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Film reviews

Film & Television

John Maguire on film: Doom-laden exploration of guilt and shame fails to hit the mark

Paul Mescal features in God’s Creatures but he’s underused in a story set in rural Ireland that explores the theme of a protective mother that has been done before, and better
  • John Maguire
  • March 23, 2023
Film Reviews

Overly elaborate sleuth story entertains but fails to fully persuade

Jam-packed with talent, this deftly crafted Banville-as-Chandler hybrid captures the style and tone of both authors as well as the titular detective himself
  • John Maguire
  • March 17, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire on film: Raw and spiky melodrama charts a sad and strained love triangle

Compassionate cast are in top form in a story about vulnerable people trying to do the best in difficult circumstances
  • John Maguire
  • March 9, 2023
Film

Film reviews: Bleak shadows of reality darken a shared boyhood innocence in Oscar contender

It’s impossible to discuss Belgian director Lukas Dhont’s Close in depth without revealing too much of the plot, but the film is notable for extraordinary performances from its two central characters
  • John Maguire
  • March 2, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire on film: Bear with it, tale of a drugged-up animal is based on a true story

Cocaine Bear is a gory horror movie that is by turns funny, violent, stupid and entertaining, plus it has Wicklow standing in for America’s Deep South
  • John Maguire
  • February 22, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire: Inspiring tale of women working together to escape abuse

  • John Maguire
  • February 10, 2023
Film & Television

Film review: The Whale flounders in its muddled journey from stage to the screen

Darren Aronofsky’s maudlin reworking of Samuel Hunter’s play fails to live up to Brendan Fraser’s Oscar-nominated performance in this intensely claustrophobic space
  • John Maguire
  • February 2, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire: Spielberg’s own coming-of-age story writ large on the big screen

Introspective semi-autobiography The Fabelmans takes the audience on an insightful but painful trip down the director’s memory lane
  • John Maguire
  • January 28, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire: Cate Blanchett elevates Tár in a blistering portrait of power and celebrity

Todd Field’s captivating and complex thriller demands that the viewer pay close attention, but the reward is well worth the effort
  • John Maguire
  • January 13, 2023
Film & Television

John Maguire: Occult Poe murder mystery loses heart and pace as the grim story unfolds

Scott Cooper reimagines real-life historical figure Edgar Allan Poe as an unofficial recruit to help solve gruesome killings at a military academy in this Gothic detective thriller
  • John Maguire
  • January 7, 2023
Film

OTT action, grá and grief: 2022’s most memorable movies

While lasting pandemic habits have many punters choosing home streaming over physical cinemas, movie theatres still served as a welcome escape
  • John Maguire
  • December 23, 2022
Film & Television

John Maguire on film: Glass Onion is funnier but not as satifying to unpeel as the original whodunit

Bond star Daniel Craig is back as the 'world’s greatest detective’ in a follow-up to 2019’s surprise murder mystery hit, Knives Out
  • John Maguire
  • December 2, 2022
Film & Television

John Maguire on film: A lyrical, coming-of-age road movie with a macabre difference

The latest film from Luca Guadagnino tells the disturbing story of a pair of ravenous addicts who need to eat human flesh in order to survive, but this is less a horror film than an outlaw romance
  • John Maguire
  • November 24, 2022
Film & Television

John Maguire: One woman’s story brings home the grim realities of direct provision

Feature film and documentary maker Frank Berry presents a powerful first-person insight into humanity bowed by heartless bureaucracy
  • John Maguire
  • November 18, 2022
Film Reviews

John Maguire: Nighy gives powerful performance in film about life and death

Oliver Hermanus’s sublime remake of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s classic Ikiru is neither maudlin nor manipulative, despite the subject matter
  • John Maguire
  • November 3, 2022
Film Reviews

John Maguire: Östlund’s latest a furious, fearless satire on the hypocrisies of the ultra-rich

Triangle of Sadness is Ruben Östlund’s second Cannes Palme d’Or winner in a row and is centred on a gilded group gathered on a $250m luxury yacht for a cruise
  • John Maguire
  • October 28, 2022
Film Reviews

John Maguire: Beautifully acted drama delves into the heart of Irish identity

In Bruges stars Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are reunited in Martin McDonagh’s black comedy about male friendship, community and tradition set on a remote island in 1920s Ireland
  • John Maguire
  • October 21, 2022
Film Reviews

John Maguire: A sympathetic glimpse into the short and secretive life of Emily Brontë

Director Frances O’Connor blurs fact and fiction to dramatic effect in this modern and sensitively drawn take on the physical and mental health challenges faced by the Victorian writer
  • John Maguire
  • October 13, 2022
Film & Television

John Maguire: Two brave and forthright women who were minimised and mistreated by society

Documentaries tell the inspiring stories of Sineád O’Connor and Vicky Phelan, who used their voices to tell truths that people didn’t want to hear
  • John Maguire
  • October 8, 2022
Film

John Maguire: Manville is the perfect fit for a middle-aged Cinderella fantasy

A mainstay of Mike Leigh’s ensemble casts since the 1980s, the long-time character actor grabs her chance to play the lead in this post-war movie with both hands
  • John Maguire
  • September 30, 2022

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