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Jan 15, 20192 min read
The Favourite: A film to win over Audiences
The Favourite, starring Olivia Coleman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, is loosely based on events in the British royal court during the...
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Nov 23, 20182 min read
The Kindergarten Teacher
In The Kindergarten Teacher, which was shown as the closing film at this year's Foyle Film Festival, Maggie Gyllenhall plays Lisa...
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Nov 22, 20181 min read
Review of Cold War
Poland has become renowned for its cinema in recent years, typified by it's 2013 Oscar winner Ida. From the director of that very movie...
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Nov 19, 20181 min read
Why We Cycle
The Netherlands, more than any other country, has an obsession with cycling. It is a way of life, as natural to Dutch people of all ages...
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Nov 19, 20182 min read
The Eyes of Orson Welles
Orson Welles is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time; his 1941 debut Citizen Kane is thought of by many as the...
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Nov 18, 20182 min read
The Happy Prince
While The Happy Prince, disappointingly in many ways, is not a retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic and well known children's story, it is...
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Nov 17, 20182 min read
Foyle Film Festival starts with a bang
There was a packed house as the Foyle Film Festival's 31st year commenced with a gala screening of Collette on Friday night at the...
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Oct 25, 20182 min read
Mark Kermode at QFT and Review of The Breadwinner
The Godfather of all film critics, Mark Kermode was in Belfast at the weekend as part of QFT's 50th birthday celebrations. In...
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Oct 4, 20183 min read
Black 47 is a harrowing tale with a tongue in cheek twist
Little over a year ago viewers of ITV's hit series Victoria starring Jenna Coleman, were left aghast and dismayed by the harrowing...
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Sep 25, 20181 min read
Ireland's newest film festival holds second edition this weekend.
Ballyliffin might normally be better known for golf as a pastime however this weekend sees the second installment of its film festival....
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Sep 7, 20182 min read
Black Klansman serves as a wake-up call to modern America and the world at large
Opening with an unusually low key appearance from Alec Baldwin as Dr. Kennebrew Beauregard, a white supremacist taking to the airwaves to...
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May 4, 20182 min read
A Cambodian Spring delivers hope for the people of Cambodia
It is written into local family folklore that my great grandmother had her house bulldozed in the 1960s in the name of progress. This is...
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May 9, 20171 min read
A Memorable Night For a Mesmerising Film about a unique river.
Does a ladybird know what a border is? Does a leaf? If a river could speak what would it tell us? These are just some of the questions...
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Mar 10, 20161 min read
Miles Ahead - Crazy Caper About Mr Cool
Miles Ahead; shown as part of the Nerve Centre’s current program, is an off the wall tale of a week in the life of legendery jazz...
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