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John Maguire

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Writer about cinema in newspapers / Talker about cinema on radios / Board of Access Cinema / Film On Paper / Opinions mine, help yourself.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · Sep 22

I recently learned that in Norway, when someone asks "how's it going", the standard answer is "up and not crying" and we should adopt this asap

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

In today's Business Post, I interview Jim Sheridan about his obsession with Sophie Toscan du Plantier and his new film, Re-Creation, and review Kirk Jones' contagious I Swear, Myrid Carten's troubling A Want In Her, and the BBC's deceptively gentle adapation of Ronan Hession's Leonard & Hungry Paul.

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye to Diane Keaton, a real one

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Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

Catherine Connolly takes ages packing at the tills in Lidl #SmeartheBejaysus

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

Handy if you ever need to move a cathedral

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 2d

This your new jammer?

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 3d

What if I said the coolest man to have ever lived was deeply uncool? Would you click on it then?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 3d

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 3d

Better give this guy a peace prize or he'll start a war

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 4d

This Caesar Salad doesn't taste very Ancienty Romany

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 4d

You cannot kill what never lived

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 5d

I call for cats to be dogs and Tuesdays to be Wednesdays

The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 5d

Maria Steen calls for presidential election to be cancelled over Jim Gavin’s departure

Conservative campaigner missed out on required signatures to make the ballot

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 5d

Brendan Canty's *very* Cork coming-of-age drama Christy is among the five nominees that will compete for the European Film Academy's 2026 LUX Audience Award. All five films will be screened for free across Europe between now and the awards, next April. Dowtcha boy.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 6d

Which is worse - that they didn't ask about his past, or did and put him forward anyway? In a Landlordocracy, who among them hasn't stiffed a tenant?

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 6d

The rest of the world is hoping that ordinary Americans learn the lesson of history and stop this before it becomes something unspeakable

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 7d

Even extrapolating 2015 numbers, that's a dashed decent price for wild game taxidermy. Did Charles include the chap's business contact?

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 7d

Which is worse? That FF did not know their candidate, as a landlord, had a significant and unresolved dispute with a former tenant, or that they did and put him up anyway? Either is a terminal failure of political intelligence.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 7d

Jim, we hardly knew ye

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 7d

Innured to violence on screen at this stage but once something feels fake and artificial, it's over for me

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 7d

The first 20 minutes of Game of Thrones. No more, ever after, forever.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 8d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 10d

Very sorry to hear that the writer and broadcaster Manchán Magan has died. A champion of language, place, people. Suaimhneas síoraí dá hanam.

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Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 11d

Perhaps, when we open the Dublin Underground in 2066, we can do a tie-in with the Tblisi Centenary celebrations? Hands across the ticket stiles kind of a thing?

John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 11d

The arc of the public transport universe is long, but it bends towards Dublin finally having what Tiblisi has had since the 1960s

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 11d

Preventing an aid convoy from reaching starving people is a crime against humanity. There is no conceivable justification for such a blatant, brazen act of evil.

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 11d

a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a christmas tree and looking surprised .

ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a christmas tree and looking surprised .

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 11d