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Now Writing at Music Is King

April 4, 2018Leave a comment

Long before I was writing for a living, I was a music critic and production coordinator for TG4's weekly music chart show, Pop 4. Now I'm back reviewing music, this time for recently-launched site Music Is King. Music Is King seeks to promote the freshest independent, unsigned bands and artists. I'm reviewing exclusively alternative releases … Continue reading Now Writing at Music Is King

Now Writing at Interesting Engineering

March 24, 2018March 24, 2018Leave a comment

Check out my latest pieces for Interesting Engineering. Like what you see? Contact me and let's work together!

Sofia Coppola: Deeply Shallow

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

Coppola's films are very much luxury items themselves; flawlessly made, undoubtedly beautiful, but not particularly expressive of anything deeper than their surfaces.

Was It Really That Bad?

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

I felt no unease or discomfort in disclosing the fact that I’ve been assaulted, mostly because it is just that - a fact.

Interview: Director Aske Bang on his Oscar nominated short film “Silent Nights”

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

Bang’s deft direction and attention to detail imbue the film with a remarkable sense of realism; a truly impressive feat for a young director, still fresh out of film school.

Viral Monsters: Digital Cinema, Horror, and Slenderman

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

The monsters of found footage frequently reflect features associated with technology and new media, and arguably can be read as grotesque manifestations of digital dependency and its inherent dangers.

Miming His Own Business: An Interview with Doug Jones

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

Indeed, Jones’ own work is a benchmark for a kind of artistry that can’t be mimicked by graphics alone, and proves that Hollywood’s demand for professional creatures is unwavering.

Bored Game: Hollywood’s Blockbuster Toy Adaptations

November 23, 2017November 23, 2017Leave a comment

Typically, the majority of recent toy adaptations are manic action blockbusters. Much in the same vein of action films of the eighties, they revel in the hyper-masculinised, in the spectacle of destruction and, it has to be said, the degradation of women.

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About Me

Saoirse Kerrigan is an Irish writer currently based in Berlin.

 

After spending two years working in broadcast television in her native Ireland, she moved to Berlin, Germany. Since moving, her work has appeared in Candid Magazine, SonderMinds, Interesting Engineering, and Music is King.

She has also written short form video copy for National Geographic, MTV, Comedy Central, and TIME Inc.

In her free time she writes science fiction, and is currently co-writing a coming-of-age comedy with IFTA-nominated filmmaker, Natasha Waugh.

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