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Nov 25, 20183 min read
Atrium by Manoli Moriaty And Echo Echo Ensemble
Whenever you are used to seeing the world from a certain angle you realise that you have a unique perspective on everything that no-one...
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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 23, 20181 min read
The Return of the Hero is a French delight
The Return of the Hero, shown recently as part of the 31st Foyle Film Festival is a French farce with plenty of laughs. Set during the...
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Nov 23, 20182 min read
The Silence of Others
How would it feel if you or a relative was coldly and callously murdered and buried at the side of the road in an unmarked grave. Imagine...
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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 20, 20182 min read
Filmworker tells the story of Stanley Kubrick's right hand man.
The world of film, just like every other, is filled with unsung heroes; those people who are there to help the main actor or, as in this...
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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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Nov 15, 20182 min read
Traditional music's up and coming stars return home
World class traditional music came to Derry on Tuesday as two former students made a return visit to their old Alma mater at the...
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Nov 10, 20182 min read
Atrium by Manoli Moriarty And Echo Echo Ensemble
Whenever you are used to seeing the world from a certain angle you realise that you have a unique perspective on everything that no-one...
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Nov 9, 20182 min read
Simon McBride Trio give masterclass in the blues
Having appeared on stage with Queen at the age of 9 you could say that nothing fazes Simon McBride. He has drawn comparisons with the...
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Nov 2, 20184 min read
African Queen Kidjo has audience dancing in the isles with world class performance
Before this particular reviewer commences this particular review a certain amount of bias must be confessed. In the mid-nineties; while a...
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Oct 26, 20182 min read
Marian Consort gives spiritual experience to choral festival audience
I know that I may loose half my audience when I tell you that the Marian Consort are a group from, broadly speaking, the classical music...
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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 15, 20182 min read
Little Voices of Fukushima
Little Voices of Fukushima is a documentary which follows the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people in one of the most...
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Oct 10, 20182 min read
Buaine na Gaoithe at Magee
It was perhaps meteorologicaly appropriate that there was a fresh autumnal breeze blowing and a multicoloured palate of leaves were...
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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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Oct 1, 20181 min read
Italian Culture Night
With the sound of music and language ringing in the ears and the distinct aroma of pizza filling the nostrils, Derry's first Italian...
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