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Sarah Cullen is a PhD of American literature who hates all films and wants to tell you why. Her research examines representations of night time in nineteenth-century literature and she lectures in UCD. She's a regular contributor at Film Ireland and the Irish Gothic Journal. You can follow her @sfdcullen

Film

Underrated Horror | Six Reviewer Recommendations for the Spooky Season

Sarah Cullen Oct 23, 2023 0

This October we asked our writers about their favourite examples of underrated horror: the underdog films that never got the recognition they deserved, the much maligned movies that are actually worthwhile despite the negative press, and…

Film

IFI & BEFF Screening | How to Blow Up a pipeline

Sarah Cullen Oct 7, 2023 0

Showing in association with The Bohemian Environmental Justice Film Festival (BEFF), the screening of How to Blow Up a Pipeline is a 2022 American action-thriller film directed by Daniel Goldhaber, will be followed by an interactive…

Film Review

IFI Documentary Festival | Fatness, The Personal and the Political, in Your Fat Friend

Sarah Cullen Sep 25, 2023 0

As a fan of Maintenance Phase – the highly informative podcast that debunks weight loss and wellness fads that has only grown in popularity over the almost three years of its existence – Aubrey Gordon has been a knowledgeable, likeable and…

Film

GAZE 2023 | Ungentle – An enthralling study of Queer Identity, Statehood and Secrecy

Sarah Cullen Aug 4, 2023 0

From the very beginning the connections between early-century espionage and male homosexuality are made clear in Ungentle. After mulling over when he became a traitor, the enigmatic narrator notes that “Deceit is an English game.” Indeed,…

Film Review

Fashion Reimagined review | Sustainability Documentary Dreams Big

Sarah Cullen Mar 10, 2023 0

In 2017, spurred on by winning the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Award, Amy Powney, creative director of Mother of Pearl, embarked on an ethical and creative odyssey to explore how sustainable her fashion house could become. Becky Hutner’s…

Film Review

A Welcome Escape From City Living | Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Sarah Cullen Mar 3, 2023 0

I find Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom a surprisingly hard animal to quantify (is that a pun? Well if it is, it’s probably not worth calling attention to). While this Bhutanese drama initially follows the narratives of a city slicker in the…

Film Review

Wide Awake After This Irish Horror | The Sleep Experiment Review

Sarah Cullen Nov 15, 2022 0

In lieu of their prison sentences, five men agree to be participants in top-secret experiment in which they will be prevented from sleeping for thirty days. Two detectives are tasked with interviewing the researchers involved in the…

Television

Queer For Fear | Shudder’s Compelling Crash-Course in LGBTQ+ Horror

Sarah Cullen Nov 1, 2022 0

I was almost going to start this review by saying that it’s been a fruitful few years for both queer and horror analysis in popular media, but that’s really only in comparison to the dearth of titles that have come before. Thankfully,…

Film

Bohemian Environmental Justice Film Festival to be held at iconic Dublin stadium

Sarah Cullen Sep 8, 2022 0

The Bohemian Football Club is teaming up with the Oatly Climate/Culture Lab to announce a unique film festival that will take place in the historic Dalymount Park between the 8th and the 11th of September 2022. Football teams from around…

Film

Who Invited Them Is A Welcome If Unremarkable Invasion Narrative | Shudder Review

Sarah Cullen Sep 2, 2022 0

I’m a sucker for invasion narratives. I’ll watch just about anything that hints that it might be like The Strangers (2008) or The Invitation (2015). It’s led me to discover some gems as well as a lot of duds. So when I say Duncan…

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