In a few of my posts, I have mentioned this idea of a viewer ‘getting what they want. I don’t believe I have explored what this means,...

Kathryn Bigelow is a pretty fascinating person and director, partly because of how she chooses to spell her first name, but mostly...

Seeing as the Olympics is currently taking place, this week seems like a great time to incorporate two of my great loves into a post:...

So, time for another Fi’s favourites. This time it's not going to be some art house marathon or some emotionally draining experience, but...

It was only a matter of time before Scent of a Woman (SOAW) made its way here. Anyone that knows me knows I never stop talking about or...

The announcements of the Oscar nominations always spark a few conversations. The actor Riz Ahmed has been in the press a lot recently due...

In my most recent ‘Fi’s favourites’ post, I spoke about The Tale of Princess Kaguya and the difference between Eastern and Western...

I have been thinking a lot about the films of Austrian director Michael Haneke. I have made notes on these thoughts and I’m sure they...

Welcome to another edition of ‘Fi’s Favourites’. I realise I didn’t introduce this subsection very well during my discussion of Alejandro...

I have been thinking a lot about horror films recently and my inability to watch them. I miss out on so many wonderful films because I am...

As I mentioned, it was not my intention to focus on so many comparative pieces, but I suppose this is where my interests lie. Many...

I don’t know why I have given myself the difficult task of explaining why I love this film so much. The annoyance of having my laptop...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (POALOF) had its cinematic release in Ireland in 2020, and so it ended up on many people’s ‘top films of 2020’...

Like many, I had seen the teasers, trailers and read the previews for Kornél Mundruczó Pieces of a Woman (POAW). With statements like...