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Paranoia, people scared they’ll fall deathly sick, the clash between financial profit and common sense – no I’m not describing living through a Coronavirus outbreak but rather Sea Fever, the Irish sci-fi horror from writer-director Neasa…

Perceptions are personal. I couldn’t possibly know what you’d think Chinese drama Send Me to the Clouds would look like from reading a plot synopsis. What I do know, having seen the movie, is that it’s not going to be what you expect.…

Think you’ve seen enough movies involving dripping blood, suppressed characters and downward spirals involving religion? You’re wrong. You haven’t seen this one. Featuring the unholiest of crossovers between startling horror and themes…

On paper, comparisons could be drawn between Broken Law and Cardboard Gangsters. The films both feature crime, unsavoury types and a bunch of the same cast members. It’s to debut writer-director Paddy Slattery’s great credit though that…

Dublin director Lorcan Finnegan has already established himself as a filmmaker to watch. This was with the one-two punch of his acclaimed short Foxes in 2012, about a couple trapped in a remote housing estate and the animals that surround…