Sean Gallen

Seán is a half Irish, half Martiniquais writer and filmmaker. He studied Film and English Literature at the University of Glasgow before moving to Berlin in 2014. He doesn't enjoy long walks on the beach because he hates finding sand in his shoes four weeks later.

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    Identifying Features
    ★★★★★

    There are few more highly politicised borderlands in the world than the US...

    Sean Gallen 25th January 2021
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    Cinema
    Identifying Features
    ★★★★★

    There are few more highly politicised borderlands in the world than the US...

    Sean Gallen 22nd January 2021
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    Cinema
    Jiu Jitsu
    ★★★★★

    When one says Nicholas Cage film, what comes to mind? Aliens? Martial arts? Low-budget, ...

    Sean Gallen 7th December 2020
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    Movie review
    Asia
    ★★★★★

    Mother-daughter relationships are traditionally strained during the teenage years; the daughter...

    Sean Gallen 19th November 2020
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    Movie review
    I Am Greta
    ★★★★★

    Few stories of resistance have had the same gravitational pull as Greta Thunberg’s. T...

    Sean Gallen 12th October 2020
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    Film festivals
    Predators (I Predatori)
    ★★★★★

    Class shapes us as people, influencing how ...

    Sean Gallen 14th September 2020
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    Film festivals
    Tragic Jungle (Selva Trágica)
    ★★★★★

    Banshees. Succubi. Mermaids. No ma...

    Sean Gallen 14th September 2020
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    Film festivals
    Samp
    ★★★★★

    What makes a trash film like Samurai Cop or The Toxic Avenger a cult...

    Sean Gallen 11th September 2020
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    Film festivals
    The State of Texas vs. Melissa
    ★★★★★

    Death row is home to the prisone...

    Sean Gallen 12th May 2020
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    Film festivals
    499
    ★★★★★

    How long does it take for the scars of colonisation to heal? Can the...

    Sean Gallen 2nd May 2020