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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 24th March 2023 include God’s Creatures, The Beasts and The Five Devils. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“The acting and atmosphere are strong throughout.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“Mescal and Watson turn up the intensity and the interplay is fascinating to watch. High praise must also go to their co-star Aisling Franciosi for her unnerving work here.” 4/5 – RTÉ
“Watson’s meatiest, most compelling showcase in an age.” – Variety
“A terrific, gripping drama that will cross cultural borders with ease. Every nation has such stories.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“The Beasts is certainly skilful, and filled with deft performances.” 5/5 – The Financial Times
“A fierce, bitter tale with a flinty sharpness: partly a social-realist drama of class and xenophobia, and partly a rural noir horror, a Euro-arthouse twist on Straw Dogs or Deliverance.” 4/5 – The Guardian
“A dash of Straw Dogs in Galicia.” 4/5 – The Times
“Gnarly, barbarous thriller that keeps its audiences’ nerves in a perpetual state of fervour.” 4/5 – Why Now
“Léa Mysius’s accomplished second feature is the time-travelling, olfactory-driven LGBTQ romance and family melodrama you couldn’t possibly have seen coming.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
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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