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Cian McGrath

Cian McGrath

I'm an aspiring writer and journalist from Ireland. As well as reviews and essay of movies and TV shows, I also like to write short stories and screenplays. Some of my favourite films include Good Time, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sorry We Missed You and Before Sunset.

Film Review Retrospective

THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006)

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Film Review Retrospective

VOLVER (2006)

After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

Film Review Retrospective

BLACK GIRL (1966)

A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.

Film Review Retrospective

JAYNE EYRE (2011)

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.

Film Review Retrospective

THE SON’S ROOM (2001)

A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba-diving accident.

Film Review Retrospective

THE AVIATOR’S WIFE (1981)

A young student is devastated when he finds that his girlfriend is cheating on him. In order to find out why she did it, he decides to spy on her and her lover.

Film Review Retrospective

DAS EXPERIMENT (2001)

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison.

Film Review Retrospective

KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976)

A projection-equipment mechanic working along the East-German border meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and they decide to travel together.

Film Review Retrospective

THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE (1976)

A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.

Film Review Retrospective

HANNAH AND HER SISTERS (1986)

Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Film Review Retrospective

BEAUTIFUL GIRLS (1996)

A piano player at a crossroads in his life returns home to his friends and their own problems with life and love.

Film Review Retrospective

PULSE (2001)

Two groups of people discover evidence that suggests spirits may be trying to invade the human world through the Internet.

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