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New Errol Morris Film
At the bottom of this post is an interesting piece from the LA Times about Errol Morris’s latest documentary “Tabloid” which I’m hoping to catch very soon. I’ve always loved his films, he always get to some sort of truth and never takes you down an obvious direction. Like many people the first film I…
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Young People of Galway, I love you…
It’s that time of year again, the Galway Film Fleadh. But whats this, I’m remarkably sober and have had a decent amount of sleep. How is that possible, well i’m living in New York this year and I am missing my first fleadh in 8 or so years. I’m certain however that my absence isn’t…
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Some photography news
A friend of mine, John McAleer has set up a photographic monthly called Shotz Magazine, you can download the first issue of it as a pdf here. Each issue showcases five photographers work in five pieces using no more than five hundred words to talk about themselves and their photography.It was launched last week and…
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Interview with Fergal Rock
So a few months back my friend Fergal Rock was one of the winners of the prestigious BlueCat Fellini Screenplay competition for his entry “Calvin and Skye”. It was a great achievement to win it and a great reward for the years of hard work Fergal has put into his writing. Founded in 1998 by…
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Not a good launch then…
So during the last week Apple released Final Cut Pro X and its pretty safe to say it did not go down so well. In what appears to be a move away from their base of professional editors towards the consumer market, it has abandoned a lot of the pro features which are needed in…
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Beatty’s Back
I just read this article in the guardian and I am genuinely excited by this. I love Warren Beatty movies, they are always interesting and he is without a doubt one of the most fascinating men in Hollywood. I really enjoyed reading Peter Biskind’s biography of him last year. I bought it on the day…
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Readers Wives Album Free Download
Last year I edited a music video directed by my mate Jonathan Shaw for the group Readers Wives. That track was called ‘Victors Mother Juliet’ and now the group have followed that EP up with an album proper. The album is called ‘Rachels Apartment’ and is available to buy from July 1st. However for the…
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The Launch of Super 8 Film Festival in Galway
I got sent this press release from my mate Julien about the festival he runs. It launches tonight and it should be great fun, I’m very sorry I’m going to miss it.. The Super8 Shots Programme Launch is on Upstairs at Kelly’s on Wed 15 June at 6pm. Super8 Shots 2011 will run from 23rd…
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About Bloody Time To Be Fair…
I’ve managed to drag myself from my bed to do some work. Its only taken me like 10 years but now that I’m enjoying some time off abroad I have finally gotten round to putting a showreel together. It’s something I’ve always meant to do but getting everything together in the one place can be…
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