Living (2022)Director: Oliver HermanusScreenwriters: Kazuo IshiguroStarring: Bill Nighy, Alex Sharp, Aimee Lou Wood, Tom Burke Adapting a film as revered as Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 classic Ikiru is a delicate task. Oliver Hermanus’s Living relocates that moral and emotional core from post-war Japan to post-war Britain, retaining the original’s essential story while reshaping it for a … Read more

My Year of Dicks (2022)Director: Sara GunnarsdóttirScreenwriter: Pamela RibonStarring: Brie Tilton, Jackson Kelly, Klarissa Hernandez, Chris Elsebroek, Sterling Temple Howard, Mical Trejo, Sean Stack, Chris Kelman, Laura House, Pamela Ribon My Year of Dicks is one of the most memorable short-film titles to come out of the 2022 awards season, and it delivers precisely what … Read more

In Acting for the Camera, Tony Barr defines acting as “the response to stimuli in imaginary circumstances in an imaginative, dynamic manner that is stylistically true to time and place, so as to communicate ideas and emotions to an audience.” The phrase “dynamic manner” is crucial: a convincing performance must show variation and development even … Read more

The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)Directors: Diane Alvergue, Debra McClutchy Have you heard of the Martha Mitchell Effect? It describes a disturbing pattern in which a person’s accurate observations are dismissed as delusions, only to be verified later. The term takes its name from Martha Mitchell, the outspoken wife of John N. Mitchell, who served as … Read more

Baz Luhrmann is one of the most inventive and entertaining directors working today. His films combine theatrical grandeur, bold costume design, and an immersive energy that often feels bigger than the screen, inviting viewers into exuberant cinematic experiences. Before Luhrmann became internationally known, the Australian-born filmmaker appeared alongside Judy Davis in the low-budget Australian drama … Read more

If there’s a filmmaking style that truly embodies the magic of cinema, it’s stop-motion animation. Every frame matters when creating the illusion of motion: puppets, plasticine figures, and everyday objects are subtly repositioned between thousands of individual photographs. Those images, stitched together, bring inanimate things to life and tell moving stories. The technique is painstaking … Read more

The Quiet Girl / An Cailín Ciúin (2022) Director: Colm Bairéad Screenwriter: Colm Bairéad Starring: Catherine Clinch, Carrie Crowley, Andrew Bennett, Kate Nic Chonaonaigh, Michael Patric, Joan Sheehy Quiet and unassuming, Colm Bairéad’s film The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) quietly earned international recognition, including numerous nominations at the Irish Film & Television Awards and … Read more

Andrea Riseborough possesses a commanding presence that seizes attention whenever she appears on screen. Her performances consistently defy expectations, and she resists being pigeonholed into any single type of role. With a versatile approach to character work, Riseborough continually reinvents herself, delivering performances that are quietly intense, emotionally complex, and often unsettling in the most … Read more

Triangle of Sadness (2022)Director: Ruben ÖstlundScreenwriter: Ruben ÖstlundStarring: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Woody Harrelson, Dolly de Leon, Zlatko Buric, Iris Berben, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness arrived during a season when satire aimed squarely at wealth, privilege and the absurdities of modern capitalism was especially visible. The film joins a wave … Read more

God’s Creatures (2022)Directors: Saela Davis, Anna Rose HolmerScreenwriter: Shane CrowleyStarring: Emily Watson, Paul Mescal, Aisling Franciosi In recent years, Irish cinema has produced an impressive run of films and television that have captured international attention. From acclaimed performances and awards recognition to distinctive storytelling and powerful visuals, the Republic of Ireland has become a fertile … Read more