Brian Bowe
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•Editor: HeadStuff
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•Words: Sight & Sound | LWLies | Quietus
•Editor: HeadStuff
•Portfolio: http://bquinn.contently.com
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Brian Bowe
@brian-bowe.bsky.social
· Mar 6
Bad Painter review: a gleefully absurd self-portrait
German artist Albert Oehlen invites audiences into his subconscious with an irreverent mockumentary starring Udo Kier.
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Thrilled to be back in @sightsoundmag.bsky.social with my review of Albert Oehlen’s delightfully bonkers solo directorial debut, BAD PAINTER, fresh from its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam #IFFR
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Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
In the wake of this Hollywood titan’s sudden and tragic demise, we look back at the life and work of an artist whose life was powered by empathy and…
lwlies.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Coming of age with Rob Reiner
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
Sophie Monks Kaufman’s ripped-from-the-heart piece recalls the life-changing moment she encountered Stand By Me and celebrates the late director’s singularly empathetic and humorous touch.
lwlies.com/opinion/comi...
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Spooky women unite! Delighted to be working on this with the deadly Sarah Cullen... get those terrifying shorts in by the Regular Deadline on the 24th, and let's have the craic for Brigid's Day Weekend!
Submit your terrifying short film before our regular deadline on 24th December... filmfreeway.com/ImbolgWomenW...
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Spooky women unite! Delighted to be working on this with the deadly Sarah Cullen... get those terrifying shorts in by the Regular Deadline on the 24th, and let's have the craic for Brigid's Day Weekend!
Everyone needs to watch ROLLER BOOGIE (1979). Everyone.
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Everyone needs to watch ROLLER BOOGIE (1979). Everyone.
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It was a real honour to get to chat with Margo about her incredible career... have a listen (and go watch her films through the IFI!)
In this episode of Film Ireland Presents, we chat with Margo Harkin, an accomplished, masterful filmmaker who has been directing & producing fiction & documentaries for over forty years.
www.filmireland.net/podcast-marg...
www.filmireland.net/podcast-marg...
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It was a real honour to get to chat with Margo about her incredible career... have a listen (and go watch her films through the IFI!)
Caught up with Joanna Arnow’s feature debut, ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ (2023), last night and suddenly feeling rather hopeful for the future of American filmmaking.
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Caught up with Joanna Arnow’s feature debut, ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed’ (2023), last night and suddenly feeling rather hopeful for the future of American filmmaking.
Thanks to all our contributing film writers this week, providing reviews, listicles and retrospectives for your reading pleasure.
Your weekly recap:
Your weekly recap:
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December 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thanks to all our contributing film writers this week, providing reviews, listicles and retrospectives for your reading pleasure.
Your weekly recap:
Your weekly recap:
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It’s here! For @letterboxd.social, I wrote a special starter pack about the rarest of gifts.
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Home for the Holidays: Sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your rotation this winter • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
From jolly rom-coms to chaotic family romps and religious gems, Robert Daniels celebrates sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your holiday rotation.
letterboxd.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s here! For @letterboxd.social, I wrote a special starter pack about the rarest of gifts.
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
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“Kaufman speaks of the difficulty of getting feature films made — not by choice, but due to the lack of funding he has received for his proposals.”
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
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✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
How to Shoot a Ghost Irish Premiere and Q&A at the IFI - HeadStuff
Charlie Kaufman has returned to the Irish Film Institute for his latest directorial efforts, short film How to Shoot a Ghost, written by Eva D.H., starring Jessie Buckley and newcomer Josef Akiki. Thi...
headstuff.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Kaufman speaks of the difficulty of getting feature films made — not by choice, but due to the lack of funding he has received for his proposals.”
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
“Kaufman speaks of the difficulty of getting feature films made — not by choice, but due to the lack of funding he has received for his proposals.”
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
How to Shoot a Ghost Irish Premiere and Q&A at the IFI - HeadStuff
Charlie Kaufman has returned to the Irish Film Institute for his latest directorial efforts, short film How to Shoot a Ghost, written by Eva D.H., starring Jessie Buckley and newcomer Josef Akiki. Thi...
headstuff.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“Kaufman speaks of the difficulty of getting feature films made — not by choice, but due to the lack of funding he has received for his proposals.”
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
✍️ Charlie Kendellen with the lowdown from Charlie Kaufman’s visit to @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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Having talked to literally hundreds of writers on my podcast WRITERS ON FILM here is what I’ve learned:
1. No writers makes money selling books. A minimum wage job worked for the same number of hours would earn far more
1. No writers makes money selling books. A minimum wage job worked for the same number of hours would earn far more
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Having talked to literally hundreds of writers on my podcast WRITERS ON FILM here is what I’ve learned:
1. No writers makes money selling books. A minimum wage job worked for the same number of hours would earn far more
1. No writers makes money selling books. A minimum wage job worked for the same number of hours would earn far more
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As indie triumph HORSESHOE lands in cinemas, Gemma Creagh (@creagh.bsky.social) chats with actor Jed Murray about friendships, wild landscapes and the craic of building a story from the ground up.
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
“A team effort from start to finish,” I Actor Jed Murray on Filming Horseshoe - HeadStuff
Gemma Creagh chats with actor Jed Murray about his acting career and Irish indie triumph Horseshoe, now in cinemas.
headstuff.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As indie triumph HORSESHOE lands in cinemas, Gemma Creagh (@creagh.bsky.social) chats with actor Jed Murray about friendships, wild landscapes and the craic of building a story from the ground up.
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
As indie triumph HORSESHOE lands in cinemas, Gemma Creagh (@creagh.bsky.social) chats with actor Jed Murray about friendships, wild landscapes and the craic of building a story from the ground up.
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
“A team effort from start to finish,” I Actor Jed Murray on Filming Horseshoe - HeadStuff
Gemma Creagh chats with actor Jed Murray about his acting career and Irish indie triumph Horseshoe, now in cinemas.
headstuff.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
As indie triumph HORSESHOE lands in cinemas, Gemma Creagh (@creagh.bsky.social) chats with actor Jed Murray about friendships, wild landscapes and the craic of building a story from the ground up.
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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What an amazing Sunday we had with writer/director Charlie Kaufman. Thank you to Charlie Kaufman, to our hosts Eva H.D., Sinéad O’Shea, and Mark O'Connell for partaking in our Q&As, and lastly, to you, our audience.
Check out the rest of our December programming now 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3MrHWQa
Check out the rest of our December programming now 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3MrHWQa
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What an amazing Sunday we had with writer/director Charlie Kaufman. Thank you to Charlie Kaufman, to our hosts Eva H.D., Sinéad O’Shea, and Mark O'Connell for partaking in our Q&As, and lastly, to you, our audience.
Check out the rest of our December programming now 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3MrHWQa
Check out the rest of our December programming now 🎟️ https://bit.ly/3MrHWQa
I keep reading that Laura Poitras’ new doc COVER-UP got an Irish cinema release, and yet I can’t find it screening anywhere…
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I keep reading that Laura Poitras’ new doc COVER-UP got an Irish cinema release, and yet I can’t find it screening anywhere…
In cinemas today!
“While every other week a new chorus of auteurs and old-timers seems to be announcing the death of cinema, Iranian director Jafar Panahi knows its worth”
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
It Was Just An Accident movie review | unflinching depiction of life in the shadow of a punishing political order - HeadStuff
Ciarán O'Rourke reviews Jafar Panahi's new film, It Was Just an Accident, awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
headstuff.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In cinemas today!
Tarantino’s Lillard diss means now is a good time to remind you that the actor put in one of the best performances of 2025 (in Life of Chuck), and all he needed was one scene.
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Tarantino’s Lillard diss means now is a good time to remind you that the actor put in one of the best performances of 2025 (in Life of Chuck), and all he needed was one scene.
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The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The tenants of "The Complex" the brilliant arts space just off Capel St Stop are being evicted in January and the city can't afford to lose yet *another* cultural space.
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
Please sign & share the petition to save The Complex
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Film In Dublin are getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Another cultural venue in the city is at risk, please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Save The Complex in Dublin
I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share
my.uplift.ie
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Film In Dublin are getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Another cultural venue in the city is at risk, please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
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“While every other week a new chorus of auteurs and old-timers seems to be announcing the death of cinema, Iranian director Jafar Panahi knows its worth”
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
It Was Just An Accident movie review | unflinching depiction of life in the shadow of a punishing political order - HeadStuff
Ciarán O'Rourke reviews Jafar Panahi's new film, It Was Just an Accident, awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
headstuff.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“While every other week a new chorus of auteurs and old-timers seems to be announcing the death of cinema, Iranian director Jafar Panahi knows its worth”
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
“While every other week a new chorus of auteurs and old-timers seems to be announcing the death of cinema, Iranian director Jafar Panahi knows its worth”
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
It Was Just An Accident movie review | unflinching depiction of life in the shadow of a punishing political order - HeadStuff
Ciarán O'Rourke reviews Jafar Panahi's new film, It Was Just an Accident, awarded the Palme d'Or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
headstuff.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“While every other week a new chorus of auteurs and old-timers seems to be announcing the death of cinema, Iranian director Jafar Panahi knows its worth”
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT review
✍️ Ciarán O’Rourke
🍿 in cinemas Friday
headstuff.org/entertainmen...
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And that's a wrap on IFI French Film Festival 2025!
It's been an unbelievable 12 days of French cinema, and we're so grateful to our audiences who came out in such numbers to be a part of this milestone festival, with record-breaking sales and our biggest ever attendance!
#IFIFFF25 #FrenchCinema
It's been an unbelievable 12 days of French cinema, and we're so grateful to our audiences who came out in such numbers to be a part of this milestone festival, with record-breaking sales and our biggest ever attendance!
#IFIFFF25 #FrenchCinema
December 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
And that's a wrap on IFI French Film Festival 2025!
It's been an unbelievable 12 days of French cinema, and we're so grateful to our audiences who came out in such numbers to be a part of this milestone festival, with record-breaking sales and our biggest ever attendance!
#IFIFFF25 #FrenchCinema
It's been an unbelievable 12 days of French cinema, and we're so grateful to our audiences who came out in such numbers to be a part of this milestone festival, with record-breaking sales and our biggest ever attendance!
#IFIFFF25 #FrenchCinema
We watched Fritz Lang's THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953) last night -- a tight, fun little thriller, with a charming cameo from
Nat King Cole no less! Alas, not among my top Blues (Velvet, Betty, Brothers, Three Colours, Sunshine). The journey continues. 💙
Nat King Cole no less! Alas, not among my top Blues (Velvet, Betty, Brothers, Three Colours, Sunshine). The journey continues. 💙
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We watched Fritz Lang's THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953) last night -- a tight, fun little thriller, with a charming cameo from
Nat King Cole no less! Alas, not among my top Blues (Velvet, Betty, Brothers, Three Colours, Sunshine). The journey continues. 💙
Nat King Cole no less! Alas, not among my top Blues (Velvet, Betty, Brothers, Three Colours, Sunshine). The journey continues. 💙
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"Two tickets for Itchy The Killer please"
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Two tickets for Itchy The Killer please"