Dublin Is Finally Being Pedestrianised – But Not By The City Council
Dublin is by no means unique in having Jagerbombed the poisons of the car age; we just happen to be taking way longer to overcome the planning hangover.
OneTwo OneTwo Music Documentary Festival: Interview with Una Mullally
Be part of the band for one weekend. Featuring documentaries on the Wainwright siblings, The National, the influential Big Star and, of course, Spinal Tap, thrown in for good measure,
Cinema Review: Cold Comes the Night
Director: Tze Chun Talent: Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston, Logan Marshall-Green, Ursula Parker Release Date: 20th September 2013 Bryan Cranston is a gifted actor, but terminal illness and the prospect of
Cinema Review: The Call
Director: Brad Anderson Talent: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund Release Date: 20th September 2013 The Call, WWE Films’ latest (and, at the time of writing, most profitable)…
Cinema Review: In Real Life
Director: Beeban Kidron Talent: Jimmy Wales, Toby Turner, Julian Assange Release Date: 20th September 2013 Beeban Kidron’s InRealLife is a documentary which aims to examine the malign effects the internet…
Fringe 2013 Review: Lambo
Think Gerry Ryan, think monster. Think sleaze, excess and a larynx drawling like gurgling butter. Unfairly or not, our images of public figures are reflexive mental sketches, biased towards the…
The Village: Cloughjordan Ecovillage
The Cloughjordan Ecovillage: how a one-horse-town is transforming into an experimental eco enclave Although brimming with historical bric a crac (fulacht fia, cairns, ring forts, bog butter (literally, butter found
Fringe 2013 Review: Lippy
“Context is everything.” Funny thing about Lippy – its premise has got outside it. The play opens with a post-show talk that deconstructs a performance that never happens, much like
Fringe 2013 Review: Distance From The Event
You can’t help but be impressed by the parallel universe created in Distance From The Event, a rich dystopia full of gangsters, light trains and robotic murders. A simple set
Open House Dublin 2013 – 100 Great Buildings
Lisa Cassidy from the excellent Built Dublin blog provides a guide to getting through the various treasures of Open House Dublin 2013.
Fringe 2013 Review: Dolls
Sorcha Kenny is an artist that practically pulses with energy and drive of a true creator. Her latest show Dolls opened in Fringe on Thursday. Five women all wearing dainty
Fringe 2013: Neil Watkins – Dinner and a Show
In the last 2 years Neil Watkins has been on a rollercoaster tour as an actor and he is acutely aware of the unique privilege it was. His brilliance was
Cinema Review: Pietà
Kim Ki-duk's 18th feature film won the Golden Lion at last year's Venice Film Festival on a technicality, with Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master unable to sweep the boards despite…
Cinema Reviews: Rush
This Ron Howard joint concerns itself with the fierce, real-life Formula One rivalry between the charismatic playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and the calculating, professional Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl), which…
Cinema Review: The Artist and the Model
Director: Fernando Trueba Talent: Jean Rochefort, Aida Folch, Claudia Cardinale, Chus Lampreave Release Date: 13th August 2013 Fernando Trueba’s latest, a collaboration with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, is a throwback to
Cinema Review: Insidious Chapter 2
Having created the original (and only decent) Saw, director James Wan has since become the poster boy of New Hollywood Horror. More recently, he’s reinforced his reputation as an auteur…
Fringe 2013 Review: GRINDR / a love story
Described by writer and star Oisín McKenna as essentially “a really long poem, but less like Byron and more like Beyoncé… if Beyoncé wrote songs about the internet and gay
Fringe 2013 Review: Whelp
Whelp, is a satirical tale about the trials faced in that time in which we try to make the leap from dependency to adulthood.