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Mark C. O'Flaherty

Why I’ve got a problem with <em>Promising Young Woman</em>

Why I’ve got a problem with Promising Young Woman

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"It looks like a classic teen comedy – all California pop colours and Charli XCX – but it’s a genre movie of a darker kind: rape revenge"
“Bring out your dead!” | Review: <em>Tales from the Colony Room</em> by Darren Coffield

“Bring out your dead!” | Review: Tales from the Colony Room by Darren Coffield

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Todays conservative Millennials and Gen Z readers will view all this as if it’s a TikTok from another, more prurient planet, and recoil"
Old town times two | The best hotels in Palma

Old town times two | The best hotels in Palma

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"There is little to suggest from the outside of Can Bordoy that it is as grand as it is. The walk to it involves narrow, cobbled, fairy tale alleyways that twist and turn. Then: BOOM"
Sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack and grey | John Alexander Skelton’s poetic modern menswear

Sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack and grey | John Alexander Skelton’s poetic modern menswear

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I like a mix of the country tradesman and the flamboyant lunatic aristocrat. Historically, I feel both were very true to themselves in the clothes they wore"
Neon and on and on | Review: <em>You Don’t Nomi</em>

Neon and on and on | Review: You Don’t Nomi

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Unpacking the much-maligned masterpiece Showgirls
Battleship Island

Battleship Island

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The violence of the weather, and the mangled ghostly architecture, with its mountains of rubble and rows upon rows of smashed windows, creates something weird and otherworldly. It is The Tempest, rewritten by J.G. Ballard"
Long walks, crash landings

Long walks, crash landings

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"The wreck itself, juxtaposed with the beach it will never move from, is beautiful. It is ruined and tarnished and weathered and frightening"
Review: <em>The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren</em> by Paul Gorman

Review: The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"Ruthlessly self-serving and cruel, often cringe-inducingly pretentious, but also, more than anything, a raffish savant"
Scratching the surface

Scratching the surface

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

Independent and underground cinema is a dream palace for the rediscovery of the lost landscapes of London and New York City
Review: Virgin Atlantic – London (LHR) to New York City (JFK)

Review: Virgin Atlantic – London (LHR) to New York City (JFK)

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"I wondered though – this design has cost fortunes. How many people signed off on it before it went into production?"