3.5Food for thought Cannes Review – Youth YOUTH (Italy | Switzerland | UK | France/15A/118mins) Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Paul Dano, Paloma Faith, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda. THE PLOT: Returning to the Swiss...
4.0Masterful Cannes Review – Sicario SICARIO (USA/15A/121mins) Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Starring Emily Blunt, Victor Garber, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro. THE PLOT: After a gruesome find at a house raid in Arizona, FBI Agent Kate Macy (E...
2.5Inaudible Macbeth MACBETH (UK | USA | France/TBC/113mins) Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Muichael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Reynor, David Thewlis, Paddy Considine. THE PLOT: As Scotland tears itself apart with civil war, Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) hears a pr...
4.0Personal and honest Cannes Review – My Mother (Mia Madre) MY MOTHER (MIA MADRE) (Italy | France/TBC/106mins) Directed by Nanni Moretti. Starring Margherita Buy, John Turturro, Nanni Moretti, Giulia Lazzarini, Beatrice Mancini. THE PLOT: Margherita (Margherita Buy)...
Cannes 2015 – All the winners The 68th Cannes Film Festival rolled to a close tonight, with the presentation of the coveted Palme D’Or for best film at the festival before a screening of ICE AND THE SKY. Movies.ie were on site (but in the p...
Cannes 2015 – Days 9, 10 and 11 Thursday in Cannes saw the first real rain of the entire festival. We sadly left the flip flops at home and squelched down to the Palais to see Jacques Audiard’s film In Competition; DHEEPAN. The film tells the story of Dheepan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) moves ...
4.0Lovely and warm Cannes Review – The Little Prince THE LITTLE PRINCE (France/TBC/108mins) Directed by Mark Osborne. Starring Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, James Franco, Marion Cotillard, Mackenzie Foy, Jeff Bridges, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Giamatti, Bud Cort. T...
3.0Unflinching Cannes Review – Chronic CHRONIC (USA/TBC/90mins) Directed by Michel Fanco. Starring Tim Roth, Bitsie Tulloch, Claire van der Boom, David Dastmalchian, Sarah Sutherland, Tate Ellington, Joe Santos, Michael Cristofer THE PLOT: David...
2.5Uneven Cannes Review – Valley of Love VALLEY OF LOVE (France/TBC/91mins) Directed by Guillaume Nicloux. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Gerard Depardieu. THE PLOT: Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) and Gerard (Gerard Depardieu) meet in the sweltering hot Death Valley. The couple were once married, and the...
2.5Benefits from hindsight Cannes Review – The Assassin THE ASSASSIN (Taiwan/TBC/120mins) Directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Starring Shen Qi, Sheu Fang-yi, Chang Chen. THE PLOT: In 7th century China, Yinnang (Shu Qi) a trained assassin is sent to execute a governor. ...
0.5Simply doesn't work Cannes Review – Mountains May Depart MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (China/TBC/131mins) Directed by Jia Zhang-Ke. Starring Zhao Tao, Liang Jingdong, Zhang Yi. THE PLOT: Jia Zhang-ke tackles the issue of China’s Westernisation in this drama. Told through t...
Cannes 2015 – Days 5 & 6 After the manic excitement of Saturday on the Croisette, Sunday was a much more relaxed affair as we mostly spent the day in cinemas or in various pavilions in the International Village. The first screening of the day was Maiwenn’s MON ROI, the tale of a sw...
3.0Honest but slow Cannes Review – Mon Roi MON ROI (France/TBC/130mins) Directed by Maïwenn. Starring Emmanuelle Berco, Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Ludovic Berthillot, Camille Cottin, Félix Bossuet. THE PLOT: As Tony (Emmanuelle Bercot) recovers fro...
4.0Powerful Cannes Review – Carol CAROL (UK | USA/TBC/118mins) Diecred by Todd Haynes. Starring Cate Blanchett. Rooney Mara, Carrie Brownstein, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler. THE PLOT: Therese (Rooney Mara) first meets the aloof but curiousl...
3.5Not Woody at his best Cannes Review – Irrational Man IRRATIONAL MAN (USA/TBC/96mins) Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey. THE PLOT: Abe (Joaquin Phoenix) is the typical clichéd tortured professor; he struggles to find a meaning for life, although he seems Romantic to t...
3.0Nicely weird, if slow Cannes Review – The Lobster THE LOBSTER (Greece | UK | Ireland | Netherlands | France/TBC/119mins) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Colin Farrell, John C. Reilly, Ben Wishaw, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz THE PLOT: Recently single D...
4.0Dark, twisted & fascinating Cannes Review – Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) TALE OF TALES (Italy | France | UK/TBC/125mins) Directed by Matteo Garrone. Starring John C. Reilly, Salma Hayek, Toby Jones, Vincent Cassel, Shirley Henderson, Hayley Carmichael, Bebe Cave, Jonah Lees, Christ...
3.0Immersive and tragic Cannes Review – Son of Saul SON OF SAUL (Hungary/TBC/97mins) Directed by László Nemes. Starring Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér, Todd Charmont, Christian Harting and Kamil Dobrowolski. THE PLOT: In the final days of Nazi Germany, a Hungarian prisoner at a concen...
3.0Solid, but slow Cannes Review: Standing Tall (La Tete Haute) STANDING TALL (France/TBC/120mins) Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot. Starring Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Sara Forestier, Rod Paradot, Ludovic Berthillot, Diane Rouxel. THE PLOT: Beginning at the age of...
2.0Never comes together Louder Than Bombs LOUDER THAN BOMBS (Norway | France | Denmark/15A/105mins) Directed by Joaquim Trier.Starring Isabelle Huppert, Gabriel Byrne, Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid. THE PLOT: Four years after the death of a famed wa...
