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Finky

Dathai Keane
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 29-11-2019

Deliciously bonkers Irish film tells the story a musician and puppeteer called Finky, and it's a bewildering visual spectacle - from the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival [Read More...]

Monster (Arracht)

Tom Sullivan
2019

Victor Fraga - 29-11-2019

Man and young girl have to fend for themselves in 19th century Ireland, as the Great Famine pits hapless peasants against each other - in cinemas on Friday, October 15th [Read More...]

Land Without God

Mannix Flynn, Lotta Petronella, Maedhbh McMahon
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 28-10-2019

Gerard "Mannix" Flynn discusses with family members the institutional abuse that the Irish Church and state has inflicted upon them - in Irish cinemas [Read More...]

A Bump Along the Way

Shelly Love
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 21-10-2019

A 44-year-old single woman finds herself carrying a pregnancy following a one night stand. How will her 15-year-old daughter feel about this? Irish comedy is in cinemas Friday, October 11th [Read More...]

Extra Ordinary

Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 16-09-2019

A satanic rock star, a driving instructor with paranormal powers and a widower must face very different demons, in this spectral comedy from Ireland - now available on VoD [Read More...]

Animals

Sophie Hyde
2019

Eoghan Lyng - 07-08-2019

Old friends and party animals Laura and Tyler brave the streets of Dublin in search of freedom, mischief, cocaine and... er... wedding dresses - now available on VoD [Read More...]

The Hole in the Ground

Lee Cronin
2019

Victor Fraga - 26-01-2019

Irish horror about mother convinced that her son isn't her son anymore recycles old suspense tropes, and is effective enough to keep you hooked for 90 minutes - premieres on Friday, January 25th at Sundance and then out in UK cinemas on Friday, March 1st [Read More...]

The Lodgers

Brian O'Malley
2018

Eoghan Lyng - 17-06-2018

Gothic Irish horror about haunted house makes good and imaginative use of a classical filmic devices, but there's also a very English problem with casting - out on June 25th [Read More...]

Nails

Dennis Bartok
2017

Victor Fraga - 14-06-2017

Nail-biting Irish horror about a ghost haunting a woman recovering from an accident in a hospital will make you want to jump from your seat... but what if your body refuses to budge? In cinemas this week [Read More...]

The Secret Scripture

Jim Sheridan
2017

Francesco Bacci - 14-05-2017

The latest Jim Sheridan movie is a mysterious and convoluted story trying very hard to grip and surprise viewers, but it lacks emotional depth and suddenly slips into predictable clichés - in cinemas on Friday [Read More...]

Handsome Devil

John Butler
2017

Victor Fraga - 27-04-2017

This warm and tender Irish drama about homophobic bullying in a boarding school is simple and lighthearted on the surface, but the message is no less pertinent and compelling - on Disney + UK on Friday, July 29th; also available on other platforms [Read More...]

A Dark Song

Liam Gavin
2016

Maysa Monção - 04-10-2016

Hello, may I please speak to my dead son? This is no schlock, nail-biting horror, but an emotional trip into the dark secrets of Irish occultism [Read More...]