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Stephen Porzio

Stephen is a film writer and journalist. He is a co-editor and contributor for the film section of HeadStuff. He has also had work published in Cold Coffee Press, Disarm Magazine and Film Ireland and will be writing for Hot Press in the Summer of 2018. After earning his BA in English and Film from UCD, he is now working for an MA in journalism at DCU.

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Part Gangster Epic, Part Ethnographic Film – Birds of Passage Flies

Stephen Porzio May 17, 2019

Birds of Passage is a gangster film. Yet, by being set in a culture unfamiliar to many Western viewers, directors Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego (Embrace of the Serpent) expand the scope of what movies of the genre can do. Set in the late…

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Interview | Nigel Mulligan, Writer-Director of Short Film Dust

Stephen Porzio May 14, 2019

Writer-director Nigel Mulligan is making quite a stir with his latest short Dust, a dark nightmarish thriller focusing on a young woman and avid gamer named Cassie (Sorcha Fahy). Struggling with mental health issues and a trauma in her…

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New Trailers 20 | Spider-Man, The Lodge and Watchmen

Stephen Porzio May 9, 2019

New Trailers on HeadStuff is the place to catch up on all the latest teasers released in the world of Film and TV. Stephen Porzio tells you what’s hot. Most Anticipated - The Lodge, Dir Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala Hold the Dark's Riley…

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Interview | Writer-Director Trish McAdam Discusses Her Season at the IFI

Stephen Porzio May 5, 2019

One of the first female Irish directors to make movies about women's lives, Trish McAdam's innovative, always contemporary filmography is set to be celebrated with a season at the Irish Film Institute (IFI). As part of this, her latest…

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Film Review | The Curse of La Llorona is Fine If Forgettable

Stephen Porzio May 3, 2019

In this post-MCU era of Hollywood, connected universes are king and The Conjuring Universe has made some serious gravy money (or grave-y money) capitalising on franchise fever. Launching in 2013 with The Conjuring - telling the…

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New Trailers 19 | Joker, Star Wars and The Perfection

Stephen Porzio Apr 21, 2019

New Trailers on HeadStuff is the place to catch up on all the latest teasers released in the world of Film and TV. Stephen Porzio tells you what’s hot. Most Anticipated – Joker, Dir Todd Phillips The jury is still out on whether Joker will…

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5 Reasons The Hellboy Reboot Was Hell to Watch

Stephen Porzio Apr 18, 2019

Neil Marshall’s Hellboy is an utter dud, on par with Batman v Superman or Suicide Squad. It’s a shame because if one person could have successfully followed in Guillermo Del Toro’s footsteps in adapting the Dark Horse Comic about a monster…

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Film Review | Don’t Go – The Dorffaisance Continues In New Irish Film

Stephen Porzio Apr 12, 2019

Straight after pulling a McConnaughey in True Detective season three, Stephen Dorff leads this Irish drama with a supernatural twist. Best known for straight-to-DVD films, the odd collaboration with an auteur and of course Blade, the actor…

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Locus of Control – Irish Dark Comedy Thriller Deserves a Stream

Stephen Porzio Apr 11, 2019

“It’s a vocation, something you have to do. You don’t have a choice really. You can’t just shake it off. You’ve just got to make it work because it has to.” This is how Andrew (John Morton), the protagonist of Irish dark comedy/thriller…

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EAFFI 2019 | Realism and Surrealism Blend in Refugee Drama Manta Ray

Stephen Porzio Apr 10, 2019

Manta Ray is the directorial debut of Phuttiphong Aroonpheng, an already acclaimed Thai cinematographer. Even if one didn't know this, watching his first feature makes it abundantly clear. He has a knack for creating memorable imagery,…

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