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The Shawshank Redemption — one of the best films ever made

A banker convicted of murdering his wife forms a friendship over 25 years with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence…

Sep 17, 2024

The Shawshank Redemption — one of the best films ever made

Sep 17, 2024

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Fight Club — killing God, burning America, and overcoming cosmic loneliness

An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

Sep 6, 2024

Fight Club — killing God, burning America, and overcoming cosmic loneliness

Sep 6, 2024

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Rear Window (1954) — curiosity, evil, and our voyeuristic humanity in Hitchcock’s masterpiece

A house and wheelchair-bound photographer, his fashion model girlfriend, and his visiting nurse spy on neighbours from his courtyard…

Aug 29, 2024

Rear Window (1954) — curiosity, evil, and our voyeuristic humanity in Hitchcock’s masterpiece

Aug 29, 2024

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Midnight Cowboy — the film that killed the dreams of the 1960s

A naive hustler travels from Texas to New York City to seek personal fortune, finding a new friend in the process.

May 12, 2024

Midnight Cowboy — the film that killed the dreams of the 1960s

May 12, 2024

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Love is an Ideal

Metin Erksan’s masterpiece Time to Love (1965) conveys both heartache and metaphysical angst, creating a haunting film

Jan 19, 2024

Love is an Ideal

Jan 19, 2024

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Ordet — faith and modern miracles in a poignant Danish masterpiece

A family deal with inner and religious conflict with each other, and the rest of their town.

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Ordet — faith and modern miracles in a poignant Danish masterpiece

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Nosferatu (2024) — Gothic vampire horror stuns and frightens

A tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

Jan 5

Nosferatu (2024) — Gothic vampire horror stuns and frightens

Jan 5

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Christopher Nolan: The Unromantic Romantic

Is the acclaimed director deserving of his reputation as an emotionless, unromantic filmmaker?

Jan 2

Christopher Nolan: The Unromantic Romantic

Jan 2

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The Godfather Part II — American evil in the greatest sequel ever made

The early life of Vito Corleone in 1920s NYC is portrayed, while his son expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate…

Dec 19, 2024

The Godfather Part II — American evil in the greatest sequel ever made

Dec 19, 2024

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Young Frankenstein — Mel Brooks’s hilarious horror-comedy masterpiece

An American grandson of the infamous scientist is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

Dec 16, 2024

Young Frankenstein — Mel Brooks’s hilarious horror-comedy masterpiece

Dec 16, 2024

Conall McManus

Conall McManus

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Growing up in the west of Ireland, I love writing and storytelling in all its forms. I spend most of my time writing criticism, novels, or screenplays.

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