Padaí Ó Maolchalann

Irish, autistic, trans non-binary. Pro-Palestine, communist. Surrounded by the enemy! Current bylines at and

[In Review Online @InRO]

'Renoir feels less like a story than like a true account, lived as much by the viewer as by the characters. Even its most expressive moments feel real, focused as they are on sensations and feelings that engender identification. One never feels the cogs spinning, advancing some linear plot from a definite beginning to a definite end. Like life, it just keeps drifting through, from pain to joy and everything in between.' @screenonscreen reviews Chie Hayakawa's Renoir: https://t.co/1EY0ks9e0x

[In Review Online @InRO]

'There may be few radical statements left to make in cinema, or in art in general for that matter, but, for a filmmaker who’s been expanding his scope and adapting his style in recent years, Alonso’s decision to return to his debut 25 years later is at least intriguing.' @screenonscreen digs in to the latest work from master filmmaker Lisandro Alonso: https://t.co/qiARsfFG27

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

In an appropriately minor way, Lisandro Alonso's Double Freedom is a major movie. Me for @InRO at #Cannes https://t.co/5uVouth7x9

[iza @izamamaa]

Every word of this

[99% Johnny Graz @jvgraz]

It's rare to see every tactic of the antisemitism hoax spelled out in one tweet, so we should really take advantage of it.

Let the noticing begin.

1⃣ Jews don't make up "less than 1%" of Canada’s population. They make up slightly more than 1%. Small detail, but another example of how Zionists are incapable of citing a number without lying about it.

2⃣ 70% of "religious" hate crimes? Note how they narrow the field by removing all reports of racist, sexist, homophobic, etc behavior.

It's worse because reports from white Jews are categorized as religious, while reports from brown Muslims are categorized as racist.

Which brings us to...

3⃣ These are REPORTED crimes, not investigated and confirmed crimes. An emotionally fragile, politically motivated community can inflate these figures without limit.

And no, you can't see the list of reports.

4⃣ "Canada" did not "record" 6,800 antisemitic incidents. B'nai Brith, a pro-Israel hate group, claims 6,800 incidents of antisemitism occurred.

And once again, you can't see the list.

5⃣ And here comes the money shot: "incitement". All of this lying and hysteria is in service of one agenda: shut down any and all criticism of Israel's genocide.

Stop falling for it, and start calling out any official who pretends this is real.

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Communing with the dead is exhausting but compelling in Fil Ieropoulos' daring Uchronia. Me for @InRO at Prismatic Ground https://t.co/UFhk2No5DS

[Madonna @Madonna]

We’ve got something to say about it. ♥️ @SabrinaAnnLynn

Bring Your Love, April 30th 3:00pm PST

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

A reward for tolerance in an intolerant world? Me for @InRO on Fatih Akin's Amrum https://t.co/f1NF2ozfzE

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Yuiga Danzuka's Brand New Landscape is a dampened-down melodrama, though not without a few minor saving graces. Me for @InRO https://t.co/95reImzhyd

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Late Shift is a portrait of professional mundanity that strains a little in its effort to make the quotidien cinematic (but just a little). Me for @InRO https://t.co/uEbKFUhJN0

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

None of this is where fashion is today. None of it!

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

New poster for ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2.’

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Werner Herzog's Ghost Elephants is a true act of guardianship with a dash of white saviourship. Me for @InRO https://t.co/6uFPihAxDi

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Hosoda Mamoru's Scarlet is a "whirlwind mishmash of characters, both familiar and unfamiliar, narrative detours, vibrant stylistic flourishes, tonal clashes, contradictions, and coincidences" - me at @IFFR for @InRO #IFFR https://t.co/YVDyOQQHs6

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Guillaume Nicloux's Mi Amor is an utterly unmysterious mystery movie. Me at @IFFR for @InRO #IFFR #IFFR2026 https://t.co/4rfcxXubIg

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

"A whirlwind exploration of the breadth of storytelling potential in animated film" Me, at @IFFR, on Aoki Yasuhiro's ChaO, for @InRO #IFFR https://t.co/WqjRvIC6Ow

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Callous but compassionate, Simon Mesa Soto's A Poet is a far-from-hopeless movie about a hopeless man. Me for @InRO https://t.co/iaM43AZvJS

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

F1 isn't even the worst movie nominated for Best Picture this year, but it's still the most embarrassing nominee... maybe ever? #Oscars #Oscars2026

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

13 female directors are represented in this year's #Oscar nominations - a joint record alongside 2022. They're responsible for 11 movies between them, an outright all-time record #Oscars2026

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

With 24 movies nominated, that's 25.26% the maximum of 95 potential nominees. Not as low as I'd predicted, but still an all-time record low #Oscars #Oscars2026

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

#Oscars2026 Nominations Predictions

- 22 movies against a maximum number of 95 nominated movies is 23.16%. That'd be the lowest in #Oscar history, beating 2012's figure of 26.09%. Even 23 or 24 nominated movies would still be a record low.

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

And nothing for Paul Mescal #Oscars2026

[Padaí Ó Maolchalann @screenonscreen]

Academy Award nominee Delroy Lindo #Oscars2026