Reviews and Culture- Page 6

Review: Aftersun directed by Charlotte WellsMubi, 2022 Reviewed by Harper Cleves (Spoiler warning) Aftersun, written and directed by Charlotte Wells, follows a late 90s summer holiday of a Scottish father-daughter duo Sophie and Callum, played by Franki Corio and Paul Mescal. The

Triangle of Sadness Directed by Ruben Ostlund  Reviewed by Carol Brogan (spoiler warning) Ruben Ostlund’s (Force Majeure, 2014 and The Square, 2017) Triangle of Sadness is invariably billed as a glossy and witty takedown of the mega-rich superyacht culture, and those who desperately

Nothing Compares Directed by Kathryn FergusonShowtime Documentary Films, 2022 Reviewed by Aislinn O’ Keeffe Nothing Compares opens with a young Sinead O’ Connor in 1992, supporting Bob Dylan in concert, in front of a roaring audience – with half the audience cheering,

AthenaDirected by Romain GavrasNetflix, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe (spoiler warning)  For its exhilarating 11-minute opening sequence alone, which culminates in the defiant stand of a youth rebellion in the tower blocks of a banlieue as it ominously awaits confrontation with the

By Emily Belton Spoken word play Accents opened at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin on 11 September. Accents is written by Emmet Kirwan, commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival and produced by Kate Ferris. The play is directed by Claire O’Reilly of

An Cailín CiúinDirected by Colm BairéadInscéal / Fís Éireann TG4, 2021 Reviewed by Eóin Dawson When An Cailín Ciúin [The Quiet Girl] went up against Oscar winner, Belfast, at the Irish Film and Television Academy awards, many assumed the €1.2m budget Irish

Derry GirlsCreated by Lisa McGeeChannel 4, 2022 Reviewed by Rebecca McMonagle Channel 4’s Derry Girls returned for its third and final season of post-ceasefire mischief and mayhem. For her final season Lisa McGee pulled no punches, cramming it jammed packed with what