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The Alexander Complex

Review preview for The Alexander Complex

There’s a lot to keep track of in a narrative which keeps finding new sharks to jump and yet, somehow, keeps us believing.

Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
An international group of 'gentlemanly explorers', all with pseudonyms to protect their identities, come together in a quest to solve the mystery of the missing tomb of Alexander the Great.

(Country: Ireland, UK; Year: 2024; Director: Neasa Ní Chianáin; Writer: Etienne Essery, Neasa Ní Chianáin; Stars: Jiji Defallah, Omar Aissaoui, Luc Detré, Valerio Manfredi)

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Burkitt

A personal story about the experience of living with Burkitt’s Lymphoma and the life and work of Irish surgeon Dr Denis Burkitt

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Éanna Mac Cana)

The Days Of Trees

The final part of a trilogy.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2023; Director: Alan Gilsenan)

Don't Forget To Remember

A documentary which explores the fragility of memory and the lived experience of Alzheimer's whilst also celebrating a family's life lived together.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Ross Killeen)

I See A Darkness

Review preview for I See A Darkness

There is a willful experimentalism at the core of the film, an invitation to look and look again until the familiar becomes strange, until one notices something different.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
Shot in Paris, Death Valley, and the Nevada nuclear test site, this film essay examines the complex historical relationship between photography, cinema and science.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2023; Director: Fergus Daly, Katherine Waugh; Writer: Katherine Waugh)

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My Friend Lanre

A portrait of photographer Lanre Fehintola.

(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Leo Regan)

One Night In Millstreet

A prizefight between underdog Steve 'The Celtic Warrior' Collins and champion Chris 'Simply the Best' Eubank grips and encapsulates an entire nation as it emerges from depression towards previously unimagined prosperity.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Andrew Gallimore; Writer: Lydia Monin; Stars: Chris Eubank, Steve Collins, Barry McGuigan, Barry Hearn)

Ransom 79

A feature documentary that follows veteran journalist Charlie Bird as he battles the debilitating effects of MND while trying to break one final story in the time he has left.

(Country: Ireland; Year: 2024; Director: Colm Quinn; Writer: Charlie Bird, Colin Murphy, Colm Quinn; Stars: Morgan C Jones, Ray Weafer, Dave Rowe, Rob McCarthy, Paul Murphy, Colin Murphy, Bertie Ahern, Charlie Bird, Katie Mac Court)