Irish Film Institute -FRENZY

WHAT'S ON - 27/12/2012

BOXING DAY

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Fiercely independent British filmmaker Bernard Rose and his charismatic lead Danny Huston have formed quite a double-act, and this wintry parable marks the third time they’ve modernised stories by Leo Tolstoy. After their films Ivansxtc. and [...]

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Times: 14.30|18.30
CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER

Co-writer Rashida Jones (The Social Network) also plays Celeste in this gently bittersweet and amusing study of a modern unconventional relationship in which she and Jesse (Andy Samberg), friends since childhood, are coming to an amicable end to their marriage [...]

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Times: 16.30|20.30
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

There’s a reason Frank Capra’s seasonal heart-warmer gets shown year after year. Quite simply, it’s one of the most passionately uplifting movies to come out of golden-age Hollywood. Those who still think it’s just some schmaltzy fluff for holiday TV, [...]

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Times: 18.20
LOVE CRIME

Since playing pixie-ish Ludivine Sagnier against a domineering Charlotte Rampling worked well for François Ozon in Swimming Pool, veteran director Alain Corneau conjures up some of the same frissons by casting Gallic glamour girl Sagnier opposite Anglo ice-queen Kristin Scott [...]

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Times: 13.40|16.10|20.50
SMASHED

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An affecting drama about the pitfalls faced on the road from addiction to recovery, Smashed centres on Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Death Proof) as Kate, a smart and attractive schoolteacher happily married to Charlie (Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad), [...]

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Times: 16.10|20.30
THE POOL

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This absorbing story of India’s social divide takes the opposite tonal approach to Slumdog Millionaire – quiet and observant where Danny Boyle’s film was all button-pushing brashness. Director Chris Smith comes from a documentary background (he made [...]

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Times: 14.00|18.30