My interview with Katherine Waugh & Fergus Daly is now online over at Senses of Cinema We talked about their film I See a Darkness, how animal life and perception is interpreted by modernity and capitalism through art, and more. Proud of this piece. sensesofcinema.com/2024/film-and-…

Ultra Dogme at Belfast Film Festival. Inspired by our online program curated in collaboration with marialit, we present Now Serving, a programme of five radical works of cinema by trans filmmakers. 3pm, 2 November at Black Box Belfast, get your tickets now! belfastfilmfestival.org/whats-on

Remembering Denholm Elliott who died #onthisday in 1992 - a man who left no scene unstolen. He's someone I've always had a lot of affection for, not least because my mother's father spent four years in a POW camp with the great man... /1 #denholmelliott

The hard truth is you’ll have to wait ‘til early 2025 to hear the 3rd (and final?) installment of The Mike Leigh/Back To One Special Episode Trilogy. Till then, revisit the first 2 episodes Filmmaker Magazine Part 1 (2019) filmmakermagazine.com/107384-back-to… Part 2 (2022) filmmakermagazine.com/114793-back-to…

I don't know what year it was, probably two or three years ago, we started a TOP 100 FILMS FOR HALLOWEEN list. But we only got to 88 titles. If anyone can help me out with the final 12, I'd be grateful.... mubi.com/en/lists/100-f…

Look at my gorgeous @belfastfilmfes1 jury! Can't wait to inflict my obnoxious taste and even more obnoxious company on Dean Kavanagh, dorotamischka and of course the inimitable Radu Jude (with whom I'll be hosting an In Conversation event). belfastfilmfestival.org/radu-jude-to-l…

Dedications in Monteiro's films

Cackled my way through this profane, off-the-cuff, eclectically erudite conversation with the inimitable Radu Jude, here pictured looking uncharacteristically sedate Belfast Film Festival

My book on Arthur Lipsett is now listed for release in the spring. Excited to tour with these wonderful films and introduce audiences to new ways of understanding Arthur Lipsett.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WINNERS! BEST FILM - The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Directed by Madeleine H. Ehrlich

It’s one year on since the Dublin Riots. I still remember how so many carried themselves that night and still fear that they’re still among us. Even the week after when some crotchety loser start hassling my partner and daughter “are ye fooken ukranzians?”. That night, I had

"What's happiness? All you wanderers of the earth, above, and below, who did you love?" SONGS OF BLOOD AND DESTINY screens tomorrow followed by a conversation with Trish McAdam and Marina Carr hosted by Dean Kavanagh Don't miss out! 🎟👉 ifi.ie/film/irish-foc…

Screening today!

"Like the cinema of Stan Brakhage, Paul Sharits, and Jonas Mekas—all of whom he knew and deeply admired—Joe’s art offers a distinct way of seeing the world." Dean Kavanagh (Dean Kavanagh) on his friend and fellow filmmaker, the late Joseph Bernard ultradogme.com/2025/02/28/jos…

Beautiful tribute to the late great artist Joseph Bernard by Dean Kavanagh for Ultra Dogme ultradogme.com/2025/02/28/jos…

A mute filmmaker hires actors to play his parents in a series of recreated home movies to investigate their unsolved disappearance. HOLE IN THE HEAD is now available to stream on IFI@Home and IFI International. 🇮🇪 ifihome.ie/film/hole-in-t… 🌍 ifiinternational.ie/film/hole-in-t…

Watch Hole in the Head at home! This Project funded film by artist Dean Kavanagh is available now on IFI@Home. Hole in the Head explores questions of memory and the increasing role of technology in the mediation of experience Irish Film Institute ifihome.ie/film/hole-in-t…