Review Tag Archive

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El Vez 2011 Top Ten

Another year, another painful internal debate over the traditional end of year list and with an intimidating ten of Cave of Forgotten Dreams, The

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Jeanie Finlay 2011 Top Ten

2011 has been a funny old year. At the beginning I had just finished my documentary film Sound It Out and was getting ready to release it on DVD in the

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Miss D 2011 Top Ten

How does a year fly by so quickly? How come it only seems like yesterday I was being hassled by MarBelle to put together my 2010 list? I haven’t watched as

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Neil Fox 2011 Top Ten

It’s been a weird year for me. I’ve been spending so much time working on my doctorate it’s left less time for films, something I need to rectify in 2012

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Matt Strachan 2011 Top Ten

I’m a big fan of top ten lists and their assorted brethren (best of this, top twenty that, pre-mortem 1001 something or other). They don’t have the best of

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Article, Live Action

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Surely, there is no better indication of a film’s tension truly gripping its viewer, than when you have to remind yourself to breathe on more than one

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Article, Live Action

Take Shelter

Fans of Martin Scorcese’s HBO series Boardwalk Empire won’t be surprised by the powerful performance Michael Shannon gives in Jeff

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Live Action

Another Earth

In this digital age, where computer generated graphics rule the big screen, subtle isn’t a word

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Live Action

Terri

“Loser, Geek, Nerd, Weirdo”….whatever the label may be, the “Outsider” has become somewhat of a stalwart character in independent cinema. From the

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Film Festival

Kerry Film Festival 2011

Part One I’ve been incredibly quiet on DN this year. Apologies for that, but the reason is I have been studying for my doctorate in cinema and writing a

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News

Miranda July on Strangers

Have you heard of the School of Life? No, no. Not the one everyone talks about when something goes horrifically wrong and your only saving grace is that

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Live Action

Junkhearts

Opening with close up shots of a disturbed looking Eddie Marsan as he greedily swigs from miniature whisky bottles and rummages through the remains of a

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