The Mirror Not Easily Seen Through by Hui-Han Chen

To interpret Andrei Tarkovsky’s Mirror (1975) without focusing on its literary symbols and metaphors is indeed a challenge with its poetic cinematic representation. Robert Bird’s Andrei Tarkovsky: Elements of Cinema (2008) divides his analysis of Tarkovsky’s works into four main topics: earth, fire, water, and air. All these four elements are interpreted in a similar … Continue reading “The Mirror Not Easily Seen Through by Hui-Han Chen”

Call Me by your Name – Review by Luis Freijo

Call me by your name – Review by Luis Freijo If I was compelled to describe Call Me by Your Name in just one statement, I would say that this film embodies the reason why, more than a century after its invention, we still go to a cinema theatre. To find stories, characters, feelings that … Continue reading “Call Me by your Name – Review by Luis Freijo”

Song of Granite – Review by Deirdre de Grae

Song of Granite (2017), was the opening film at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh. The film was introduced by the producer, Alan Maher (of Marcie Films), and the director, Pat Collins, who reminisced about his time as the Fleadh programmer in the 1990s. As this was the opening film, it screened to a full house, … Continue reading “Song of Granite – Review by Deirdre de Grae”