Simon Fallaha
@simonfallaha.bsky.social
Writer on just about everything related to the arts. Keen on photography too.
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Since I RT this every American Thanksgiving: my review of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES. filmfreakcentral.net/2017/11/plan...
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) - Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
Planes, Trains & Automobiles ****/**** Image C+ Sound A Extras B+ starring Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean written and directed by John Hughes by Bill Chambers It took thirty ye...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Since I RT this every American Thanksgiving: my review of PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES. filmfreakcentral.net/2017/11/plan...
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Belfast Playwrights: 10-Minute Plays.
A recent festival of ten-minute plays for emerging theatre makers took place at Belfast's Black Box - and the promise in each work was tremendous.
Review here. tinyurl.com/53vurjn6
A recent festival of ten-minute plays for emerging theatre makers took place at Belfast's Black Box - and the promise in each work was tremendous.
Review here. tinyurl.com/53vurjn6
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Belfast Playwrights: 10-Minute Plays.
A recent festival of ten-minute plays for emerging theatre makers took place at Belfast's Black Box - and the promise in each work was tremendous.
Review here. tinyurl.com/53vurjn6
A recent festival of ten-minute plays for emerging theatre makers took place at Belfast's Black Box - and the promise in each work was tremendous.
Review here. tinyurl.com/53vurjn6
#Music #Review at #SiArtsNI - An Evening With Tia Bow & Clare Galway.
The "eclectic, experimental and effervescent" work of two talented artists hugely entertained the audience at Belfast's Sunflower, as part of @ohyeahcentre.bsky.social's #SoundOfBelfastFest25.
Review here. tinyurl.com/43pb3ebv
The "eclectic, experimental and effervescent" work of two talented artists hugely entertained the audience at Belfast's Sunflower, as part of @ohyeahcentre.bsky.social's #SoundOfBelfastFest25.
Review here. tinyurl.com/43pb3ebv
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#Music #Review at #SiArtsNI - An Evening With Tia Bow & Clare Galway.
The "eclectic, experimental and effervescent" work of two talented artists hugely entertained the audience at Belfast's Sunflower, as part of @ohyeahcentre.bsky.social's #SoundOfBelfastFest25.
Review here. tinyurl.com/43pb3ebv
The "eclectic, experimental and effervescent" work of two talented artists hugely entertained the audience at Belfast's Sunflower, as part of @ohyeahcentre.bsky.social's #SoundOfBelfastFest25.
Review here. tinyurl.com/43pb3ebv
Wicked: For Good? Better than expected. Cluttered, over ambitious maybe, but elements *did* ring strong and true - particularly Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s performance of the title song, which to me might be the best song in all of Wicked. Tears were shed as the contrasting vocals harmonised.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Wicked: For Good? Better than expected. Cluttered, over ambitious maybe, but elements *did* ring strong and true - particularly Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s performance of the title song, which to me might be the best song in all of Wicked. Tears were shed as the contrasting vocals harmonised.
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Belfast Girls.
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, the An Táin Arts Centre and Quintessence Theatre production of Jaki McCarrick's play recently concluded an Irish tour at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
Review here. tinyurl.com/4a5w4d27
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, the An Táin Arts Centre and Quintessence Theatre production of Jaki McCarrick's play recently concluded an Irish tour at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
Review here. tinyurl.com/4a5w4d27
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Belfast Girls.
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, the An Táin Arts Centre and Quintessence Theatre production of Jaki McCarrick's play recently concluded an Irish tour at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
Review here. tinyurl.com/4a5w4d27
Directed by Rhiann Jeffrey, the An Táin Arts Centre and Quintessence Theatre production of Jaki McCarrick's play recently concluded an Irish tour at Belfast's Lyric Theatre.
Review here. tinyurl.com/4a5w4d27
New #Film #Review from me on @letterboxd.social - Saipan (2025), directed by Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D'Sa, and starring Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan. I saw it at the Belfast Film Festival recently, and it's due to be screened at this year's Foyle Film Festival on November 23.
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A ★★★★½ review of Saipan (2025)
An astonishingly vibrant work, Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D'Sa's Saipan finds, in a memorable incident in Irish football, entirely fulfilled potential for equally memorable filmmaking. It isn't jus...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New #Film #Review from me on @letterboxd.social - Saipan (2025), directed by Glenn Leyburn & Lisa Barros D'Sa, and starring Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan. I saw it at the Belfast Film Festival recently, and it's due to be screened at this year's Foyle Film Festival on November 23.
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Reeling at the passing of Pauline Collins. Among many performances, she made the film adaptation of Shirley Valentine the memorable work that it is. #RIP
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reeling at the passing of Pauline Collins. Among many performances, she made the film adaptation of Shirley Valentine the memorable work that it is. #RIP
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Marjorie's Dead.
The Dark Forest Theatre production, a "chilling, humane and eclectic" work, runs at the Studio in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday November 6 to Saturday November 8.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3jruees6
The Dark Forest Theatre production, a "chilling, humane and eclectic" work, runs at the Studio in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday November 6 to Saturday November 8.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3jruees6
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Marjorie's Dead.
The Dark Forest Theatre production, a "chilling, humane and eclectic" work, runs at the Studio in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday November 6 to Saturday November 8.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3jruees6
The Dark Forest Theatre production, a "chilling, humane and eclectic" work, runs at the Studio in the Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday November 6 to Saturday November 8.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3jruees6
Ally Sheedy is simply incredible in The Breakfast Club. My latest viewing has opened my eyes to further nuances in an astounding and enduring portrayal.
October 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ally Sheedy is simply incredible in The Breakfast Club. My latest viewing has opened my eyes to further nuances in an astounding and enduring portrayal.
Written a lot, and I mean a lot, on The Breakfast Club following another viewing, this time to mark forty years of the film. Astonished by the level of visual and textual depth John Hughes came up with here, in such a relatively short space of time.
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Written a lot, and I mean a lot, on The Breakfast Club following another viewing, this time to mark forty years of the film. Astonished by the level of visual and textual depth John Hughes came up with here, in such a relatively short space of time.
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Denouement.
Directed by Jimmy Fay, this "staggering" work, with "top tier performances" from Patrick O'Kane and Anna Healy, runs at Belfast's Lyric Theatre as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until November 15.
Review here. tinyurl.com/56cfuc98
Directed by Jimmy Fay, this "staggering" work, with "top tier performances" from Patrick O'Kane and Anna Healy, runs at Belfast's Lyric Theatre as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until November 15.
Review here. tinyurl.com/56cfuc98
October 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Denouement.
Directed by Jimmy Fay, this "staggering" work, with "top tier performances" from Patrick O'Kane and Anna Healy, runs at Belfast's Lyric Theatre as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until November 15.
Review here. tinyurl.com/56cfuc98
Directed by Jimmy Fay, this "staggering" work, with "top tier performances" from Patrick O'Kane and Anna Healy, runs at Belfast's Lyric Theatre as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until November 15.
Review here. tinyurl.com/56cfuc98
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Unreconciled.
This "masterful" one-man show, co-written and performed by Jay Sefton and directed by Geraldine Hughes, concludes its @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 run at Belfast's Lyric Theatre on Sunday October 19.
Review here. tinyurl.com/2mw4uub2
This "masterful" one-man show, co-written and performed by Jay Sefton and directed by Geraldine Hughes, concludes its @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 run at Belfast's Lyric Theatre on Sunday October 19.
Review here. tinyurl.com/2mw4uub2
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Unreconciled.
This "masterful" one-man show, co-written and performed by Jay Sefton and directed by Geraldine Hughes, concludes its @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 run at Belfast's Lyric Theatre on Sunday October 19.
Review here. tinyurl.com/2mw4uub2
This "masterful" one-man show, co-written and performed by Jay Sefton and directed by Geraldine Hughes, concludes its @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 run at Belfast's Lyric Theatre on Sunday October 19.
Review here. tinyurl.com/2mw4uub2
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Ottilie.
This "sublime" show, written by Richard Clements and starring Jolene O'Hara, runs in the Studio at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until Friday October 24.
Review here. tinyurl.com/yhy9ws63
This "sublime" show, written by Richard Clements and starring Jolene O'Hara, runs in the Studio at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until Friday October 24.
Review here. tinyurl.com/yhy9ws63
October 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#THEATRE #REVIEW at #SiArtsNI - Ottilie.
This "sublime" show, written by Richard Clements and starring Jolene O'Hara, runs in the Studio at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until Friday October 24.
Review here. tinyurl.com/yhy9ws63
This "sublime" show, written by Richard Clements and starring Jolene O'Hara, runs in the Studio at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, as part of @belfastfestival.bsky.social #BIAF25 until Friday October 24.
Review here. tinyurl.com/yhy9ws63
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - The Boy Who Kicked Pigs. The @bruiserni.bsky.social production, an "outstandingly accomplished" and "marvellously macabre" show, runs at The MAC, Belfast - @themacbelfast.bsky.social - until Saturday October 18.
Review here. tinyurl.com/nztuj3h
Review here. tinyurl.com/nztuj3h
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - The Boy Who Kicked Pigs. The @bruiserni.bsky.social production, an "outstandingly accomplished" and "marvellously macabre" show, runs at The MAC, Belfast - @themacbelfast.bsky.social - until Saturday October 18.
Review here. tinyurl.com/nztuj3h
Review here. tinyurl.com/nztuj3h
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - 9 to 5: The Musical.
The “impressive and inspirational” Ulster Operatic Company production runs at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, until Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/27fxvnmp
The “impressive and inspirational” Ulster Operatic Company production runs at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, until Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/27fxvnmp
October 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - 9 to 5: The Musical.
The “impressive and inspirational” Ulster Operatic Company production runs at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, until Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/27fxvnmp
The “impressive and inspirational” Ulster Operatic Company production runs at The Grand Opera House, Belfast, until Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/27fxvnmp
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Under The Lights, "a frankly phenomenal experience".
The c21 Theatre Company production runs at the Studio at the The Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday October 9 to Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3zhkvrpy
The c21 Theatre Company production runs at the Studio at the The Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday October 9 to Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3zhkvrpy
October 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Theatre #Review at #SiArtsNI - Under The Lights, "a frankly phenomenal experience".
The c21 Theatre Company production runs at the Studio at the The Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday October 9 to Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3zhkvrpy
The c21 Theatre Company production runs at the Studio at the The Grand Opera House, Belfast, from Thursday October 9 to Saturday October 11.
Review here. tinyurl.com/3zhkvrpy
I've noticed that my choices for favourite movies of the decade so far have all hinted at looking back to look forward - they're all indicative, in their own way, of the power and value of reflection.
October 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I've noticed that my choices for favourite movies of the decade so far have all hinted at looking back to look forward - they're all indicative, in their own way, of the power and value of reflection.
The 2020s has been full of great movies. Some I'd like to single out are: West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, 2021), Ballywalter (Presanna Puwanarajah, 2022), No Hard Feelings (Gene Stupinitsky, 2023), The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023), Furiosa (George Miller, 2024), Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025).
October 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The 2020s has been full of great movies. Some I'd like to single out are: West Side Story (Steven Spielberg, 2021), Ballywalter (Presanna Puwanarajah, 2022), No Hard Feelings (Gene Stupinitsky, 2023), The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023), Furiosa (George Miller, 2024), Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025).
Recently watched Back To School (Alan Metter, 1986) and it's much better than I thought it would be. More than a terrific vehicle for Rodney Dangerfield, it features the institution-shaken-up-by-misfits tone of, say, Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters '84 but really tones down the obnoxiousness.
October 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Recently watched Back To School (Alan Metter, 1986) and it's much better than I thought it would be. More than a terrific vehicle for Rodney Dangerfield, it features the institution-shaken-up-by-misfits tone of, say, Caddyshack, Stripes and Ghostbusters '84 but really tones down the obnoxiousness.
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Check in on the writers in your life.
September 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Check in on the writers in your life.
Half way through my second viewing of No Hard Feelings and enjoying every minute. It has that Hughesian blend of class analysis, bold comedy, memorable set-pieces and real poignancy… and, perhaps, Jennifer Lawrence’s best performance ever.
September 20, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Half way through my second viewing of No Hard Feelings and enjoying every minute. It has that Hughesian blend of class analysis, bold comedy, memorable set-pieces and real poignancy… and, perhaps, Jennifer Lawrence’s best performance ever.
Rewatching All The President’s Men tonight. #RIPRobertRedford
September 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Rewatching All The President’s Men tonight. #RIPRobertRedford
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RIP Robert Redford. Directed at least two masterpieces imho, possibly four. As sturdy as movie stars get. Lived a full life but this one stings because he was one of those constants, y'know?
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
RIP Robert Redford. Directed at least two masterpieces imho, possibly four. As sturdy as movie stars get. Lived a full life but this one stings because he was one of those constants, y'know?
The more I think about Celine Song’s Past Lives, the more I am intrigued by the sentiment and the ideas within than the film itself. Still an admirable work, but at present it doesn’t “soar” for me.
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The more I think about Celine Song’s Past Lives, the more I am intrigued by the sentiment and the ideas within than the film itself. Still an admirable work, but at present it doesn’t “soar” for me.
#Jaws is ultimately a survival story. We never forget, for example, that Brody has been pushed to the edge and is fighting to stay afloat - literally and metaphorically - before his temporary, fleeting conquering of his outer and inner demons.
September 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#Jaws is ultimately a survival story. We never forget, for example, that Brody has been pushed to the edge and is fighting to stay afloat - literally and metaphorically - before his temporary, fleeting conquering of his outer and inner demons.