Podcast: Professor Diane Negra, Head of Film Studies UCD on the evolution of Chick Flicks
From His Girl Friday to Trainwreck: what chick flicks tell us about changing ideas of love, relationships and femininity.
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Sarah Griffin is a Wicklower living in Dublin, and has been a freelance film reviewer for the past eight years. Though forced to pay the bills at a desk job, she has a recent MA in Gender, Sexuality and Culture that puts her at the feminist end of the film criticism spectrum. Any and every view Sarah has on cinema, Game of Thrones, zombies, football, or life can be seen on Twitter
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Review: The Queen of Ireland
Sarah Griffin on Conor Horgan's latest documentary.
Review: The Book Thief
DIR: Brian Percival • WRI: Michael Petroni • Ryan Engle PRO: Ken Blancato, Karen Rosenfelt • DOP: Florian Ballhaus • ED: John Wilson • MUS: John Williams • DES: Alec Hammond • CAST: Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson Adaptations run the gauntlet from faithful recreations to loose inspiration, and can get stuck in the quagmire of...
Review: The Monuments Men
DIR: George Clooney • WRI: George Clooney, Grant Heslov • PRO: George Clooney, Grant Heslov • DOP: Phedon Papamichael •ED: Stephen Mirrione • MUS: Alexandre Desplat • DES: James D. Bissell • CAST: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Bill Murray It’s impossible not to view The Monuments Men in advance as some sort of...
Review: Django Unchained
Sarah Griffin looks at this Tarantino reimagining.
Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Sarah Griffin looks at this gastronomic pleasure for foodies.