lauren gallagher

Freelance film critic, culture journalist and editor based in Dublin. Writing on world cinema, genre literature and pop culture.

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film and tv reviews

• film ireland | 'samanta nobody' review

• the people's movies | 'scarpetta' review

• the people's movies | 'Little Amélie or the Character of Rain' Review

• Film Ireland | Our Favourite Films of 2025

• Film Ireland | 'die my love' review

• Film Ireland | 'caught stealing' review

• Film Ireland | 'together' review

• cinema waves | 'only the river flows' review

interviews

• the people's magazine | jan komasa interview

• the people's magazine | dominic cooper and sarah bolger interview

• enda walsh interview (forthcoming)

• lionel baier interview (forthcoming)

• eddie marsan OBE and colin mcivor interview (forthcoming)

• Imran Perretta and Dhiraj Mahey interview (forthcoming)

• john connors and jade jordan interview (forthcoming)

• ciaran creagh and ruby jean lennon interview (forthcoming)

• david burke interview (forthcoming)

• abhartach magazine | nick cutter (aka craig davidson)

• abhartach magazine | kier-la janisse

• abhartach magazine | brendan mccarthy

features

• film in dublin | 10th East Asia Film Festival Ireland: Three Films to Look Out For

• film in dublin | Irish Debuts and Festival Breakouts: Films to Watch After DIFF 2026

• the people's movies | War Is Coming In First Teaser For House of the Dragon: Season 3

• the writing disorder | Revenge of the Ocean: On the Legacy of 'Jaws'

• morbidly beautiful | Reversing the Victim Stereotype: “Teeth” and Female Agency

• wig-wag magazine | muriel's wedding

• monstrous flesh journal vol 2 | the enduring legacy of "the craft"

• bust magazine | remembering lee miller (print only)

• apocalypse confidential | introducing the boar

• darling magazine | Sexy movies to watch this autumn (collab, no longer online)

• Vestisse magazine | tribute to shelley duvall

• OFF CHANCE magazine | body image in horror

• Certified Forgotten | ‘Deadgirl’ Damns Those Who Do Nothing

• ROCK AND ART | TINASHE IS REINVENTING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A POPSTAR

• ANFA COLLECTIVE | the legacy of 'saw'

book reviews

• anfa collective | 'the secret life of insects' book review

• SLEAZE MAGAZINE | 'swanna in love' book review

• anfa collective | 'fragile animals' book review

• OFFCULTURED | 'madness' book review (no longer online)

• ANFA COLLECTIVE | 'the bullet swallower' book review

self-published pieces

• Ranking: Grady Hendrix Novels

• Gay cowboys, FKA Twigs and Scooby-Doo

• Pre-teen Psychopaths, the New Lolita and Scottish Vampires

get in touch

☆ Professional enquiries
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