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Three new films release at the Irish Film Institute on Friday, May 10th 2019: Amazing Grace, Float Like A Butterfly and High Life.
Read on for a selection of reviews, or pop in to make up your own mind!
AMAZING GRACE
“Finally … Aretha Franklin in one of the greatest concert films ever”
The Irish Times 5/5
“This documentary, shot during recording sessions by the charismatic queen of soul in a Los Angeles church, is a transcendent joy”
The Guardian 5/5
“The momentum and atmosphere Aretha creates with her voice are truly remarkable and lead this movie”
RTÉ Entertainment 4/5
“you don’t have to believe in God to feel that Amazing Grace a religious experience. You just have to believe in art, talent, emotion and human connection”
Hotpress
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
“This is a grim but lyrical film, a stern rebuke to those who like to talk about the good old days”
The Irish Independent 4/5
“Carmel Winters attacks important social issues with a mainstream energy that stirs the blood in her award-winning follow-up to the mysterious Snap”
The Irish Times 4/5
“‘Float Like a Butterfly’ is confidently its own kind of film, a moving and powerful story with a strong central performance from newcomer Hazel Doupe”
Entertainment.ie 3.5/5
“Float Like A Butterfly shows the multiple, interconnecting ways that bigotry can box people in, leaving them no choice but to fight their way out”
Hotpress 3.5/5
HIGH LIFE
“An astronaut on an odyssey to a distant black hole faces the challenges of parenting – and existential panic – in Claire Denis’ superbly eerie, mysterious space drama”
“this will not be everyone’s cup of space dust, but it might make you ponder the chaotic futility of existence.”
“Robert Pattinson gives striking performance in Claire Denis’ black hole drama”
The Independent 4/5
“Interesting outer-space drama full of oddities”
The Irish Times 3/5
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT 15:40
ANORA 20:20
CONCLAVE 13:10, 18:00
HOUSEWIFE OF THE YEAR 14:10
IFI KINOPOLIS: IT’S NOT MY FILM + Q&A 18.00
IFI KINOPOLIS: MINGHUN + Q&A 20.30
ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL 15:50 (OC), 18:15
RUMOURS 13:30, 20:40
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council
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