All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Laura Poitras Stars – Nan Goldin, David Armstrong (archive footage), Marina Berio Nan Goldin is an innovative photographer […]
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Film Review
The Territory- Film Review
The Territory – Film Review by Frank L. Director – Alex Pritz Stars – Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru Eu Wau Wau The Amazon rainforest was a vast expanse of land untouched by […]
Anonymous Club – Film Review – Edinburgh International Film Festival
Anonymous Club – Film Review – Edinburgh International Film Festival by Jamie Waddell Director – Danny Cohen Star – Courtney Barnett Anonymous Club is a feature-length documentary following Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett […]
Love Yourself Today – Film Review
Love Yourself Today – Film Review Director – Ross Killeen Writers – Ross Killeen, Ross McDonnell Music documentaries normally fall into a number of different types. One is a live performance, a […]
This is Not a Movie – Film Review
This is Not a Movie – Film Review Director: Yung Chang Writers: Yung Chang, Nelofer Pazira Stars: Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Nirmeen Hazineh Part of the Canada Now Film Festival At the […]
Circus of Books – Film Review
Circus of Books – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Rachel Mason Starring: Barry Mason, Karen Mason, Larry Flynt, Jake Stryker Available to stream on Netflix The mom and pop shop […]
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – Film Review
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Featuring: Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Russell Banks, Angela Davis, Barack Obama. Released in the IFI on March 6th […]
The Kingmaker – Film Review
The Kingmaker – Film Review Director: Lauren Greenfield Stars: Andres Bautista, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imee Marcos Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 with a regime that was renowned amongst […]
Meeting Gorbachev – Film Review
Meeting Gorbachev – Film Review Directors: Werner Herzog, André Singer (as Andre Singer) Writer: Werner Herzog Stars: Yuri Andropov, James Baker, Leonid Brezhnev Mikhail Gorbachev is now 88 years old. He resigned […]
Land without God – Film Review
Land without God – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Mannix Flynn, Maedbh McMahon and Lotta Petronella Writer: Gerard Mannix Flynn Mannix Flynn was born on 4th May 1957, 41 years […]
For Sama – Film Review
For Sama – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Waad Al-Khateab and Edward Watts Al-Khateab is a photographer who in 2012 lived in Aleppo in Syria. She supported the endeavours of […]
Gaza – Film Review
Gaza – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell “Gaza’ or “the Gaza Strip” is a regular feature in news bulletins but it is invariably as part […]
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love – Film Review
Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love – Film Review by Paddy McGovern Director: Nick Broomfield Stars: Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Ron Cornelius The story of Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen is well […]
Pavarotti – Film Review
Pavarotti – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Luciano Pavarotti In cinemas July 15th Even those who are not fans of opera tend to have a soft spot […]
Apollo 11 – Film Review
Apollo 11 – Film Review by Diana Perez Garcia Director: Todd Douglas Miller Cast: Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Michael Collins Opens on Friday June 28th At the close of Todd Douglas […]
Amazing Grace – Film Review
Amazing Grace – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack Stars: Aretha Franklin, Reverand James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir This documentary records Aretha Franklin performing in Los Angeles […]
The Man Who Wanted To Fly – Film Review
The Man Who Wanted To Fly – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Frank Shouldice This loving documentary unearths the quiet but rich life of two elderly, bachelor brothers Ernie and […]
Minding the Gap – Film Review
Minding the Gap – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Bing Liu Stars: Keire Johnson, Bing Liu, Zack Mulligan Bing Liu has created a documentary about the lives of Zack, a Caucasian […]
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marcus Robinson. Peter Rice was born in Dublin in 1935 and brought up in Dundalk. He qualified as an engineer; he […]
RBG – Film Review
RBG – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton, Sharron Frontiero Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in 1933 in Brooklyn to a first […]
The Camino Voyage – Film Review
The Camino Voyage – Film Review by Frank L Director: Donal O’Ceilleachair Stars: Glen Hansard, Liam Holden, Danny Sheehy The pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela has many routes but the intrepid, multifaceted […]
Under the Wire – Film Review
Under the Wire – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Christopher Martin Stars: Ziad Abaza, Janine Birkett, Julian Lewis Jones Marie Colvin, with her trade mark eye patch, was the Sunday Times […]
I, Dolours – Movie Review
I, Dolours – Movie Review Director: Maurice Sweeney Writers: Ed Moloney, Maurice Sweeney Dolours Price from Belfast, together with her sister Marion, became known to a wider audience following the car bombing […]
The Eyes of Orson Welles – Film Review
The Eyes of Orson Welles – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Mark Cousins The choice by Mark Cousins of the phrase “The eyes of” in the title gives an insight […]
Whitney – Film Review
Whitney – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Kevin Macdonald Stars: Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Bobbi Kristina Brown Whitney Houston bestrode the world of popular music in the eighties and nineties. Macdonald […]
Studio 54 – Film Review
Studio 54 – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Matt Tyrnauer Stars: Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager met in college in the late sixties and by somewaht circuitous […]
McQueen – Film Review
McQueen – Film Review by Kevin C. Olohan. Directors: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui (co-director) Writer: Peter Ettedgui Star: Alexander McQueen “I’m not angry with myself. I’m angry with the world.” – Lee […]
A Cambodian Spring – Film Review
A Cambodian Spring – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director: Christopher Kelly Writer: Christopher Kelly Sometimes life is more interesting than art. This extraordinary documentary, filmed over six years, tells the story […]
Making the Grade – Film Review
Making the Grade – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Ken Wardrop Wardrop is a documentary filmmaker with an admirable curiosity. His previous films include Mom and Me (2016), an acount of […]
No More Workhorse 