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1 week ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
A man returns to the beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But when he butts heads with a group of tough-looking local surfers, things go from bad to worse to, well, much worse. This is the premise of The Surfer, Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan’s new trippy thriller.
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3 weeks ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Yesterday, Screen Ireland welcomed legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog for a special conversation at Dublin’s Irish Film Institute (IFI) as part of Section 481 Skills Development Screen Talks. Herzog had been working in the Irish capital for the past month, shooting his upcoming feature Bucking Fastard.
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1 month ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Last week, Storyhouse Festival hosted a strong programme of screenwriting masterclasses and panel discussions at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. In this series, we’ll be covering festival highlights, including talks from industry luminaries such as Kenneth Lonergan, Nia DaCosta, and Peter Straughan as they recount the defining moments of their careers. Storyhouse has welcomed many acclaimed screenwriters and storytellers throughout its short history, but Kenneth Lonergan is different.
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1 month ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Last week, Storyhouse Festival hosted a strong programme of screenwriting masterclasses and panel discussions at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. In this series, we’ll be covering festival highlights, including talks from industry luminaries such as Kenneth Lonergan, Nia DaCosta, and Peter Straughan as they recount the defining moments of their careers.
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1 month ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Last week, Storyhouse Festival hosted a strong programme of screenwriting masterclasses and panel discussions at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. In this series, we’ll be covering festival highlights, including talks from industry luminaries such as Kenneth Lonergan, Nia DaCosta, and Peter Straughan as they recount the defining moments in their careers.
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1 month ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Last week, Storyhouse hosted a strong programme of screenwriting masterclasses and panel discussions at The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. In this series we’ll be covering festival highlights, including talks from industry luminaries such as Kenneth Lonergan, Nia DaCosta, and Peter Straughan as they recount the defining moments in their careers.
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1 month ago | 
newsfour.ie | Brian Bowe
Egg-cellent Eco-Friendly Tips for EasterBy Brian BoweAs spring continues to blossom and Easter approaches, families prepare for festivities filled with tried-and-tested traditions like egg hunts, sweet treats and colourful decorations. However, many of the items associated with Easter—think plastic eggs, synthetic dyes, and mass-produced chocolates create unnecessary waste that contributes to our overflowing landfills. This year, why not embrace an eco-friendly Easter?
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1 month ago | 
newsfour.ie | Brian Bowe
A roundup of this year’s star-studded Dublin International Film FestivalBy Brian BoweFrom February 20th to March 2nd, the Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) presented a diverse lineup of eighty films, including ten Irish works that made their world premieres. The festival also featured fifty-five short films as part of its offerings.
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1 month ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
Like many of you, we here at HeadStuff are celebrating the release of Flow, Gints Zilbalodis’ poetic tale about a small, plucky feline who embarks on a big adventure. The film, out in Irish cinemas from 21 March, shocked the world earlier this month when it took home the award for Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, earning Latvia its first ever Oscar and beating Disney’s box office juggernaut Inside Out 2, which many predicted would win on the night.
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2 months ago | 
headstuff.org | Brian Bowe
The dust has settled on another edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). This year marked my second visit to the Netherlands’ biggest film festival, the home of high art and experimental cinema. While I didn’t watch as much as I did last year (sorry, end-of-year Letterboxd stats), I found it to be an equally thrilling and worthwhile experience.
