Cinema Review: The Selfish Giant
A very loose, social realist adaptation of the Oscar Wilde short story of the same name, Clio Barnard's tale of two boys ― Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas, as Arbor…
Cinema Review: Muscle Shoals
Given the recent welter of music-related documentaries (Very Extremely Dangerous, Beware of Mr Baker, Sound City), the arrival of Muscle Shoals is not the most exciting prospect...
Cinema Review: Ender’s Game
Based on the novel of the same name by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of a gifted child, Ender (Asa Butterfield), conscripted into a global military in…
Cinema Review: Philomena
If you weren’t from Ireland, the true-life story recounted in Philomena might resonate more strongly as a tale of the abuses perpetrated by religious orders in this country and the…
Cinema Review: The Taste of Money
The Taste of Money is unfortunately ultimately plagued by the same sort of shallowness it ostensibly seeks to expose.
Cinema Review: Gloria
Director: Sebastián Lelio Talent: Paulina Garcia, Sergio Hernandez, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora, Coca Guazzini Release Date: 1st November 2013 Ignore the Spanish and this could be Frances Ha: the Later
Cinema Review: Gravity
Gravity is plagued by the sort of sentimental humanism that wins Oscars, but offers little by way of genuine insight or illumination.
Colouring Outside the Lines: Interview with Crayonsmith
We caught up with Ciarán and Richie on the eve of their Cork album launch gig to have a chat about the new record.
Literary Review: Koestenbaum | Sampsell | Schwartz
My 1980s & Other Essays Wayne Koestenbaum Walter Benjamin once spoke about the modern world growing ‘poor in threshold experiences’. Wayne Koestenbaum, hearing this, made
Interview with Designer Mary Fitzpatrick
Cavan-native Mary Fitzpatrick has impressed many with her graduate collection, items from which are now on sale in Powerscourt’s Design Centre.
Cinema Review: Thor: The Dark World
Thor: The Dark World's makers know not to outstay their welcome, and the result is a pleasantly entertaining alternative to the ponderousness of DC's current output.