Contributions from Ryan Finnigan | Little White Lies

Contributor Ryan Finnigan

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Long Read

A Sporting Chance: Mental health and masculinity at the movies

by Ryan Finnigan

After find­ing unex­pect­ed cathar­sis in a doc­u­men­tary about snook­er leg­end Ron­nie O’Sul­li­van, Ryan Finni­gan reflects on the inter­sec­tion of men­tal health and mas­culin­i­ty in the world of sport­ing cinema.
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Not Movies

FYI: The true horror of the public information film

by Ryan Finnigan

Cin­e­ma is enjoy­ing a mod­ern hor­ror renais­sance, but has any­thing lived up to the ter­ror of ear­ly children’s safe­ty films?