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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Top of the Docs
Another 'of the decade' list. This time it's documentaries.
For my money, the two best documentaries of the decade are James Marsh's spellbinding Man on Wireand Charles Ferguson's devastating, infuriating No End in Sight.
I think 'Bowling For Columbine' definitely deserves to be in there - the most worthwhile and well argued of Michael Moore's films. It tells us a lot about life in America at the turn of the century.
I like BFC as well - I saw Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story in the US last month. It has some terrific moments but doesn't work as a whole. I also love Fahrenheit 9/11 purely because it's so angry and politically biased!
I'm 28, from Kilkenny originally and living in Dublin for the past six years.
I graduated with an MA in Journalism from DIT in 2006.
I work as a feature writer for the Irish Independent and the Irish Examiner.
I worked in the Irish Daily Star for 18 months as a news and features subeditor, before going full-time freelance in January 2008.
Over the years I've also reviewed books for The Irish Times, as well wording it up for Gay Community News (GCN), the Sunday Tribune, the Irish Daily Mail, The Event Guide, The Dubliner and The Spanner, as well as UCD Today and UCD Connections magazines.
I'm occasionally known to pop up on The Last Word on Today FM and on various shows on NewsTalk 106-108FM, such as Tom Dunne, Lunchtime with Eamon Keane, The Right Hook, Culture Shock, and Weekend Blend, and have also made censors nervous on Spin, Phantom and RTE 2FM on Dave Fanning's show. I've made some inroads into TV, appearing on The Morning Show with Sybil and Martin, and Midday (pre-Sisterhood takeover), both on TV3. Watch out Tubridy!
You can contact me at declan.cashin@gmail.com
2 comments:
I think 'Bowling For Columbine' definitely deserves to be in there - the most worthwhile and well argued of Michael Moore's films. It tells us a lot about life in America at the turn of the century.
I like BFC as well - I saw Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story in the US last month. It has some terrific moments but doesn't work as a whole. I also love Fahrenheit 9/11 purely because it's so angry and politically biased!
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