With Young Plato, Neasa Ní Chianáin continues her cinematic exploration — which began with In Loco Parentis (School Life) — of exceptional Irish teachers and …
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Film Reviews
Here you will find every film review we've written. These include: festival films, new releases, and older films.
Small pleasures in What do we see when we look at the sky?
Writer-director-editor Aleksandre Koberidze's Berlinale film, What do we see when we look at the sky?, chronicles small pleasures in the life of a city. The …
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Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) is a character study about the grind of life under capitalism
Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre's Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) is a character study about a flight attendant struggling under the indifference and sexism …
Middle-aged women take centre stage at Cinefranco 2021
Margaux Hartmann and The Lodger are both films about middle-aged grieving widows: one who gets a new lease on life, and one who's stuck in the past.Every year, …
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Bootlegger, Albedo, The Boathouse and more fall highlights from so-called Canada
Alex Heeney takes a look at some of the best films from so-called Canada to premiere this fall, including Bootlegger, Albedo, and Portraits from a Fire.There …
On colonialism: Wochiigii lo, Returning Home and Coextinction
Three documentaries directed by women — Wochiigii lo, Returning Home, and Coextinction —draw connections between environmental destruction, species extinction, …
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