Arts Desk: Charlotte Prodger – Stoneymollan Trail
Charlotte Prodger appears at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios for her first solo exhibition in Ireland: Stoneymollan Trail, with guest curator Linsey Young.
Book Review: The Illogic Of Kassel – Enrique Vila-Mata
Enrique Vila-Mata’s new novel, The Illogic of Kassel, is a fascinating, sometimes genius, work which pulls the piss out of modern art while sincerely examining its place and value in…
Book Review: Beatlebone – Kevin Barry
Barry sets himself a difficult task in writing from Lennon’s own point of view; there isn’t a voice more popular or widely heard than his in history, and the familiarity…
Book Review: The Visiting Privilege – Joy Williams
Joy Williams does not like being asked glibly by readers to ‘capture the American experience.’ To say anything of America, she warns darkly, the writer must ‘write with a pen…
Book Review: Slade House – David Mitchell
Slade House is never less than thoroughly entertaining. It’s as if Nick Hornby had rewritten Rosemary’s Baby to make it more, you know, English.
Book Review: The Rebel of Rangoon – Delphine Schrank
The Rebel of Rangoon is a testament to the enormous change that can be achieved by even the most downtrodden when they believe what they’re doing is right.
Book Review: Dublin Seven – Frankie Gaffney
In Dublin Seven, coming of age feels like simultaneously signing your death sentence. This is a memorable and vibrant addition to the landscape of Dublin literature.
Cinema Review: Spotlight
There’s a lot of unspoken tension simmering beneath the surface of Spotlight, the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigation of clerical abuse.
Cinema Review: Room
Jack’s mother Joy (Larson), also imprisoned, has constructed a detailed, childish ontology to suit their environment, in which ‘Room’ is the only real, existing place, and from which they can…
Cinema Review: Last Hijack
‘A true tale of survival told from a pirate’s perspective,’ Last Hijack is a rare bird: a documentary with animation.
Cinema Review: Creed
It might not have the pathos, the glory, or the sheer absurdity of the previous films in the Rocky franchise, but at the level of pure adrenaline, it knocks them…
Cinema Review: Daddy’s Home
Daddy’s Home sees mild-mannered, loving step-dad Brad (Ferrell) fighting for the affections of his two young kids when his wife’s macho, charismatic ex-husband Dusty (Wahlberg) returns to visit the family.
Cinema Review: The Peanuts Movie
The Peanuts Movie reminds us why its comic strip endures. It’s a triumph of modern movie magic.
Cinema Review: Grandma
Tomlin is amusing and surprisingly affecting in the titular role, but that’s about as far as it goes.
Cinema Review: The Night Before
The Night Before's doesn’t exactly beat with comic timing and it delivers a lukewarm bromance. A dry, under-stuffed turkey of a Christmas picture.
December Audio Roundup: EL VY, Beach Slang + More
Totally Dublin's music writers lend their ears to a roundup of December's music releases featuring EL VY, Beach Slang, Mark Maguire, Homeshake, Oneohtrix Point Never, Velvet Underground, Jeffrey Lewis &…
EIRTAKON: Rule 42 Meets Rule 34
‘We’re very proud to have the only cloakroom in Dublin actually filled with cloaks’, proclaims Eirtakon’s Twitter account. I can try, but honestly, you’re not likely to get a much…
Cinema Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Where George Lucas and co. found their inspiration in Saturday morning serials and samurai pictures, Abrams finds his inspiration... in Star Wars.