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April 7th is here, and we’re welcoming four new films to the IFI. Read on for a roundup of reviews of Raw, A Quiet Passion, I Am Not Your Negro and Neruda, then pop in to make up your own mind!
A QUIET PASSION “Nixon’s Dickinson is simultaneously fearless and brittle, and her superb performance helps vivify a film that is, by necessity, housebound” 5/5 – Independent
“Its firecracker dialogue is invigorating; the assured, measured compositions are equally compelling. And in its sensitivity to intersecting conflicts related to womanhood and class, it is quietly masterful” 5/5 – Indiewire
“This is a moving and engrossing film, and a wonderful performance from Nixon, who combines delicacy with angularity; vulnerability and defiance” 4/5 – The Guardian
RAW “Not to be missed if you can bear it” – 5/5 – Independent
“Bloody, bonkers and brilliant, Raw is both a must-see and the hardest of films to recommend to anyone. If you do go, make sure your only company is an empty stomach” 5/5 – RTE
“What really sets the film apart, however, is the appalling power of its disgusting images.” 4/5 – The Irish Times
“The title is a pretty accurate description of how I was feeling by the end.” 4/5 – The Guardian
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO “Here is a picture that, rather like its dazzlingly brilliant subject, will make you rethink everything.” 5/5 – The Irish Times
“Baldwin’s reflections on their lives and deaths are skilfully interwoven with images from Ferguson and the LA riots to demonstrate how depressingly little has changed.” 5/5 – Independent
“You would be hard-pressed to find a movie that speaks to the present moment with greater clarity and force, insisting on uncomfortable truths and drawing stark lessons from the shadows of history” 5/5 – New York Times
“Peck’s great accomplishment with this mesmerizing achievement is that he pays homage to his subject with a work in tune with that call to action” 5/5 – Indiewire
“It is vivid, nutritious film-making” 4/5 – The Guardian
NERUDA “The director at his stunning best with a work of such cleverness and beauty, alongside such power, that it’s hard to know how to parcel out praise” 5/5 – Variety
“A dexterous, mischievous, almost incomprehensibly intelligent film that has such invention packed into every frame that the only real danger is overload” 4/5 – The Playlist
“A noirish travelogue where nothing is quite as it seems” 4/5 – Empire
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU 14.00
RESURRECTION 19.50
SIRĀT 17.00
SOUND OF FALLING 19.30
THE BRIDE! 17.15
THE LOVE THAT REMAINS 14.30, 20.00
THE SECRET AGENT 16.30
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE 14.15 (Digital)
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