The latest from Cartoon Saloon is another smash for director Tomm Moore, this time co-directing with Ross Stewart. While it’s … More
Tag: Ireland
Calm with Horses (2020)
A film built like its protagonist: hulking, hopeless, and heartbreaking. A remorseless exercise in despair; it’s like the opposite of … More
The Dalkey Archive (1964)
My favourite Flann O’Brien novel so far. De Selby, and the critical war surrounding him, was easily the highlight of The … More
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018)
Just saw an advanced screening of this at Odeon as part of their Screen Unseen thing. Tonally hyperactive. As black … More
At Swim-Two-Birds (1939)
Watched AJ’s The Holy Mountain again yesterday. The triumphant “Zoom back, camera!” conclusion is earned not just by the preposterousness of … More