Virtual Film Club

Program Type:

Film Club

Age Group:

Adults
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Registration for this event will close on December 16, 2025 @ 7:00pm.

Program Description

Virtual Film Club

Each month we pick a culturally or historically significant film for library patrons to watch and discuss. Watch the film on your own time, then meet with our virtual film club to discuss the film on Zoom. Registration is required. Zoom Invites will be sent out via email.

Event Details

This month's film is The Quiet Girl: An Cailín Ciúin (2022), directed by Colm Bairéad

Additional Resources:

GENERAL

Official trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1895482649/

REVIEWS

William Stotter, Loud and Clear Reviews (07-16-2022): https://loudandclearreviews.com/the-quiet-girl-film-review-2022/

John Serba, Decider (07-08-2023): https://decider.com/2023/07/08/the-quiet-girl-hulu-movie-review-stream-it-or-skip-it/

Sean P. Means, The Movie Cricket (03-09-2023): https://moviecricket.net/blog/2023/3/9/review-the-quiet-girl-is-an-irish-drama-that-packs-a-lot-of-emotion-under-its-serene-surface

Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer (04-11-2023): https://lookingcloser.org/blog/2023/04/11/experience-the-holy-hush-of-the-quiet-girl/

Dan Callahan, The Wrap (12-15-2022): https://www.thewrap.com/the-quiet-girl-review-ireland-oscars-2022/

Ethan Vestby, The Film Stage (02-20-2023): https://thefilmstage.com/the-quiet-girl-review-irelands-oscar-nominee-is-a-delicately-dull-tale-of-the-pains-of-childhood/

Sheila O’Malley, RogerEbert.com (02-23-2023): https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-quiet-girl-movie-review-2023

Nova, Film Express (01-14-2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqCYlUs4-ms&pp=ygUXcmV2aWV3ICJUaGUgUXVpZXQgR2lybCI%3D (~5½ mins)

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR -- Colm Bairéad

Profile at Inscéal  website: https://www.insceal.com/copy-of-catalogue

Interview (Sebastian Markt, Berlinale Meets): https://www.berlinale.de/en/2022/programme/202204521.html  (~18 mins)

Interview (A Frame): https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/the-quiet-girl-colm-bairead-interview-exclusive

Interview (Paul Risker, Eye for Film): https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2022-05-18-interview-with-colm-bairead-about-the-quiet-girl-feature-story-by-paul-risker

Interview (Stuart Miller, Boston Globe): https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/21/arts/telling-an-irish-story-irish-language/

MISCELLANEOUS

Original soundtrack (music by Stephen Rennicks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ-M5xCTw_4&list=PLAtJXlI_tm9xRh34fkQIeIzA0LfrcQOxL

 

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