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The Latest Commentary: A French wunderkind graciously indulges my questions about his impressive short film, Deauville, Eva Green and even that old gothic soap opera I’m always on about

29th Galway Film FleadhMy journal of the recently concluded 29th Galway Film Fleadh

My personal ranking of films released in the year 2017 (that I have seen and reviewed so far)

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The Ten Latest Feature Film Reviews…

• Since he shows no aptitude for a conventional job, a Dublin couple’s best hope may be that their son Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx in America

• British intelligence agent Alec Leamas must take on one last mission before he can become The Spy Who Came in from the Cold War to the expected comfort of civilian life

• Columbia University linguistics professor Alice Howland may be losing her memories due to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, but in spite of it all she is Still Alice

• Daniel has a trying first day working in the Portarlington train station’s Lost & Found department, drives his friends to Dublin airport, goes on a treasure hunt for his late granny, and also does some speed dating

• In 1916 firebrand priest Eoin O’Donnell inspires young Antaine to join the Rising against British rule but with results that will have Father Eoin seeking Penance for half a century

• In the summer of 1967, crowds are drawn to the Monterey Pop Music Festival to see such performers as Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, the Mamas & the Papas and Ravi Shankar

• In the course of a long, passionate, controversial life, singer Chavela Vargas insisted on living on her own terms, suffered through ups and downs, and drew a devoted following

• The two human-made objects to have journeyed The Farthest from earth were designed and created by the men and women who worked on the Voyager space probes

• In 13th century, a small isolated group of monks in the West of Ireland are required to make a Pilgrimage with a holy relic that has a violent past

• In the Name of Peace, American politicians were compelled to get involved in the Northern Ireland peace process by the persistent presence of John Hume in America

The Three Latest Short Film Reviews…

• The Vesper in a dark sky haunts the fitful dreams of Marge Ofenbey, as she contends with fear, guilt and confusion—all in the lingering presence of her husband Walter

• Doing his best to take comfort from or find meaning in his Bible and his religion, William in his own way confronts what it means To Be Alone

• After an extended period away from the dating scene, Jack attempts to get back in by visiting his local Undatement Center

Commentary Flashback…

2 December 2004: He worked with directors like Chabrol, Truffaut and Godard and, as a director himself, with actors like Belmondo, Montand, Deneuve, Noiret, Cardinale, Bates and even Margot Kidder and Catherine Zeta Jones

Selected Past Reviews…

Flashback to 1985: Charles Band’s Trancers

Flashback to 1996: Richard Spence’s Different for Girls

Other Stuff…

My Inbox: Press Release: A Life Not To Follow out July 4!

Alphabetical Index of My Personal Eulogies

My List of Personal Eyewitness Accounts of Public Interviews of Various Movie People

Web Site Statistics for June


Total Number of Feature Films, Documentaries and Shorts Reviewed to Date: 2,451