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Mark Conroy is a writer for HeadStuff who mostly covers matters involving music, film and anything in between. He has a degree in English with History in UCD and is currently studying for a Masters in Journalism at Dublin College University.

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The Fabelmans | Spielberg’s Cine-Memoir Radiates Warmth and Wit

Mark Conroy Jan 26, 2023 0
There’s a now infamous moment from Steven Spielberg’s appearance on Inside the Actor’s Studio. The host James Lipton poses a question to the filmmaker about the climax of Close Encounters of the Third Kind that suggests it was inspired by…
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Colin Farrell is Superb in Sci-fi Stunner After Yang

Mark Conroy Sep 23, 2022 0
When After Yang was making its way through the festival circuit, much was made about the early, multi-family dance sequence that doubles as an opening credits and an introduction to the wider cast. It’s understandable. The scene is a…
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Free Chol Soo Lee Film Review | True Crime Done Right

Mark Conroy Aug 19, 2022 0
A couple of years ago, the pioneering documentarian Errol Morris said in jest that he felt he had to apologise for his hugely influential The Thin Blue Line. This was as, in his words, “you solve a murder mystery and then people think…
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Happening Film Review | Unflinching Abortion Drama Rooted in Compassion

Mark Conroy Apr 22, 2022 0
It’s difficult not to compare Audrey Diwan’s brutal, bracing Happening to Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always or Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Granted, given they are all three accomplished dramas detailing…
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Titane Film Review | A Fearless Exploration of Violence, Sexuality and Everything in Between

Mark Conroy Dec 28, 2021 0
When Titane won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, there were murmurs in some circles that the result was akin to Crash’s controversial victory at the 2005 Oscars. This is to say that, as there were so many worthy…
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C’mon C’mon Captures the Messiness and Marvel of Parenthood

Mark Conroy Dec 3, 2021 0
C’mon C’mon. This isn’t just the title of writer/director Mike Mills’ fourth, and probably best, feature. It’s also a mantra for both its characters and just about anyone who inhabits the screen for even a nanosecond. The words are first…
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Arracht Film Review | Grim, Gorgeous And As Gaeilge

Mark Conroy Oct 15, 2021 0
While I would mostly recommend it, I’m not sure if there is a more frustrating film this year than Tomás Ó Súilleabháin’s Arracht. We sincerely hope this becomes a landmark for Irish-language cinema, but the more generic storytelling makes…
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Copshop Review | This Back-to-Basics Shoot ‘Em Up Hits Its Mark

Mark Conroy Sep 10, 2021 0
Bob Viddick, the grunting, grizzled and scruple-light hitman from the frenetically fun Copshop, informs us at one stage that he received a degree “from the university of common sense”. Is this a good line? It would be a struggle to…
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Refreshingly Human Sci-Fi Dramedy I’m Your Man Asks Big Questions

Mark Conroy Aug 13, 2021 0
Technological anxieties concerning relationships with artificial beings really have had something of a stranglehold on the world of grounded, sci-fi dramas recently. Spike Jones’s Her, which concerned a lonely Joaquin Phoenix and his…
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Can Wonder Woman 1984 Save 2020? | Film Review

Mark Conroy Dec 16, 2020 0
Remember when Captain Marvel was set in the 1990’s for some inexplicable reason? I say inexplicable, it at least gave the filmmakers lots of chances to make so-so jokes about video rental shops and dial-up internet. Now, it’s the turn of DC…
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