Irish Film Institute -REVIEW ROUNDUP: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT,EMILY & HOLY ISLAND

REVIEW ROUNDUP: ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT,EMILY & HOLY ISLAND

This week’s new titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 14th October 2022 include All Quiet on the Western Front, Emily and Holy Island. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

“extraordinarily potent German first world war drama.” 5/5 – The Guardian

“a visceral and harrowing Great War epic.” 4/5 – The Times

“a symphony of mud, teen angst and terrible beauty.” 4/5 – The Telegraph

 

EMILY

“There’s something refreshingly untethered about the gusto with which she reimagines Emily, tossing aside the image of a shy, sickly recluse, replacing it with an antiheroine whose inability to fit in with the ordered world is a source of strength rather than weakness” 4/5 – The Guardian

“With little or no details of her short-lived life, O’Connor’s confident direction and deep respect for the narrative transcends clichés to become a genuinely moving examination of what it really means to choose one’s way.” 4/5 – RTÉ

 

HOLY ISLAND

“a drifting, dreamlike Irish fable of escape – with a touch of Kafka.” 3/5 – The Guardian

 

 

 


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