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Reviews‘The Odyssey’ review: Matt Damon leads all-star cast in Christopher Nolan’s towering IMAX adaptation of Homer’s epic poem
Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron also star in the director’s follow-up to ‘Oppenheimer’
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Reviews‘Gealtra’ review: Brendan Canty follows ‘Christy’ with slight, engaging study of young Irish-language musicians
Source: Galway Film Fleadh ‘Gealtra’ Dir: Brendan Canty. Ireland. 2025. 70mins Language is power and creativity is the brightest road to self-expression in Gealtra. Brendan Canty’s slight but engaging documentary (the title translates as ‘gang’) follows a group of young people from Cork as they embrace the ...
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Reviews‘Fruit Gathering’ review: Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe winner is delicate LGBTQ Myanmar drama
Aung Phyoe’s fine-tuned feature debut is powered by an impressive central performance from Nandar Myat Aung
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Reviews‘Samurai Vengeance’ review: Tasuku Emoto stars in Takashi Minamoto’s entertaining spin on the Japanese period drama
Ken Watanabe also stars in Minamoto’s adaptation of Sayako Nagai’s prizewinning novel
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Reviews‘The Siege Of Paradise’ review: Gar O’Rourke follows ‘Sanatorium’ with gentle, thought-provoking look at the impact of mass tourism
O’Rourke’s enjoyable documentary travels to the tourist hot spot of Cinque Terre, on Italy’s northwestern coast
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Reviews‘The Lost Children Of Tuam’ review: Sensitive, unfussy drama follows investigation into Irish mother and baby home
Liam Neeson produces Frank Berry’s respectful drama, which stars Monica Dolan as Galway historian Catherine Corless
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Reviews‘You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead’ review: A Sligo family attempts to pull off a Christmas heist in raucous Irish black comedy
Dallan Shovlin’s entertaining debut stars Ardal O’Hanlon, Michelle Fairley and Stephen Rea, and premieres at Galway Film Fleadh
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Reviews‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ review: Winning Irish heartwarmer takes a child’s eye view of healing from grief
Rory Kinnear, Maria Bakalova and Ezra Carlisle impress in Rebekah Fortune’s well-observed feature
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Reviews‘Try!’ review: Crowd-pleasing Irish doc celebrates the community spirit of Mixed Ability Rugby
Oisín Mistéil’s heartfelt film plays Galway after a Sheffield DocFest premiere
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Reviews‘Life Support’ review: Distressing, essential documentary follows volunteer medics into Gaza
Daniele Rugo’s powerful first-hand account opens in UK/Irish cinemas after a Sheffield premiere
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Reviews‘Rain Catcher’ review: A London street photographer loses his grip on reality in intriguing, twisty neo-noir
Dudley O’Shaughnessy impresses in Michele Fiascaris debut feature, premiering in Karlovy Vary’s Proxima competition.
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Reviews‘Hijamat’ review: Jafar Panahi produces Nader Saeivar’s disjointed study of a Turkish immigrant family in Berlin
The fourth feature from Panahi collaborator and It Was Just An Accident co-writer Saeivar premieres in Karlovy Vary competition
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Reviews‘Evil Dead Burn’ review: Latest in long-running horror franchise has lots of gore, little of substance
Infested director Sebastien Vanicek takes the reins for this ultra-violent domestic horror
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Reviews‘Moana’ review: Lifeless live-action remake fails to capture the spirit of Disney’s animated original
Thomas Kail’s effects-heavy feature stars Dwayne Johnson and newcomer Catherine Lagaʻaia
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Reviews‘Our House’ review: Galway opener is lively, unbalanced Northern Irish home invasion thriller
Peter Young’s promising feature debut stars Hannah McClean, Michael Shea and Andy Doherty
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Reviews‘Black Money For White Nights’ review: Absurdist drama reckons with Bulgaria’s culture of corruption
Directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov return to Karlovy Vary following their Crystal Globe-winning The Father
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Reviews‘The Lion At My Back’ review: Cypriot migrant drama is anchored by persuasive performances
Tonia Mishiali’s second feature makes its debut in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition
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Reviews‘Bearhunting’ review: A real-life 19th century bear hunt fuels underpowered German satire
The second feature from Peter Meister will release in Germany in August, following plays at Munich and Shanghai
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Reviews‘The Guest’ review: Trine Dyrholm is magnetic at the heart of knotty Danish domestic drama
Mads Mengel’s feature debut premieres in Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe competition
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Reviews‘Block 10’ review: Harrowing Holocaust drama sheds light on Nazi sterilisation experiments
Marcus O Rosenmüller’s unflinching feature premieres in Munich’s Spotlight strand