In this regular column, we drag forgotten made-for-TV movies out of the vault and into the light. This week: the 1981 “urban panic” drama We’re Fighting Back, starring Kevin Mahon,
You love ’em, he hates ’em! The Butcher carves up your favourite films, and this week, he applies his sharpened cleaver to Christopher Nolan’s highly praised 2010 sci-fi epic Inception,
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… a great cast, good characters, slick direction and a terminal script.
Shot over seven days in the Brisbane suburbs of Graceville and Chelmer, Fboi Pete stars Ryan Johnson and Kym Jackson, with Charlotte Carr, Gideon Mzembe, Dave Eastgate, Leonard Meenach and Hannah
Ya know, Tony Gilroy, the guy who gave us the best piece of Star Wars since we can remember, Andor, and also wrote and directed Michael Clayton. He's now made
Co-writer/producer Fiona Bergin and co-writer/director Fintan Connolly recharge the private eye genre with their compelling Dublin-set thriller Barber starring Aidan Gillen. “I came out of a multimedia course and started
There is a particular kind of fatigue that settles over a filmmaker once his signature has been noticed too many times, and Jafar Panahi, joining a press conference for It
Upon the 25th anniversary streaming release of his blazing 4K restored debut Amores Perros, we look back on the fascinating career of Alejandro González Iñárritu, the pugnacious, outspoken, Mexican-born director
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… it’s not just an exercise in courage; it’s terrific and powerful …
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… not only a story about vengeance and recognition, but a piercing reflection on collective trauma and moral paralysis in a society broken by fear.