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Close-Up: An Interview With Two For The Road Director Lochlainn McKenna

Lochlainn McKenna is a multi-award winning writer and director from Cork City, Ireland. He joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about his film, Two For The Road. What was the inspiration for the film? I wrote the original story, ‘Guinness & Coke’, during the pandemic and the story is a truncated version of a…
Close-Up: An Interview With Rotten Writer Josie White

Writer, actor and producer Josie White joins us on Close-Up Culture to talk about her play, Rotten. This dark comedy-thriller takes spying on your neighbours to a whole new, frightening, and disturbing level! As the plot develops and the characters find themselves truly barrelling down the path of no return, the classic traits of a…
Close-Up: An Interview With Teacup Star Luciano Leroux

Actor Luciano Leroux joins us on Close-Up Culture to chat about his role on the upcoming Peacock horror-thriller series, Teacup. Inspired by the Robert McCammon novel, Stinger, it follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Hi Luciano, welcome to Close-Up…
A Fragile Flower – Film Review

A FRAGILE FLOWER Finds a Voice for the Vietnamese American Community by Dr. Laura Wilhelm, LauraWil Intercultural One of the greatest pleasures international films can offer is the chance to experience whole new worlds. In A Fragile Flower, the new feature-length film directed by Mai Thu Huyen and executive produced by Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen, we experience the…
What To See From BFI Flare 2024

Whether you attended the festival in person, watched the brilliant shorts available online, or missed it totally, I wanted to share with you some of the films I got to see as part of the 2024 edition of the BFI Flare Festival that I think you should watch! The Summer with Carmen A seductive and smart…
Journeys Of Love In Film

I was recently asked to think about the topic ‘Journeys of Love’ in relation to films. My mind instantly went to stories like Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet and Steven McQueen’s Lovers Rock, but then I watched Carol Morley’s Typist Artist Pirate King, and something clicked. Like with any journey, physical or metaphorical, it’s often easiest to focus on the destination.…
Robot Dreams – Film Review

A 2024 Academy Award for Best Animation Feature nominee, Robot Dreams is a sweet and heartfelt film that follows a dog who lives alone in 1980s New York, who decides to build himself a robot friend. From the trailer, I didn’t know how writer and director Pablo Berger would keep us entertained for the feature runtime. The story…
Christspiracy – Film Review

I’ve never written a review for a film I haven’t finished before. I always like to see the end of everything I start watching, but I’m halfway through Christspiracy and I don’t think I can continue. The film is an investigative documentary that explores the historical connection between religions and their animals, and how influential…
Riley – Film Review

A star high school football player struggles to confront his sexuality and accept who he really is. As coming of age movies go, Riley ticks plenty of boxes on paper. But on screen, it’s raw and powerful, untangling the knots of stereotypes and fear within society. Looking first to the writer and director, this is Benjamin Howard’s…
Close-Up: An Interview With The Chosen Star Luke Dimyan

Actor Luke Dimyan stops by on Close-Up Culture to tell us about his work on The Chosen, writing and directing his own project, being inspired by The Mask, and much more. Hi Luke, how are you finding the challenge of playing Judas on The Chosen? It’s a very unique problem because the challenge doesn’t really…