films

Oct 3rd

Padraig Pearse with the Gunner eye

Michael Collins, the great film about…Michael Collins was on the telly here in Spain last night and there was a scene that kept me awake long after the film ended. At the very start, after the rebels surrender in the GPO, the survivors are all lined up and a policeman goes through the ranks, dishing [...] read more...

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Aug 15th

F*ck the Documentary

That is the title of an absolutely pointless, childish and stupid documentary I had the misfortune to watch a few weeks ago. There’s maybe a decent 30 minute programme in there somewhere but it’s stretched out to a feature. A long, smug feature. It avoids the etymological side completely which would be probably most people’s [...] read more...

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