dublin international film festival 2025
i mean it when i say this was everything - like literally so much is happening here and it's all so funny and ridiculous. and it blends well too, so much so much so that I honestly can't make out what was fictionalised and what actually happened lmao. at the same time, the contrast between the events of Range Life vs reality oof i could watch an entire film simply on that.
anyway,, zoe lister-jones.....almost…
dublin international film festival 2025
girl who didn't know there'd be julian mcmahon aka early 2000s victor von doom!!! and also, he's australian??????
and yes this is a christmas film.
anyway - this was, uh, unhinged. but thankfully not unhinged for the sake of being unhinged but actually compelling in a way. it's a fun film but in a really twisted way - just nicolas cage Going Through It in ways that get worse as they progress. infuriating, gross, hilarious…
dublin international film festival 2025
quiet and observant, like it's protagonist Sam, this film really surprised me. it peppers in a few tiny tidbits about the characters throughout that help you get to know them in a very organic way, without pushing anything in your face. it was great to watch these characters unravel over the course of their trip, with sympathies towards them bouncing back and forth. and while I could sense where this film was heading, i was…
dublin international film festival 2025
pietrin!!! I'd die for him omg he is so.precious.
this was lovely - bittersweet especially towards the end but hopeful nonetheless. maura delpero shows us so much without a lot being said, and according to martina scrinzi who did a q&a after the screening, a lot of it was intentional on delpero's part - wanting the audience to draw their conclusion and meaning from what she's showing us. stunningly shot, really lovely cinematography and the…
dublin international film festival 2025
a bit too long, meanders for a bit (not sure if it was supposed to be a family drama or just Tom and how he deals with grief and mortality or just an overall take on people's relationship towards the idea of life and living), but a very real and unexpectedly funny film! Gerd and Lissy reminded me a lot of my grandparents who also had pretty similar health conditions and it was all very…