Hi Cork Cultural Companions
Welcome to the Triskel Cinema Newsletter.
As June draws to a close, we round out this great month of arthouse cinema with two fantastic films: the stunning queer coming-of-age drama Enzo and the gripping, darkly comic political thriller Eagles of the Republic.
From director Robin Campillo, who helmed the wonderful 120 BPM (120 Beats Per Minute), Enzo is a tender exploration of class, adolescence/young adulthood and longing. Serving in part as a poignant tribute to the late filmmaker Laurent Cantet, Enzo combines Cantet’s humanistic focus on social class with Campillo’s insight into the complexities of queerness and sexuality.
This drama follows rebellious 16-year-old Enzo, who defies his middle-class family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship. Surrounded by a working class crew, Enzo struggles with manual labour and his place in the workforce; his life becomes even more complicated when he meets Vlad, a brooding Ukrainian builder who he is helplessly drawn to. Don’t miss this “gentle, supremely affecting, very lovely film” (Little White Lies).
This week, we also screen the riveting thriller Eagles of the Republic. The third film in Tarik Saleh’s Cairo trilogy - with each unrelated film examining modern-day Egypt - this sharp and witty work dives deep into the murky intersection of politics and the Egyptian film industry. In Eagles of the Republic, George Fahmy, Egypt’s most famous and adored actor, is ordered by the country’s powerful regime to star in a ridiculous propaganda film. Soon, George is pulled into a shadowy and sinister world, where he must navigate high-stakes personal and political relationships, as well as his inconvenient attraction to a military general’s alluring wife.
We have a very exciting double bill this Saturday! At 6pm, join us for John Woo’s genre-defining noir/crime masterpiece A Better Tomorrow. This essential action film features operatic bullet fights, brothers on the opposite sides of the law, and Chow Yun-Fat looking the coolest anyone has ever looked on film.
At 8pm, we screen the fascinating documentary Coup 53, which explores 1953’s CIA-and-MI6 backed coup of a democratically elected Iranian government (this screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Taghi Amarani).
Next week, we screen Baz Luhrmann’s glorious and glittering romantic comedy Strictly Ballroom. Back by popular demand, we also screen The Stranger, a hypnotic adaptation of Albert Camus’ classic novel.
Our pals at East Asia Film Festival Ireland return next Friday, bringing us a screening of the gorgeous romantic drama Jet Lag in Summer (followed by a filmmaker Q&A).
Later that night, our quarterly experimental strand Phantoscope is back with Pink Narcissus, a queer underground classic exploring desire and identity in vivid Technicolour.
Our full July programme is now on sale! We have another great month of film ahead, with a special season dedicated to director Susan Seidelman (whose films include Desperately Seeking Susan and She-Devil), and films including Scorsese’s grimy classic Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster-led French mystery A Private Life and cult Canadian comedy gem Nirvanna: The Band - The Show - The Movie.
See you soon,
Gillian and the team at Triskel
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