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The exploration of friendship and escape in a dusty, desert environment are at the forefront of writer and director Alexandra McGuinness' drama 'She's Missing', which premiered in March 2019 at the Dublin International Film Festival. Troy…

"It’s amazing that Kubrick got away with what he did, but I suppose that’s because he was a genius." David O'Reilly on Kubrick By Candlelight.

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“She was a pure diva” says director Kim Nguyen, in reference to one of the stars from his new film Two Lovers And A Bear, which premiered the other night in the Director’s Fortnight sidebar. He’s not talking about female lead Tatiana…

In 2013, Blue Ruin burst onto the scene, a grim whirlwind of stripped down revenge and graphic violence. Keeping to the colour-coded theme, American writer/director Jeremy Saulnier has returned with an even more violent blow-out of a film.…

It’s hardboiled romance South Korean writer/director Oh Seung-uk promises, and it’s hardboiled romance he delivers. With Kim Nam-gil, a leading man better known for his romantic roles, Oh manages to blend genres in an absorbing thriller…

The line-up at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, the oldest in the world, drew initial concern when it arrived shorn of some of the big name films many had predicted in advance. Instead, a broader and significantly more eclectic…

Every time I am faced with an article on zombies I have to restrain myself from inserting the obvious pun of undead critters ‘infecting’ popular culture. Yet, as zombies grace our screens, television and occasionally our streets, digging…