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 […]
Apollo 11 – Film Review
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 […]
The Ice King – Film Review
The Ice King – Film Review by Frank L. Director: James Erskine Writer: James Erskine John Curry was born in Birmingham in 1949 where his father owned and ran a manufacturing business. […]
Prince of Nothingwood – Film Review
Prince of Nothingwood – Film Review Director: Sonia Kronlund Stars: Qurban Ali, Sonia Kronlund, Salim Shaheen When you think of Afghanistan, what is the first image that comes into your head? Crying […]
The Song of Granite – Film Review
The Song of Granite – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Pat Collins. Writers: Pat Collins, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride Stars: Michael O’Chonfhlaola, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Leni Parker Collins has made […]
Jaha’s Promise – Film Review
Jaha’s Promise – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Patrick Farrelly and Kate O’Callaghan Jaha Dukureh, now 27 years old, underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) as a baby in the Gambia. […]
Condemned To Remember – Film Review
Condemned To Remember – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Gerry Gregg Producer: Gerry Gregg Cast: Tomi Reichental, Jan Gross, Sami Aiyob Tomi Reichental was born into a Jewish family of farming […]
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami – Film Review
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami – Film Review by Frank L Director: Sophie Fiennes Stars: Grace Jones, Jean-Paul Goude, Sly & Robbie Now in her late sixties, Grace Jones has been around […]
It’s Not Yet Dark – Film Review
It’s Not Yet Dark – Film Review by Pat Viale Director: Frankie Fenton Star: Colin Farrell Frankie Fenton’s directorial début is a moving documentary about fellow Irish film-maker, Simon Fitzmaurice, who has […]
The Work – Film Review
The Work – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Jairus McLeary, Gethin Aldous The Inside Circle Foundation is a non-profit making organisation which is based in Los Angeles. It works in […]
Quest – Film Review
Quest – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Jonathan Olshefski In 2006, Olshefski was teaching an adult photography class in Philadelphia in an area known as North Philly. It is a […]
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – Film Review
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power – Film Review Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk Stars: Al Gore, George W. Bush, John Kerry An Inconvenient Truth was released in 2006 to much acclaim. […]
The Farthest – Film Review
The Farthest – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Emer Reynolds Writer: Emer Reynolds Stars: Frank Drake, Carolyn Porco, John Casani Voyager 2 was launched into space on 20th August 1977 […]
Kedi – Film Review
Kedi – Film Review by Pat Viale Director: Ceyda Torun Star: Bülent Üstün Turkey may have seen great political upheavals in recent times, a failed coup, thousands of people arrested and tens […]
Whitney: Can I Be Me – Film Review
Whitney: Can I Be Me – Film Review by Louise O’Meara Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal Writer: Nick Broomfield Stars: Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Bobby Brown “Money can’t buy you happiness” […]
Vermeer Beyond Time – Film Review
Vermeer Beyond Time – Film Review by Louise O’Meara Written & directed by: Guillaume Cottet & Jean-Pierre Cottet Starring: Pierre Arditi Narrated by: Fiona Shaw Lighthouse Cinema and at Selected Cinemas – […]
