Brian Bowe
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- Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. bit.ly/4rmRhrK
- Tiger time! #IFFR
- My dear old mother, ever the patriot, keeps referring to the young star of One Battle After Another as Jason Finnerty. No, she hasn’t seen the film yet and, for the sake of this exceptional eggcorn, I hope she never does.
- Last night’s Q&A screening of Ben Wheatley’s BULK made for a lovely evening @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
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- SONG SUNG BLUE really hit my sweet spot. A perfectly pitched underdog biopic that wears its goofy heart on its sleeve, proudly embracing the dizzying feel of TV movie melodramas. And wow, at a daunting 133 mins, it sure goes down easy. 🌩
- A bunch of great write-ups from our team this week -- including news of IMBOLG, an upcoming Dublin festival celebrating women who terrify, both on screen and behind the camera.
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- Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 📲
- HAMNET received 8 Oscar nominations, including Best Actress, Picture and Director. Read our review by @cynicalfilm.bsky.social: “Zhao’s vision isn’t subtle, but it reaches for big emotions and achieves them, sometimes in spite of itself.” headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- The Academy overlooking Daniel Lopatin’s Marty Supreme score has to be the biggest snub. A downright shame.
- As the RESIDENT EVIL game series gears up to celebrate the big 3-0, join us at HeadStuff as Thomas Caffrey revisits Paul W.S. Anderson’s ambitious six-film adaptation of the iconic franchise. First up: Resident Evil (2002) 👇 headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- I’M DOING A THING I asked a bunch of people working in the film industry “When’s The Last Time You Cried in a Movie Theatre?" They spilled their guts over 300-500 words, and if you subscribe (for free!!) you’ll get those words delivered fortnightly. reelfeels.substack.com
- A strong contender for poster of the year this. Stunning! Hand-painted by Ghanaian artist D.A. Jasper.
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- In cinemas from today.
- “The vista is bleak. But a film like this disallows complacency.” It’s a privilege to be publishing Ciarán O’Rourke’s review of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB — I’ll be pumping your timeline with it as much as possible. 🍿in cinemas Jan 16 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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- With #28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple out in cinemas, here’s a throwback to Ireland’s StoryHouse Festival where director Nia DaCosta chatted about the movie’s editing process, navigating studio notes and test screenings. headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- Now entering THE BONE TEMPLE
- New crockery alert!! @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
- “If I Saw The TV Glow was about how ‘there is still time’, Castration Movie Anthology i. Traps is about what happens when you are several years into transition, and it’s not a happy ending.” ✍️ @padz1312.bsky.social reviews part one of Louise Weard’s CASTRATION MOVIE: headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- “In Ireland, when presented with the facts of the Palestinian struggle, government ministers seem to have perfected the art of performative hand-wringing and meticulous double-speak … while ensuring that no practical measures are taken” THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB full review 👇
- “The vista is bleak. But a film like this disallows complacency.” It’s a privilege to be publishing Ciarán O’Rourke’s review of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB — I’ll be pumping your timeline with it as much as possible. 🍿in cinemas Jan 16 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- “The vista is bleak. But a film like this disallows complacency.” It’s a privilege to be publishing Ciarán O’Rourke’s review of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB — I’ll be pumping your timeline with it as much as possible. 🍿in cinemas Jan 16 @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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- DR. CALIGARI (1989) • One of those films I wish I made. Not because everything about it—the off-the-wall aesthetics, over-sexed performances and lurid colours—is so up my alley, but from the looks of it, this thing was a damn fun shoot! Shudder’s copy looked v crisp, but had be yearning for VHS fuzz
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- Happy #LetterboxdFriday! Time to post your #LastFourWatched 📲
- "It felt like we were witnessing a key development in the mythology of Ireland” SAIPAN directors Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’Sa visited @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social last month for a special Q&A. ✍️ Here's Jonathon Boylan with a recap. headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- "The intensity of Buckley and Mescal’s performances bleeds off the screen" HAMNET is out in cinemas TODAY! ✍️ read @cynicalfilm.bsky.social's full review below. headstuff.org/entertainmen...
- Last day to catch PETER HUJAR'S DAY @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social — hard to pass up!
- "Zhao’s vision isn’t subtle, but it reaches for big emotions and achieves them, sometimes in spite of itself." our HAMNET review ✍️ @cynicalfilm.bsky.social 🍿 in cinemas from Friday headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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- MARTY SUPREME was a fine way to kick off my year in cinemagoing @lighthousecinema.bsky.social Faces! Beautiful, funky, shot-on-film faces. And that ending… reminds me of the last shot in Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst — a sweet suffocation.
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- Favourite first-time watches of December 2025: • Holiday Affair (1949) • The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023) • Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) • Portrait of Jennie (1948)
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- Plenty to still catch up on, but here’s what I’ve been grooving with this past year.
