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Venus in Fur
The boundaries between fact and fiction are blurred in Roman Polanski's amusing adaptation of the David Ives play -
Fading Gigolo
John Turturro writes and directs this refined and stylish comedy starring Woody Allen and Sofia Vergara -
PJ O'Rourke
American conservative satirist holds court on the baby boom generation at Ulster Museum for the Hay Festival of Literature -
The Two Faces of January
Patricia Highsmith's tale of intrigue on the Med is stylishly adapted by Hossein Amini -
Rachel Ries
Sweet-voiced American songstress is ably supported by gravel-voiced Ciaran Lavery at No Alibis Bookstore -
Frank
Michael Fassbender plays the eponymous musical maverick in Lenny Abrahamson's touching tragicomedy -
SOAK
Talented Derry chanteuse tops the bill at the Black Box with entertaining support from Lisa O'Neill -
Luke McGibbon
The Antrim comic completes an impressive debut solo stand up set at the Black Box -
Calvary
John Michael McDonagh trains his sights on the Catholic Church in an avaricious Ireland -
Game of Thrones Season Opener
Matthew Coyle reviews the opening episode of Game of Thrones season 4 at Belfast Film Festival – spoiler alert! -
Starred Up
Crumlin Road Gaol and the Maze provide the backdrop for David Mackenzie's brutally frank prison drama -
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wes Anderson's latest all-star caper is a fantastically enjoyable yarn -
Non-Stop
Liam Neeson scowls his way through another generic action flick this time set on a plane -
The Invisible Woman
Ralph Fiennes' sophomore directorial effort is a beautifully-shot exploration of Charles Dickens' love affair with Nelly Turnen -
Her
Spike Jonze warns against cutting the ties that bind us in this existential meditation on technology and romance -
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey and co expose the corruption inherent in the American healthcare system -
Independent Venue Week
Oh Yeah Music Centre hosts The Couth, Go Wolf and Little Bear -
The Armstrong Lie
Director Alex Gibney lifts the lid on one of history's most riveting doping scandals in this gripping documentary -
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen brothers' new film about a struggling folk singer is propelled by a rarely discussed dilemma – when do artists cut their losses and abandon their careers? -
City And Colour
Award-winning singer-songwriter Dallas Green, otherwise known as City and Colour performs at the iconic Limelight -
12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen delves deep into America's original sin with an adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoir -
Long Walk to Freedom
Idris Elba portrays Nelson Mandela in Justin Chadwick's biopic -
The Desolation of Smaug
The stakes are high for James Nesbitt and co in Peter Jackson's thrilling visit to Middle Earth -
Nebraska
Sideways director Alexander Payne delivers another understated masterpiece set in the anonymous flyover states -
Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is writer, director and star of this mature meditation on one man's obsession with family, church and porn -
The Selfish Giant
Clio Barnard's kitchen sink adaptation of Oscar Wilde's children's story is not for the faint of heart -
Philomena
A mother is wronged by the Catholic Church in this surprisingly uplifting feature shot in County Down -
Lovelace
Lacking the style and verve of Boogie Nights, this porn star biopic is saved by a wonderful cast -
What Maisie Knew
Onata Aprile lights up Scott McGehee and David Siegel's adaptation of Henry James' divorce novel -
The Hunter
Daniel Nettheim's acclaimed adaptation screens as part of the International Mammalogical Congress at Queen’s -
Before Midnight
The final instalment in Richard Linklater's Before trilogy focuses on the travails of family life -
Art of Conflict
Vince Vaughan's unlikely documentary about the history of Belfast's political murals descends into reality TV territory -
The Bookseller of Belfast
Alessandra Celesia's unorthodox documentary captures the weird and wonderful life of bibliophile John Clancy -
Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas and Matt Damon star as Liberace and his put upon lover in Steven Soderbergh's final feature -
Mea Maxima Culpa
Alex Gibney's documentary investigation into clerical abuse within the Catholic church reveals the extent of the outgoing pontiff's complicity