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In The House (15)

(François Ozon, 2012, Fra) Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ernst Umhauer, Emmanuelle Seigner. 105 mins

A French teacher is instantly drawn in by a student's essay on infiltrating his friend's family, and so are we. Before we know it, we're swept off on a self-reflexive journey into storytelling, voyeurism and ethical boundaries. Both the boy's story and the movie struggle to find an ending, but it's another distinctly "Ozonian" comedy-thriller.

Trance (15)

(Danny Boyle, 2013, UK) James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel. 101 mins

Boyle chucks everything he can (maybe too much) at this twisty, visceral art-heist thriller, which hinges on McAvoy's hypnosis to reveal the whereabouts of a stolen Goya painting. The result is more of a Jackson Pollock.

Good Vibrations (15)

(Lisa Barros D'Sa,...

Invited to come along to the set of 'The King of the Travellers' [previously entitled 'Grooskill'], Iftn last week journeyed to Inchicore, Dublin to catch a preview the film's final scenes before it wrapped in Galway at the weekend and caught up with the features cast and crew, among them director Mark O'Connor (Between The Canals), lead actor John Connors in his debut feature role, Peter Coonan (Between The Canals, Love/Hate), Michael Collins (Pavee Lackeen, Man About Dog) and producer Cormac Fox of Vico Films.

There's a new McDonagh in town and he's taking no prisoners. This week Irish film industry heads wear amazed by the strong performance at the box office of John Michael McDonagh's (brother of the famous playwright Martin McDonagh) new film The Guard. With a weekend gross of more than half a million Euro, easily knocking 'Bridesmaids' from the coveted number one spot, McDonagh’s jet black comedy thriller is being compared to other hugely successful Irish films such as 'Michael Collins' and brother Marin's'In Bruges.' To sweeten an already banner weekend the film picked up the Best Irish Feature award at the Galway Film Festival on Saturday. --------------------- Read More: A tale of two Tribeca hits - Brendan Gleeson’s ‘The Guard’ and ‘Noreen’ Brendan Gleeson’s ‘The Guard’ set to be the next ‘King’s Speech’ - Video Irish film ‘The Guard' a Sundance...