about an insightful profile piece that tells the writer’s story as well as charting the monumental influence he exerted on culture at large” – Little White Lies
“Intriguing, enthralling and enlightening, Unstuck in Time reignites a spark of affection in those familiar with him and serves as a wonderful introduction for the unacquainted.” – Totally Dublin
“It’s an opportunity to bask in Vonnegut’s wit and intelligence — to admire the crackerjack delivery of his jokes, savor the offbeat perfection of his prose, drink in the playfulness of his smile.” – The Hollywood Reporter
“‘Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time’ is a gorgeously rendered, unexpectedly moving appraisal of the life and craft of one of the best-loved literary voices of the late 20th century.” – Los Angeles Times
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 15:40, 20:45
KIDNAPPED 13:00, 18:00
PERFECT DAYS 12:50
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13:00, 15:20, 18:10, 20:50
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 15:50, 20:30
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