Níl loch i Leamhcáin. Táimid ag fáil linn snámha, ach tá imní orm smaoinemah faoi cén saghas víreas shóite a bhfuil chun teacht amach as sin. Bheadh loch go deas, áfach. Bhí físeán YouTube a bhreathnaigh mé air a lán … Continue reading Ní Féidir Barróg a Thabhairt do Chuimhne
Nuair a smaoinímid siar ar an mbliain 2020, smaoinímid faoi bhás. Bhí Bruce Springsteen ag smaoineamh faoin mbás nuair a scríobh sé an t-albam Letter To You (2020). Is dochreidte go bhfuil an t-albam seo, a scríobh Springsteen anuraidh, chomh … Continue reading Litir Chugat // Léirmheas
●●●●○ The films of Hirokazu Koreeda speak to universal truths. They often find beauty in the seemingly humdrum aspects of everyday life. The Truth/La vérité (2020) has a lot in common with Koreeda’s previous work, as it focuses on family … Continue reading The Truth // Review
Usually, the beginning of a new year brings hope, people get to make fresh starts, the days get slightly sunnier as spring is in sight. That is until awards season takes place and we are swiftly reminded that there is … Continue reading 2020 Alternative Film Awards
Remember the 80s cliché to introduce characters through a *record scratch* *freeze frame* moment that everyone makes fun of now? The creators of Sonic still think that’s cool. It feels like the studio dusted off a 1990s buddy comedy script … Continue reading The Problem with Sonic The Hedgehog
Second Half M is for Mike Francesa. – I freaked out when I saw Mike in the trailer for this film. In case you don’t know who he is, he’s a New York sports talk radio legend. A caller once … Continue reading Uncut Gems A-Z Part 2
Many of my generation went through the most significant developmental phase of our lives over the last decade, and many of us were influenced by cinema and the stories it showed to us. Maybe we fell in love (I did, … Continue reading Formative Films of the Decade Originally Published in Print February 2019
Perhaps no film in the history of cinema has been made with more of my interests in mind than Uncut Gems, the latest thriller from Josh and Benny Safdie revolving around Adam Sandler gambling on basketball games with a soundtrack … Continue reading Uncut Gems A–Z Part 1
●●●●○ Lucio Castro’s debut feature End of the Century is in love with love. It is a story about the everlasting nature of fleeting romance. In it, Ocho (Juan Barberini), a newly single traveller in Barcelona meets Javi (Ramon Pujol). … Continue reading End of the Century // Review
And Zak loves wrestling and Zak saw The Salt Water Redneck lift men over his head and throw them out of the ring and Zak wanted to lift a man over his head and throw him out of the ring … Continue reading The Peanut Butter Falcon is a Film about Zak Cal Ó Muirí writes a stream-of-consciousness celebration of The Peanut Butter Falcon
What Cal thinks: ●●●●○ In 1992 Mr. Blonde cut off the ear of abducted LAPD officer Marvin Nash to the sound of ‘Stuck in the Middle with You’. The mutilation was not shown on camera, but Reservoir Dogs was still … Continue reading Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood // Head to Head Two of our writers try to convince you who is right about Tarantino’s latest. Spoiler warning!
Autumn is upon us, all the leaves are brown and the sky is grey, divorced dads are preparing to criticise athletes for protesting police brutality; the Halloween decorations that Sabrina stans put up months ago are in fashion, and the … Continue reading 2019 Summer Movie Roundup Cal Ó Muirí on his favourite movies of the summer