Parisienne
PARISIENNE’s greatest asset is a strong sympathetic central performance from Manal Issa as an 18 year old Lebanese woman in a foreign land.
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Land of Mine
Even if you think you know what is coming next, you can’t look away from LAND OF MINE for even a second, writes Noel Megahey.
Japan Foundation 2016 #2
The Japan Foundation’s 2016 Touring Programme presents a diverse selection of contemporary and classic Japanese cinema.
Japan Foundation 2016
Noel Megahey reports from the 2016 Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, which this year is inspired by Kurosawa’s IKIRU.
It Only Happens in the Movies?
“A uniquely cinematic response to the necessary illusions that sustain everyday life…” More from Noel Megahey at this year’s Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme.
Life Of Riley
The beautiful LIFE OF RILEY has probably the single most important message that Resnais has to impart through his cinematic output, writes Noel Megahey.
Japanese Cinema and Encounters
“It only happens in the movies”? There are certain things that only happen in Japanese movies, writes Noel Megahey at the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme.
Belfast Film Festival 2014
If one of the roles of a good film festival is to restore your faith in cinema, the Belfast Film Festival does just that, writes Noel Megahey.
Borgman
Noel Megahey wonders whether Warmerdam’s modern-day troglodyte is a Lynchian icon of subconscious furies, or a Haneke-like threat to middle-class complacency…
Visitors
Reggio follows up his QATSI trilogy with a celebration of the beauty of the world, laced with a warning about the danger of losing touch with nature and with our very souls.