About Conor Smyth

Conor Smyth Conor Smyth is the Film Editor at The Thin Air and regular Banterflix contributor. Follow him @csmythrun.

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April 9th, 2020 | by Conor Smyth

Now trapped in the house, some of us have suddenly been granted that elusive free time that had previously prevented …

February 7th, 2020 | by Conor Smyth

In the dystopic locomotion of 2013’s Snowpiercer, Bong Joon Ho charted social hierarchy along the X axis. His new film, …

January 3rd, 2020 | by Conor Smyth

Grab the green bin. Greta Gerwig’s dropped in one last gift. Little Women, the seventh cinematic (re)telling of Louisa May …

November 29th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

Is this film a Ford, or a Ferrari? Le Mans ‘66 (titled Ford v Ferrari in other territories) is pretty …

October 25th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

“Yeah you’re gonna die, it’s a matter of time. That ain’t the question; question is if they have good stories to …

September 27th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

“I don’t need to tell you about loss”, Nicole Kidman’s grieving mother tells the grown-up Theodore (Ansel Elgort), her one-time …

August 26th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

Off for the bank hols but don’t fancy the North Coast? Film Hub NI have got you covered with Cinema …

July 25th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

Real life looks boring. Rocks look boring. Trees look boring. Fluffy animals look boring. No-one opens their curtains in the …

June 28th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

A weird coincidence treated Docs Ireland attendees to a pair of documentaries set in and around Gort, a small Galway …

June 24th, 2019 | by Conor Smyth

Is it strange to surf during a siege? The optics of a modern-day siege, and the visual poetics associated with …