Anyone looking to debate the limits of progress should cast an eye on 1980s Ireland. As a generation born in revolution and civil war moved from farms to towns...
In The Heirloom, a couple facing lockdown decide to adopt a pet. It’s wintertime in Toronto, and Eric and Allie are chipping away at their COVID-restricted liv...
2023 had its fair share of memorable scores and music. Any year with new work from Joe Hisaishi and Mica Levi is going to be one for the books, but the last 12...
In The Animal Kingdom, an Un Certain Regard-selected science-fiction romp from France, human-animal mutations are the new norm. Director Thomas Cailley begins ...
In Inshallah a Boy, a new film from Jordan, a young mother faces some grueling events. It's set around the bustling capitol, Amman, a place where temperatures ...
The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benefits of...
Amongst a typically raucous lineup at this year's Venice Film Festival comes Evil Does Not Exist, a work in which tensions rise over little more than the place...
Is it possible to leave your enfance without losing your terrible? The one-and-only Harmony Korine, now 50 years young, returns with Aggro Dr1ft, a premiere ou...
Murderers abound in the cinema of David Fincher, yet up until now they've tended to operate on the margins (Se7en, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) or hardly a...
In The Palace, guests of a luxury hotel prepare to celebrate the turn of the millennium. The caviar is tasted. The fireworks are readied. Soon (you guessed it)...
Irish-born, Berlin-based, Rory O'Connor has been covering the European film festival circuit since 2012. A regular contributor to The Film Stage, his work has also appeared in Frieze, The Playlist, and CineVue.
