This July saw the Irish film industry come together in the summer sun out west, for the return in person of the Galway Film Fleadh. Always a big opportunity for rising Irish talents on and off screen, this year was no different, and one of the big winners was Laura O’Shea, director of the short…
Ireland’s favourite global pop sensation CMAT has released the music video for Peter Bogdanovich, one of the tracks from her album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead. Part personal lament, part auteur call-out post, the Peter Bogdanovich video is an offbeat exploration of one of the forefathers of the New Hollywood era, and a…
Summer is here and for the Film In Dublin team that means spending plenty of time indoors at the movies where our pale complexions are safe from sunburn and heavy rain alike. Luke, Jess and Ethan picked out some of the movies they’re most interested to see this summer. Previews and points are made, despite…
Ever since Ireland’s own 4 day bank holiday earlier in the year it’s been difficult to shake that feeling that life should just be this way all the time, and our friends across the Irish Sea get to experience that from today, as their aged leader grants them a fleeting sense of joy. Do not,…
Film In Dublin’s Pretty Deadly Films zine will be returning for the 4th of July and we’re accepting submissions from contributors now. Our next issue will be celebrating one of the great directors in the summer’s hottest party (at least in online PDF form). Each issue of PDF looks at film through the lens of a particular theme, with…
Writer, editor and filmmaker Cassidy Olsen is no stranger to the world of online film writing, with by-lines in The Boston Globe, Film Comment, Little White Lies and more. Olsen moved to Ireland in 2020 and since then has written and directed her debut film Convince Me I’m Real, which will be receiving its world…
Jess is away so the boys play in the latest of our increasingly loopy recaps of the films we’ve watched recently. Néil gives his thoughts on Ti West’s X, Ethan goes over Escape from Mogadishu and Luke takes a look at The Worst Person in the World. Commando is recommended! Pierce Brosnan is celebrated! Some…
The news this week that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with aphasia and is stepping away from acting prompted an outpouring of affection and reflection from the film business and the viewing public alike. With his family stating publicly that Willis’ cognitive abilities are severely impacted by the disorder – which affects the brain’s language…
On 15th May 2018, Temple Bar-based resource centre Filmbase closed its doors for the last time. 4 years on, we look back at what happened to Filmbase. Music – ‘Wig Wam’ by SLVS – https://tinyurl.com/9zmk7tsz Buy Film In Dublin a ko-fi and support us to make more videos like this: https://ko-fi.com/prettydeadlyfilms Sources for this video:…
Pretty Deadly Films celebrates the best of blockbusters and beyond. Our latest issue is available now. Our ninth issue is themed all around the film trend ‘Good For Her’. First given a name by @cinematogrxphy on Twitter, the ‘Good For Her’ are women’s stories that provoke a feeling of camaraderie and catharsis in the audience,…
