Cinema Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
It's lean (by Peter Jackson standards) and mean and what's more, it's the best of a trilogy that has struggled to find its way.
Cinema Review: Big Eyes
Huh? Oh, Tim Burton’s made a biopic of Margaret Keane (Amy Adams), who made hideous paintings of children with big eyes in the 50s and 60s...
Cinema Review: A Most Violent Year
Rather than the violence of capitalist socio-economic relations, the 'violence' of the title refers to the truck-jackings that hamper Abel’s business’ growth prospects.
Cinema Review: Inherent Vice
The only aspect of the film that went universally appreciated was the soundtrack.
Win a meal for 2 at Johnnie Fox’s Pub
To celebrate the launch of their revitalised new menu this February, Johnnie Fox's Pub in Glencullen is giving away a meal for two people along with a craft beer tasting…
This Island Life: Inishbofin and Inishturk
Life on Inishbofin and Inishturk is precarious, adrift from the mainland and from the ancestral lifestyle of self-sufficiency, in search of a way forward or a way back to the…
It’s A Family Affair: Interview with Jeff Tweedy
We chatted with rock hero Jeff Tweedy about his Sukierae album made with his son Spencer under the name Tweedy, and how the Wilco family operates.
Restaurant Review: Balfe’s
Despite its lovely ambience and its menu's promise, Balfe's fell just slightly short of the mark set for itself.
Totally Dublin Weekender | January 15 -18
Weekender: |wiːkˈɛndə|– noun – what to do with your weekend.
Buddy’s Jazz Corner: Jazz Royalty
Introducing jazz royalty: an old teacher of mine once said 'It’s always best to know the classics.'
Let’s Go Swimming – Jape Interview
The now Malmö-based Richie Egan has grafted his way from hardcore pup with Blackbelt Jones, to gurning and grooving on the bass with seminal post-rock crew Redneck Manifesto, to now
Restaurant Review: East Side Tavern
I try not to find out too much about a restaurant before I visit, preferring instead to wait until afterwards to research. I like arriving without any preconceived notions of
Best Irish Music of 2014
Never been one to believe in the idea of a good/bad year for music. That said there was plenty of good stuff released by Irish peeps in 2014. Here’s a
Book Review: Hitler’s Irish Voices – David O’Donoghue
Hitler's Irish Voices is a fascinating study of the intrigue and machinations that surrounded our little country during 'The Emergency'.
Book Review: Let Me Be Frank With You – Richard Ford
Richard Ford's latest book in the Frank Bascombe series of novellas is an uneven, uneasy but still compelling book.
Book Review: The Zone of Interest – Martin Amis
Martin Amis' The Zone of Interest returns to the theme he first explored with Time’s Arrow: the utter, futile impossibility of comprehending the Holocaust, coupled with the urgent necessity to…
Book Review: Beta-Life, Stories from an A-life Future
Beta-Life is a collection of stories set in an imagined year 2070 where each author is paired with a scientist consultant to ensure that the technology described is accurately based…