When Jaws first surfaced in cinemas, it didn’t just terrify audiences, it changed the face of film forever. The original summer blockbuster, Steven Spielberg’s shark tale embedded itself deep in the cultural imagination. To mark its 50th anniversary, Film Ireland’s Conor Bryce asks his fellow contributors to to wade back into the cinematic waters that first turned blood-red in 1975.
As the powerful documentary Mrs. Robinson screens at festivals around the world, Mick Jordan reflects on how one woman’s unlikely rise to power marked the beginning of a modern Ireland — whether she meant it to or not.
This April, contributor and filmmaker Mick Jordan got his tickets for TRANS IMAGE/TRANS EXPERIENCE, a festival where nothing is off-limits. This is Ireland’s first festival of trans and non-binary cinema, and was held from 25-27 April 2025 at the Light House Cinema.
Mick Jordan braves the darkness with his review of ‘Fréwaka’.
Mick Jordan dives into the chapters of ‘Count Me Out: Selected Writings of Filmmaker Bob Quinn’.
In this Film Ireland podcast, Mick Jordan talks to Grainne Humphries, Executive Festival Director at Dublin International Film Festival.
In this Film Ireland podcast, Mick Jordan talks to Sinéad O’Shea, Director of ‘Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story’
Mick Jordan hits the right note with his review of ‘Dreamtown’.
In this Film Ireland podcast, recorded live on location at Dublin Business School, Mick Jordan talks to Paul Duane about his influences and inspiration and his love of the horror genre.
In this review, Mick Jordan faces Crossing.
