The Right Thing Archives - Cork International Film Festival

Retrospective: Do The Right Thing

Army of Shadows

Showtime: Mon 10 Nov at 20:00, Fri 14 Nov at 14:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, The Everyman

139 mins

France, Italy

Jean-Pierre Melville

Gerbier, a civil engineer, gets trapped and tortured in a Nazi camp but manages to escape with the help of a friend. Back in Marseille, he looks for the traitor who reported him. This masterful suspense drama examines of the inner workings of World War II resistance efforts.

Do The Right Thing

Showtime: Fri 14 Nov at 17:45

Arc Cinema - Screen 2

120 mins

United States

Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s masterpiece on the simmering racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighbourhood, primed to explode during the hottest day of the summer, is just as relevant today as it was on its 1989 release, and packs as much of a punch as the beats pumping out from Radio Raheem’s ghettoblaster.

Dogfight

Showtime: Sun 09 Nov at 17:30, Tue 11 Nov at 15:00

Triskel Cinema, Triskel Cinema

89 mins

United States

Nancy Savoca

San Francisco, 1963. On his last night before being shipped to Vietnam, young marine Eddie (River Phoenix) invites waitress Rose (Lili Taylor) to be his date at a party with his friends, as part of a secret cruel game called a ‘Dogfight’. A bittersweet tale of forgiveness sparked from the chemistry between two souls.

Once Upon a Time in the West

Showtime: Sat 15 Nov at 14:00

The Everyman

175 mins

Italy

Sergio Leone

A railroad tycoon hires a cruel mercenary (Peter Fonda) to kill a man who owns prime estate. But when the man's widow (Claudia Cardinale) inherits the land, only an outlaw and a mysterious gunslinger (Charles Bronson) can protect her from being killed. A timeless masterpiece, magnified by Ennio Morricone’s haunting, iconic music.

Sambizanga

Showtime: Fri 07 Nov at 15:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

97 mins

Angola, France

Sarah Maldoror

Angola, 1961. The onset of the War of Independence. A woman searches for her husband, who was abruptly taken by the colonial authorities. The first ever feature film directed by a woman in Africa, Sambizanga is both gorgeous and a landmark work of political filmmaking through fiction.

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

Showtime: Sun 09 Nov at 12:00, Wed 12 Nov at 20:00

Arc Cinema - Screen 6, Arc Cinema - Screen 6

122 mins

Japan

Kazuo Hara

Kenzo Okuzaki made it his life’s mission to expose the crimes committed against his World War II military comrades by their own officers. No measures were too extreme for this furiously determined anti-establishment agitator. One of the most striking documentaries ever made.

Toni Erdmann

Showtime: Sat 08 Nov at 13:30

Arc Cinema - Screen 6

162 mins

Germany

Marin Ade

Convinced that his daughter has forgotten how to laugh, practical joker Winfried shows up unannounced at her work place abroad, disguised as the flashy Toni Erdmann, a “life coach” with a particular taste for outrageous humour. A surreal confrontation between father and daughter ensues. Germany’s most accomplished film in recent memory.

Where Is The Friend's House?

Showtime: Thu 13 Nov at 17:30

The Everyman

83 mins

Iran

Abbas Kiarostami

A schoolboy realises, as he is getting ready to do his homework, that he has mistakenly brought home a classmate's notebook. Knowing that his friend risks being expelled if he does not hand in his homework in his own notebook, he sets off to find him. An unforgettable work of beauty.