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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
ALL YOU NEED IS DEATH 16:00, 20:45
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: SPRING FORWARD (PROGRAMME 1) 13.20
BALTIMORE 13:30
DUNE: PART TWO (70MM) 19.40
FROM THE VAULTS: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: THE ART OF LIVING 18.30
IO CAPITANO 15:50
JEANNE DU BARRY 14:30, 18:10
ON THE WATERFRONT 70TH ANNIVERSARY 13:40
PERFECT DAYS 20:30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 17:15
WILD STRAWBERRIES: THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 11.00 (OC)
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