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In Review: Calvary

by Daniel Goodwin 27 February 2014

Judging by the stark poster featuring Brendan Gleeson in full priest attire on a desolate Irish beach, it was difficult to tell whether Calvary, the second film from The Guard (2011) director John Michael McDonagh, would feature any of his debut’s caustic humour.

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Berlinale 2014: First Impressions of a Film Festival

by Christina Newland 20 February 2014

For seven days this February, I found myself in Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, the architectural glass and steel heart of the 64th annual Berlinale. It’s a surprisingly subdued centre for a city as bohemian as Berlin and for a festival so concerned with giving a platform to the most provocative, inventive, and marginalised voices in cinema. […]

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In Review: Albert Nobbs

by Maryann O'Connor 25 April 2012

Glenn Close, starring as the eponymous Albert Nobbs, represents the last of the Oscar nominees left standing; all of the other contenders have long since played and gone. Watching this film begs the question: would there have been as much fuss over the nominated performances from Meryl and Michelle had we been able to compare […]

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In Review: The Guard (DVD)

by Maryann O'Connor 2 February 2012

Garda Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) was just minding his own slightly shady business in a remote part of West Ireland when he gets a new partner, transferred from the bright lights of Dublin and suddenly a man turns up dead

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