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This week’s titles at the Irish Film Institute from Friday, 22nd September 2023 includes Ballywalter, Flora and Son, and R.M.N. Read on for a selection of reviews or pop in to make up your own mind!
“The chemistry between Patrick Kielty and Seána Kerslake is excellent.” 4/5 – RTE
“Kerslake brings an edge and unpredictability that animates a carefully shaded story.” – The Irish Times
“Kerslake drives the action, literally and figuratively.” – The Guardian
“The script has a sharp insight into human emotions and drills down to the bone to get at them.” – Entertainment.ie
“Quietly moving and affecting” – No More Workhorse
“It does have a sizeable heart.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“Hewson is terrific” – Independent.ie
“Hewson does an impeccable job as Flora, the movie’s heart and soul.” – RogerEbert.com
“Musical crowd-pleaser plays a simple but sweet tune” – The Guardian
“Small of scale, unabashed in its pop sincerity, and irresistible.” – Variety
“Urgent, fiercely intelligent migration drama from a modern master.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“Wraps the dramatic coil tighter and tighter with immaculate precision.” 4/5 – Little White Lies
“Further evidence that Mungiu is one of the world’s most interesting dramatists.” 3.5/4 RogerEbert.com
“Mungiu’s riveting latest feature finally reaches these shores with all its prescience intact.” – Totally Dublin
“Mungiu’s touch is so deft and his filmmaking so enlivening” – The New York Times
BLUE MOON 18.45
BUGONIA 13.00 (35mm)
DIE MY LOVE 15.30
EAFFI DISCOVERIES: THE BOTANIST 18.20
HORSESHOE 20.55
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 16.30, 20.30
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 13.45
PILLION 16.00, 18.00
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 13.40
THE SHINING (45th ANNIVERSARY) 20.20
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY 11.00
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