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Seán Patrick Donlan

@spdonlan.bsky.social

Peripatetic Professor (Law/History/Film). Not dead, just very still. Contributor: Film in Dublin, Film Ireland, History Ireland, Law on Film, Scannain.

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6th Asian Legal History Conference 2026 – FOL

The CFP is now up for the 6th Asian Legal History Conference, which will be in Melaka, Malaysia (6-7 August 2026). Proposals are due by 1 April 2026 (Malaysia time): www.mmu.edu.my/fol/alhc2026/ #LegalHistory

09.02.2026 01:06 — 👍 1    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for Papers: The Superhero Project X, tenth Global Meeting in September Supervillains and Anti-Heroes theme for upcoming academic comic conference

'[I]nvites exploration and discussion of the challenges, opportunities, successes and failures of supervillains and anti-heroes throughout the entire range of topics covered by the superhero discourse across all media (comics, TV, Film, theme parks, video games…).'
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14.02.2026 06:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The full first episode of the Complete Picture Podcast is up now on Spotify.

Hear Néil and Luke give their full rankings of Sam Raimi's films now - filmindublin.ie/2026/02/03/t...

10.02.2026 12:43 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2
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Showdown: Cast Away Best films set on islands (Ireland and Sicily excluded)

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01.02.2026 19:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Did you miss our annual screening of THE DEAD earlier this January? Fear not!

Newly restored by the IFI Irish Film Archive, John Huston's classic arrives on IFI@Home to mark what would have been James Joyce’s 144th birthday.

Preorder now ➡ https://www.ifihome.ie/film/the-dead/

31.01.2026 16:00 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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ICE

👉 Dossier Municipales à Bordeaux : l'écolo au galop
👉 Procès Marine Le Pen : c'est la faute à l'Europe !
👉 Festival d'Angoulême : Charlie débat avec d'anciens Grand Prix

En vente mercredi !

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

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How Ireland's film industry delivered six Oscar nods Six Irish people and two Irish production companies are among the Oscar nominees this year.

Speaking to leading Irish producers and industry professionals, @rte.ie investigates the landscape and investment that led six Irish people and two Irish production companies to receive Oscar nominations this year.

#IrishFilm

26.01.2026 17:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Very exciting news!!

22.01.2026 19:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History
Banff, CANADA. 12 November 2026
Deadline for Submissions: 24 March 2026
See aslh.net/2026-annual-...

19.01.2026 07:34 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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13.12.2025 19:37 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
British Legal History Conference 2026 - The University of Nottingham

Registration and the programme for the upcoming British Legal History Conference in Nottingham are now live: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

12.01.2026 10:37 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

12.01.2026 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A portrait of Renee Nicole Good

A portrait of Renee Nicole Good

❤️❤️❤️ RENEE NICOLE GOOD ❤️❤️❤️

09.01.2026 17:06 — 👍 450    🔁 106    💬 10    📌 2
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Beginning Sunday, through the Kamloops Film Society (lnkd.in/gtyxkmQb). Spread the word!

06.01.2026 01:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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For anyone who gets their podcasts on Acast - we've just switched over. Be sure and give us a follow.... shows.acast.com/film-ireland

02.01.2026 12:54 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

My full, unedited comments ...
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01.01.2026 18:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Article: Our Favourite Films of 2025 As 2025 closes its curtain, Film Ireland contributors take a look back at some of their favourite films from the year.

'As 2025 closes its curtain, Film Ireland contributors take a look back at some of their favourite films from the year.'
www.filmireland.net/our-favourit...

01.01.2026 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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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

26.12.2025 04:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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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...

26.12.2025 03:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Secret History of the Left-Wing Western Not every film about “cowboys and Indians” is as reactionary as the genre’s reputation might suggest.

'Everyone assumes they don’t need to bother watching Westerns, but every time I watch a Western—any Western, not even a particularly good one—it feels like cinema as a whole cracks open anew.'

Another excellent piece from @ciaramoloney.bsky.social

www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sec...

25.12.2025 01:50 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Christmas and Best Wishes in the New Year
From Us and Our Traditions to You and Yours!!

22.12.2025 01:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A brand new 2k restoration of John Huston’s adaptation of James Joyce’s The Dead will be screening at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social early next year, proudly supported by the Screen Ireland Digital Restoration Project. 📽️ 💚

📅 Tuesday 6th January 2026
⏰ 6.30pm
🎟️ ifi.ie/film/the-dea...

16.12.2025 11:55 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Four Courts Press | A Sense of Place Studies in British and Irish legal history in memory of W.N. Osborough by Sparky Booker and Kevin Costello, editors

Highly recommended. I was so fortunate to know and work with Osborough, on the Executive of the Irish Legal History Society and on my The Laws and Other Legalities of Ireland, 1689-1850 (2011, with Michael Brown).

www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2026/a...

13.12.2025 16:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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AMERICANA A flame-haired, dirty white-suited Tyler Childers strides with intent through a standing, whooping, exultant ovation in Nashville and takes the stage to give hi

This feels more than a little ginned-up. Obviously 'Americana' is an invented genre. All of our musical categories are, a way to capture the lightning, music produced without any anxiety about labels. Remember Billboard once referred to Hillbilly Hits and Race Records.
www.spin.com/2025/12/what...

13.12.2025 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Job Vacancy: Festival Programmer - Galway Film Fleadh Join Ireland’s leading film festival as Festival Programmer — shape the artistic vision, curate films, and drive the Galway Film Fleadh’s creative growth. Apply by Jan 5, 2026

'Galway Film Fleadh is seeking to recruit a dynamic, experienced, and highly motivated professional to fulfil a full-time one-year contract role as Festival Programmer, commencing January 2026.'
www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/job-vacancy-...

13.12.2025 15:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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THE DEAD 🌨️ January 6th.

The IFI has partnered with @screenireland on a unique five-year archiving project to catalogue, digitise and exhibit Ireland's film heritage. We are proud to present this brand-new restoration of John Huston's THE DEAD as part of this initiative.

🎫 https://bit.ly/4oLITAl

12.12.2025 13:00 — 👍 29    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 3
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Frank Coughlan: Why Netflix’s planned takeover of Warner Bros is bad news for anyone who loves the magic of cinema That anticipation of magic might diminish a bit when you begin to grow older, but it’s still essentially there the moment the lights go down, and the film begins.

'Netflix and its competitors have clearly identified mainlining their products straight to 56-inch plasmas in subscribers’ living rooms as the route to bigger profits and audiences.'
www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

12.12.2025 07:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A North Country Christmas (2018-2025)

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09.12.2025 19:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0