Paul O'Callaghan

Freelance writer and editor based in Berlin.

Paul is film editor at Exberliner magazine, and you can read more of his thoughts on arts and culture at Sight & Sound, Slant and Sleek. As a copywriter, he's worked for high-profile clients in the media and travel industries including the BFI, Expedia and the Endemol Shine Group.

Film Editor's Choice: July 2019

Exberliner

This film portrays the timeless social ambition of an iconic Berlin Bauhaus complex

Sleek

Advocate first look: bittersweet portrait of a tenacious Israeli lawyer

Sight & Sound

Film Editor's Choice: June 2019

Exberliner

Copywriting sample: Adult weekend getaways to make your spirit soar

VRBO

Where to begin with the Marvel Cinematic Universe

BFI

Eyes Wide Shut, 20 years on: How does Stanley Kubrick’s last testament stand up?

BFI

Film Editor's Choice: April 2019

Exberliner

Pushing back at the patriarchy: Berlin Feminist Film Week

Exberliner

Why we needed two movies about Berghain’s iconic bouncer Sven Marquardt at this year’s Berlinale

Sleek

The visually stunning documentary giving a provocative account of a Berlin sex worker

Sleek

The Berlinale Blog

Exberliner

10 provocative queer films you need to see this year

INDIE

Berlinale 2019: The bear essentials

Exberliner

Queer Kenya on the rise: Rafiki

Exberliner

Film Editor's Choice: January 2019

Exberliner

Virtual Voyages at Venice Film Festival 2018

Sight & Sound

Vox Lux first look: a roiling satire of post-traumatic popsploitation

Sight & Sound

A Star Is Born first look: Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga revive a Hollywood tale for the YouTube age

Sight & Sound

Review: First Man

Slant

Five trails for navigating Westworld

BFI

Review: Generation Wealth

Slant

10 great anime films of the 21st Century

BFI

Linn da Quebrada’s Manifesto for Dismantling Machismo & Patriarchy

Sleek

How The Shawshank Redemption became the internet’s favourite film

BFI

Immersion island: virtual reality at the 2017 Venice Film Festival

Sight & Sound

Erika Lust: 'I’m taking the ugliness out of porn'

Sleek

Five reasons to celebrate Princess Mononoke – Hayao Miyazaki’s animated masterpiece turns 20

BFI

Gay liberation in the Mauerstadt: Jochen Hick

Exberliner

10 great films that influenced Quentin Tarantino

BFI

Back in Clubland: Romauld Karmaker

Exberliner

Game-changing game movies

BFI