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Joyride: Olivia Colman’s Irish Road Movie Offers Outsize Charm

Joyride: Olivia Colman’s Irish Road Movie Offers Outsize Charm

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 27, 2023Joyride, Irish films, Emer Reynolds, Olivia Colman, Charlie Reid, Lochlann Ó Mearáin, Drama, Comedy, DramedyComment

Wild Mountain Thyme: Starry Misfire from Oscar Winner Marred by Silliness, Bad Accents

Wild Mountain Thyme: Starry Misfire from Oscar Winner Marred by Silliness, Bad Accents

By Linda Barnard

Review, PreviewJim SlotekDecember 21, 2020Wild Mountain Thyme, John Patrick Shanley, Emily Blunt, Jon Hamm, Jamie Dornan, Christopher Walken, Irish films, Drama, Rural setting, Adaptation Comments

Lost & Found: Anthology is a pleasant meander through small-town Irish lives, connected by a train station

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekMarch 29, 2019Irish films, Independent films, Liam O Mochain, Donncha Crowley, Olga Wehrly, Seamus Hughes, Liam Carney, Aoibhinn Garrihy, Anthology films, Small town Irish livesComment

Original-Cin TIFF Picks: Friday, September 7

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Kim Hughes, and Karen Gordon

Toronto Irish Film Festival bauldly takes on the Oscars

By Liam Lacey

ViewsJim SlotekMarch 2, 2018Irish films, Film Festivals, George Best, Seana Kerslake, The Breadwinner, Zoo, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Toronto film festivals