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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Free screening of The Grey Fox (1982) Saturday, 19 September at 7:30 pm The Paramount Theatre (Kamloops) A post-film panel explores Miner's life and legend. See thekfs.ca/movie/the-gr...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Féile John Ford: 11-13 September 2026 An Spidéal, Co. Galway, Ireland '[A] unique festival celebrating the life, legacy and artistry of the legendary filmmaker John Ford, whose family roots lie in An Spidéal, Co. Galway, a place he frequently returned to both physically and imaginatively.'

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

'Raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice'

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

'We hope that Screening Coercive Confinement can serve as a space of reflection, that it may demonstrate how our knowledge of Ireland’s histories of coercive confinement can help undo its carceral presents and prevent us from creating more carceral futures.' See exhibitions.moli.ie/screening-co...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Out now, including my film review of Amplified: The Exportation of the Culture Wars (2024). On newsstands everywhere (in Ireland).

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Tomorrow. For Italian Heritage Month (Canada). Le città di pianura (2025, with English subtitles) Kamloops Film Society - The Paramount, 2pm

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

'Whether it’s intentional or fortuitous, Egoyan's the Pied Piper, manipulating us by directorial magic ... to ignore the patent contradictions, powerful counter-narratives, and troubling undercurrents that remain intact despite his alterations and additions.' See www.lawonfilm.com/the-sweet-he...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Spilt Milk is 'evidence of fresh cinema talent', 'a loving look at a working-class community', and 'of some significance ... to our cinematic tradition more broadly and to our perceptions of a relatively recent past.' Available in History Ireland at historyireland.com/spilt-milk/. And in the shops.

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Kamloops Film Society - Thursday, 30 April 2026 For #internationaljazzday, join us for -Four National Film Board of Canada (NFB) jazz shorts at 6pm -'Round Midnight (1986), the best jazz film ever made, at 7pm Be there or be square. 🎵 See the trailer and details at thekfs.ca/movie/round-...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Law on Film: Small Things Like These (2024) Seán Patrick Donlan (Thompson Rivers University) See open.spotify.com/episode/6T97... See my more considered remarks in 'Essay: Screening for Help - Irish Care and Confinement' (21 November 2025, Film Ireland) at www.filmireland.net/essay-screen...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

'Round Midnight (1986) - Thursday, 30 April 2026 Kamloops Film Society (for #internationaljazzday) The best jazz film ever made. And much more. My favourite film of all time (for four decades). Pass it on. See details at thekfs.ca/movie/round-...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Brian, a belated thanks for this. I hope I didn't too much of an a** of myself and that my references to Ciara (@ciaramoloney.bsky.social, on The Quiet Man) and Luke (@mistercinecal.bsky.social, on The Banshees of Inisherin), in particular, were in order. Like Headstuff, they both do great work.

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

As of today, we're officially Canadian. Not sorry.

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

'Set on a large island off the eastern coast of Ireland in the 1920s, the film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two lifelong friends at an impasse when one reluctantly ends their imperial adventures, with severe consequences for both of them. Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan co-star.'

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

'Whatever the facts are, it is difficult not to feel that the directors have been incredibly negligent in their creative pursuits. Their film does little justice to the victim of a grisly murder. And it does little credit to Sheridan’s legacy.' Me. See www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/re-c...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Estudios Irlandeses is online and largely in English. It includes essential annual reviews on 'Irish Film, Television, and Theatre' and 'Irish Film and Media Studies Publications'. Each contains an editor's overview and individual film and book reviews. See www.estudiosirlandeses.org/issue/issue-...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History Banff, CANADA. 12 November 2026 Deadline for Submissions: 24 March 2026 See aslh.net/2026-annual-...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Call for Positions on the Editorial Board: Comparative Legal History is seeking (i) an articles editor and (ii) a reviews editor. This is a fantastic opportunity to work with the discipline's leading journal. For more details, see esclh.blogspot.com/2026/01/call...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Beginning Sunday, through the Kamloops Film Society (lnkd.in/gtyxkmQb). Spread the word!

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Law on Film Podcast: I'm Still Here (2024) 'I’m Still Here provides a harrowing account of Brazil's military dictatorship and a moving story of a woman’s struggle to overcome adversity and obtain justice.' See www.lawonfilm.com/still-here

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

January Sunday Classics: In the Frame of the Law Looking at legal actors, ideas, and institutions, this series engages with questions of truth, justice, class, race, and gender. January films include 12 Angry Men, Legally Blonde, and Anatomy of a Murder See thekfs.ca/sunday-class...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes in the New Year From Us and Our Traditions to You and Yours!!

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Editorial Board Members wanted!! Pass it on. Comparative Legal History is an elite legal history publication, the standard for its subject, and the flagship publication of the European Society for Comparative Legal History For additional information, see esclh.blogspot.com/2025/12/call...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

'Train Dreams is a powerfully cinematic portrait of an everyman and his times.... Skilfully orchestrated and well-acted, the film centres on the critical, sacramental junctures in a largely hidden life.' filmindublin.ie/2025/12/01/a...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

'An Cailín Ciuín, That They May Face the Rising Sun and Small Things Like These, with their sources, present significantly different pictures of the early eighties in Ireland.... Each suggests something about us, now.' Me, at newsagents everywhere or historyireland.com/quiet-people...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Disappointing. This a crass political perspective, not a principled one and would be aggressively, appropriately, attacked if the positions were reversed. We'll have to see how the new President, and her followers, responds. The signs aren't good. analysis.irelandthinks.ie/polling-day-...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

'Age yourself with a movie you saw in theatres as a kid'

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

RIP Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025)

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

The film 'tells this rich and fascinating story of film censorship in Ireland, explicitly discussing those things the Censors had believed best kept from an impressionable Irish public.' My full Film Ireland essay ('In the Name of the Censor') is available at filmireland.net/2025/08/27/e...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A student once mentioned, unnecessarily in their law exam, the Liberator Daniel O'Donnell.

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Law on Film: The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) 'The film describes the historical case of Martin Guerre ....' See www.lawonfilm.com/return-of-ma...

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Seán Patrick Donlan @spdonlan.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

LAW ON FILM - Episode 45: The Conformist (1970) '[P]rovides powerful and chilling insights into the psychology of conformism and fascism.... [It's] as timely today as it was when it was released, as the world witnesses a resurgence of authoritarianism ....' See www.lawonfilm.com/chinatown-8f...

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