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IF YOUR MOVIE-WATCHING routine usually begins with 20 good minutes of scrolling aimlessly, then we’re here to help.
Here’s a nice meaty list of new, classic and potentially forgotten-about films to make the job of what to watch a lot easier.
Premise: Teenager Alice (played by Stranger Things’ Natalie Dyer), goes to a strict Catholic school in the year 2000. They frown on anything sexual, so when she ends up in a racy chat by accident and starts having sexual feelings, things get complicated. Meanwhile, people are spreading rumours about her that she doesn’t even understand. Anyone who went to a Catholic school will relate to much of this.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: Head back to the 1990s and watch this Slacker classic, about the lives and loves of Gen X pals. Stars Ethan Hawke and Winona Ryder.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: Before Uncut Gems, there was Good Time. Robert Pattinson stars in the Safdie brothers’ indie film about a wayward pair of brothers, Connie and Nick (the other of whom is played by Benny Safdie). When Nick ends up in police custody, Connie is prepared to do anything to help him get out.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: In this incredibly moving Irish film, a young teenager finds himself jailed after hiding drugs belonging to a friend. We follow as he experiences how tough life is in prison, and grapples with how to make decisions about where he goes next. Directed by Frank Berry.
Stream it on: Volta.ie
Premise: This clever comedy is about Radha, a playwright who feels a bit washed up as she approaches the age of 40. So she decides to reinvent herself as a rapper. Filmed in black and white and directed by Radha Blank herself, it has relatable moments and lots of great lines.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: Mati Diop (niece of the filmmaker Djibril Diop Mabéty) makes her feature directorial debut with this haunting tale set in Senegal. It’s about a young teen whose boyfriend goes missing – but it’s also about class and religion in Senegal, and the risks young people have to take to gain freedom.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: Made during the first lockdown in the UK, with all the friends sequestered in their respective homes, this is a 60-minute film about a seance gone wrong. One of the scariest films you’ll see all year – just brilliantly done.
Stream it on: Shudder.com
Premise: A film chronicling the infamously disastrous 1968 round-the-world yacht race.
Stream it on: YouTube (see above)
Premise: A documentary about an adopted young man who discovers almost by accident that he has a twin… and then they discover another brother.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: For those that missed it when it came out in the 1990s. Based on the James Ellroy noir novel, this is a classy 1997 film about a group of LAPD officers in 1953 and their involvement in crime, Hollywood and corruption. It’s notable for starring Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe in important breakthrough roles.
Stream it on: Amazon Prime
Premise: This 1999 sci-fi comedy takes a somewhat satirical look at Star Trek and the like. A cult movie starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman amongst others, it’s about the actors in a series called Galaxy Quest, who are visited by aliens who believe the show was a documentary.
Stream it on: Netflix
Premise: This French movie is set during the AIDs crisis, and is about LGBT activists from ACT UP who try to raise awareness. With a great cast (including Adele Haenel), this is a treat of a film and a moving look at an important moment in recent history.
Stream it on: Volta.ie
Premise: This Irish-made documentary is a thought-provoking look at how people can be radicalised. It tells the story of ‘Jihad Jane’, an American woman who gets arrested and charged with terror offences.
Stream on: Volta.ie
Premise: This stunning film by Mark Jenkin is about a fisherman living in a Cornish town, who struggles to keep up with how it is being gentrified. Shot in 16mm on a hand-cranked camera, and with non-diegetic sound.
Stream it on: IFI@Home
Premise: Merab, a young Georgian dancer, finds his world shaken up when newcomer Irakli arrives.
Stream it on: IFI@Home
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In years to come they’ll be the individuals you’ll be reading about with dozens of convictions but still on the streets.
It’s a imported problem, eastern Europe
@herp: We have no homegrown joyriders and car thieves?
@herp: evidence of that claim?
@herp:
Really?
Down to your local station and make a detailed statement in evidence so.
@herp: obviously that could not be an Irish.. and I suppose the gangs in Drogheda are all from Europe as well ?
@herp: course it is!
Sure where else?
No Irish Criminals rob cars, nor any other nationality.
Now which “Eastern Europeans” would you mean?
What a dopey illformed comment!
Wonder what rag tabloid you get your info from?
Broke into my folks’ house in Clontarf 2 weeks ago, nicked the keys and the car. Scrotes!
@Yzo Sirrius: Clontarf along with Malahide and Portmarnock are no-go areas, gangs roaming the streets robbing and beating up people
@Yzo Sirrius: yeah. Most of these were actually done in clontarf raheny Sutton and baldoyle.
@Seaniecp: Yeah, the garda said there was 7 cars stolen in the Clontarf area in the previous 2 weeks.
@Niall O’Neill: “no-go areas”…chill out, man!
@Niall O’Neill: like every other area in the country. Place is absolutely lawless
@Yzo Sirrius: Well one is no good without the other
Almost certainly all on benefits, as funded by us mugs, the taxpayers. Then will be sent to prison, again funded by us. Useless leeches.
Sorry to hear about cars been stolen but why leave keys so close to letterbox were they can be “Phished” so easily
@postmanbill: probably a false sense of being safe and secure behind you hall door Alas sadly NO .
@postmanbill: some people leave them in easy reach as an alternative to these people breaking into their house and terrorising their families for the keys to a piece of rolling metal on their driveway.
@postmanbill: I’d rather then took them this way rather then actually entering the house to get them. Lesser of 2 evils.
@Amy Callan: Why not leave the keys in the car if you are that way of thinking. Just give up is not an option.
@wacker macker: just not in the ignition ha, as it is a criminal offence to leave your keys in the ignition while your car is unattended.
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