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Film Festival Journal My own personal (still being written) scribblings about the 37th Galway Film Fleadh

Commentary Flashback 17 December 2012 The film question of the season: can a movie made from a book that we know so well actually hold any surprises?

Review Flashback 1986 Brian Trenchard-Smith’s Dead End Drive-In

Review Flashback 1996 Arturo Ripstein’s Deep Crimson


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Feature Film Review The desire for one last act of independence sends Tereza on a quest on The Blue Trail formed by the extensive waterways of the Amazon forest

Documentary Film Review While Ireland’s territorial size is not massive, From That Small Island have come an amazing civilization and a worldwide diaspora

Documentary Film Review When it came to capturing iconic images, Life magazine photographer Steve Schapiro had an amazing knack for seemingly Being Everywhere


My Personal Ranking of
Films Released in the Year 2025
(that I have seen and reviewed so far)


Documentary Film Review In the 1970s Bob Quinn established a production company and cinema in Connemara and, in the process, created a Cinegael Paradiso for his young children

Short Films Review On a visit home, Áine finds that making Brown Bread with her mother can be frustrating but extremely worthwhile


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Short Film Review In the remote West of Ireland, a teenager finds that delving into the Muck of her strange family’s history can lead to horror

Short Film Review The early days of parenthood can make one think romance is dead, but with a bit of effort one might find Romance Is Dad


Alphabetical Index of My Personal Eulogies


Feature Film Review Tasked with determining a defendant’s innocence or guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, jurors speculate on one Re-Creation after another in an effort to decide which one might best fit with the known facts

Latest Commentary Obsessions can be fulfilling—whether they are about old TV shows or watching all of the end credits


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Review Encore Re-released in the US: Rob Reiner’s This Is Spinal Tap

Feature Film Review After a life-changing experience, musician Chris Pinner releases The Ballad of Wallis Island under his own name rather than the one he is famous for

Review Encore Thirtieth anniversary 4K re-issue in the UK: Amy Heckerling’s Clueless

Review Encore Fifty-year anniversary re-release everywhere: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws

Feature Film Review Having lost their home and their livelihood, Raynor and Moth Winn see no better option than to simply starting walking hundreds of miles on The Salt Path from Somerset to Dorset

Feature Film Review Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man, travels Across the Spider-Verse to reunite with Gwen Stacy and to meet many other alter-egos

Feature Film Review The anti-superhero Deadpool gets his name when his pal Weasel tells him the bar’s betting patrons picked him as mostly likely to die

Feature Film Review On a Saturday Night in October 1975, a talented group of young writers and performers prepare to make television history


Total Number of Feature Films, Documentaries and Shorts Reviewed to Date: 3,100