Brian Bowe
@brian-bowe.bsky.social
professional word wrangler
•Words: Sight & Sound | LWLies | RTÉ
•Editor: HeadStuff
•Portfolio: http://bquinn.contently.com
•Words: Sight & Sound | LWLies | RTÉ
•Editor: HeadStuff
•Portfolio: http://bquinn.contently.com
Favourite first-time watches of January 2026:
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
February 5, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Favourite first-time watches of January 2026:
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
Favourite first-time watches of January 2026:
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Favourite first-time watches of January 2026:
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
• Heavenly Creatures (1994)
• Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
• Marty Supreme (2025)
• Cluny Brown (1946)
“Shooting on film is cheaper than on digital, because with digital you have to buy a new camera every couple of years, while a film camera last generations.”
— Tetsuya Maruyama
— Tetsuya Maruyama
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 PM
“Shooting on film is cheaper than on digital, because with digital you have to buy a new camera every couple of years, while a film camera last generations.”
— Tetsuya Maruyama
— Tetsuya Maruyama
Extremely happy to see Rotterdam’s Cinerama survived last year’s looming closure. My fav festival spot, always heaving with hungry film fans.
February 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Extremely happy to see Rotterdam’s Cinerama survived last year’s looming closure. My fav festival spot, always heaving with hungry film fans.
We here have but one thing in common, we’re about to watch Nakahara Shun’s joyous and salacious sex comedy Anxious Virgin: One More
Time, I Love You (1990).
Time, I Love You (1990).
February 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
We here have but one thing in common, we’re about to watch Nakahara Shun’s joyous and salacious sex comedy Anxious Virgin: One More
Time, I Love You (1990).
Time, I Love You (1990).
NEW BLOG POST 📽️
Actor RICHARD MCWILLIAMS has appeared on Fair City, Vikings and was recently nominated Best Actor and at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards.
The last time he cried in a movie theatre? Andrei Zvyagintsev’s 2017 searing drama LOVELESS 👉 reelfeels.substack.com/p/crying-at-...
Actor RICHARD MCWILLIAMS has appeared on Fair City, Vikings and was recently nominated Best Actor and at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards.
The last time he cried in a movie theatre? Andrei Zvyagintsev’s 2017 searing drama LOVELESS 👉 reelfeels.substack.com/p/crying-at-...
February 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
NEW BLOG POST 📽️
Actor RICHARD MCWILLIAMS has appeared on Fair City, Vikings and was recently nominated Best Actor and at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards.
The last time he cried in a movie theatre? Andrei Zvyagintsev’s 2017 searing drama LOVELESS 👉 reelfeels.substack.com/p/crying-at-...
Actor RICHARD MCWILLIAMS has appeared on Fair City, Vikings and was recently nominated Best Actor and at the 15th Underground Cinema Film Awards.
The last time he cried in a movie theatre? Andrei Zvyagintsev’s 2017 searing drama LOVELESS 👉 reelfeels.substack.com/p/crying-at-...
Mickey Squires (Richard Bernstein) was in attendance for MICKEY & RICHARD, a heartfelt portrait of the gay porn icon and brilliant archive of the its golden age.
Dublin’s GAZE film festival would be doing well to grab this for their summer lineup. 👀
Dublin’s GAZE film festival would be doing well to grab this for their summer lineup. 👀
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Mickey Squires (Richard Bernstein) was in attendance for MICKEY & RICHARD, a heartfelt portrait of the gay porn icon and brilliant archive of the its golden age.
Dublin’s GAZE film festival would be doing well to grab this for their summer lineup. 👀
Dublin’s GAZE film festival would be doing well to grab this for their summer lineup. 👀
Saw this lad through a window. Think I’ll call him Pep Chumney.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Saw this lad through a window. Think I’ll call him Pep Chumney.
Really liking the fest poster this year. Also, being back I’m instantly reminded of how much legroom Dutch cinemas offer. Heaven.
January 30, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Really liking the fest poster this year. Also, being back I’m instantly reminded of how much legroom Dutch cinemas offer. Heaven.
Last night’s Q&A screening of Ben Wheatley’s BULK made for a lovely evening @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Last night’s Q&A screening of Ben Wheatley’s BULK made for a lovely evening @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
SONG SUNG BLUE really hit my sweet spot. A perfectly pitched underdog biopic that wears its goofy heart on its sleeve, proudly embracing the dizzying feel of TV movie melodramas. And wow, at a daunting 133 mins, it sure goes down easy. 🌩
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 PM
SONG SUNG BLUE really hit my sweet spot. A perfectly pitched underdog biopic that wears its goofy heart on its sleeve, proudly embracing the dizzying feel of TV movie melodramas. And wow, at a daunting 133 mins, it sure goes down easy. 🌩
A bunch of great write-ups from our team this week -- including news of IMBOLG, an upcoming Dublin festival celebrating women who terrify, both on screen and behind the camera.
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A bunch of great write-ups from our team this week -- including news of IMBOLG, an upcoming Dublin festival celebrating women who terrify, both on screen and behind the camera.
The Academy overlooking Daniel Lopatin’s Marty Supreme score has to be the biggest snub. A downright shame.
January 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The Academy overlooking Daniel Lopatin’s Marty Supreme score has to be the biggest snub. A downright shame.
Now entering THE BONE TEMPLE
January 13, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Now entering THE BONE TEMPLE
New crockery alert!! @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
New crockery alert!! @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
DR. CALIGARI (1989) • One of those films I wish I made. Not because everything about it—the off-the-wall aesthetics, over-sexed performances and lurid colours—is so up my alley, but from the looks of it, this thing was a damn fun shoot! Shudder’s copy looked v crisp, but had be yearning for VHS fuzz
January 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
DR. CALIGARI (1989) • One of those films I wish I made. Not because everything about it—the off-the-wall aesthetics, over-sexed performances and lurid colours—is so up my alley, but from the looks of it, this thing was a damn fun shoot! Shudder’s copy looked v crisp, but had be yearning for VHS fuzz
Last day to catch PETER HUJAR'S DAY @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social — hard to pass up!
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Last day to catch PETER HUJAR'S DAY @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social — hard to pass up!
MARTY SUPREME was a fine way to kick off my year in cinemagoing @lighthousecinema.bsky.social
Faces! Beautiful, funky, shot-on-film faces. And that ending… reminds me of the last shot in Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst — a sweet suffocation.
Faces! Beautiful, funky, shot-on-film faces. And that ending… reminds me of the last shot in Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst — a sweet suffocation.
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
MARTY SUPREME was a fine way to kick off my year in cinemagoing @lighthousecinema.bsky.social
Faces! Beautiful, funky, shot-on-film faces. And that ending… reminds me of the last shot in Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst — a sweet suffocation.
Faces! Beautiful, funky, shot-on-film faces. And that ending… reminds me of the last shot in Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst — a sweet suffocation.
Favourite first-time watches of December 2025:
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
• Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
• Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Favourite first-time watches of December 2025:
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
• Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• Holiday Affair (1949)
• The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023)
• Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Plenty to still catch up on, but here’s what I’ve been grooving with this past year.
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Plenty to still catch up on, but here’s what I’ve been grooving with this past year.
Inspired Yuletide family viewing this. In just two hours Bond goes from laying flowers at his wife’s grave to having sex with an orphan at Margaret Thatcher via a parrot.
December 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Inspired Yuletide family viewing this. In just two hours Bond goes from laying flowers at his wife’s grave to having sex with an orphan at Margaret Thatcher via a parrot.
PRO TIP: Make your Christmas extra merry with k.d. lang's joyous rendition of Jingle Bell Rock from Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
PRO TIP: Make your Christmas extra merry with k.d. lang's joyous rendition of Jingle Bell Rock from Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.