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Review of "Six Shooter"
(2006)
Review of one of the most provocative Irish short films in recent years, a work that manages not just to reference acclaimed playwright and director Martin McDonagh’s major influences but also provides a commentary on ...
Vanishing Point: An Examination of Some Consequences of Globalization for Contemporary Irish Film
(2003)
In the following article, some films produced with the support of Bord Scannán na hÉireann (The Irish Film Board) since its reconstitution in 1993 are examined in light of the work of global anthropologist Arjun Appadurai ...
"Ar son an Naisiuin": The National Film Institute of Ireland's All-Ireland Films
(Irish-American Cultural Institute, 2013)
On 4 September 1948 the Irish Independent newspaper carried a small announcement on page ten indicating that the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) had authorized the filming of the All-Ireland hurling and football finals ...
Horror, hurling, and Bertie: aspects of contemporary Irish horror cinema
(University of Waterloo, Department of Fine Arts (Film Studies), 2012)
In Ireland, generic international cinematic forms have provided an important means through which filmmakers have attempted to tell Irish stories while engaging international audiences. However, in general Irish filmmakers ...
From Babe Ruth to Michael Jordan: Affirming the American Dream via the Sports/Film Star
(University of Waterloo, Department of Fine Arts (Film Studies), 2014)
In the United States, sport stars have provided crucial affirmation of the American Dream ideology despite the considerable evidence that questions the validity and appropriateness of this belief for understandings of ...
Alexander Kluge: Utopian Cinema
(Rodopi, 2007-10-01)
Alexander Kluge's films, television programmes and his other diverse activities contribute to a developed understanding of contemporary politics and culture. He took a version of creative critical theory into spheres of ...
Girl chewing gum: the time that cinema forgot
(Intellect / Ingenta Connect, 2012-02)
John Smith's Girl Chewing Gum was made in Hackney, East London and shown at the London Film-Makers' Co-op in 1976. Through its wit and imagination this film extended the forms of British avant-garde experimentation that ...
Folk horror in the twenty-first century
(Irish Gothic Journal, School of English, Trinity College Dublin, 2020)
Casey highlights the Folk Horror in the Twenty-First Century conference at Falmouth University. The conference was a two-day multidisciplinary exploration and interconnected discussion of this new and vibrant facet of ...
Fairytale and Gothic Horror: Uncanny Transformations in Film, Laura Hubner (2018)
(Intellect, 2020-04-01)
Review of: Fairytale and Gothic Horror: Uncanny Transformations in Film, Laura Hubner (2018), London: Palgrave Macmillan, 206 pp.,
Don’t Look: Representations of Horror in the Twenty-First-Century Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 28 April 2018
(Intellect, 2018-10-01)
Review of Don't Look: Representations of Horror in the Twenty-First-Century Symposium, University of Edinburgh, 28 April 2018