Barfly: Frank Ryan’s
Frank Ryan's has been plying it’s off-kilter approximation of pint o’plain traditionalism since in or around the last ice age.
Book Review: Flâneuse: Women Walk the City – Lauren Elkin
With this book, Elkin hopes to track down the female equivalent – the flâneuse – to ‘see where a woman might fit into the cityscape.’
Audio Review: (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
Over the course of Rocket, Alex G showcases a sincere, humanist warmth wholly uncommon in an artistic landscape that often priorities courageous expectations into the unmapped regions of one’s own…
Cinema Review: Baywatch
About as good as you could expect, and certainly an improvement on the source material.
Book Review: Ottessa Moshfegh – Homesick for Another World
Overall these stories paint a stunningly unique picture of contemporary disenchantment that goes beyond glassy-eyed millennial ennui.
Cinema Review: The Other Side of Hope
Topical, poignant and surprisingly funny, Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s The Other Side of Hope is a fable about the Syrian refugee crisis.
Cinema Review: I Am Not Madame Bovary
Most of the time we watch the action unfold within a circle, as though through a telescope or peephole, with the rest of the screen blacked out.
May Audio Reviews: Timbre Timbre, Black Angels, Cat Palace + More!
From dark atmospheric soundscapes to freakish beauty. Even the strings are strung out.
Fresh Roast: Colin Harmon 3fe
Colin Harmon of 3fe fame is the undisputed doyen of the independent coffee scene. He has just written his anecdotal and instructional guide What I Know About Running Coffee Shops.
Cinema Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge
In case you didn’t get enough pirates in the first four Pirates of the Caribbean films, here’s a fifth.
Win A Pair of Tickets to Striptease at Dublin Dance Festival!
We've got a pair of tickets up for grabs to Striptease, a really fun, cheeky show about the age-old art of undressing.
Cinema Review – King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Guy Ritchie’s take on the Arthurian legend is a dour, predictable and completely incoherent mess that’s surely destined to become an epic flop.
Restaurant Review: Urchin Bar
Exceptional food and stellar service is second nature here.
You Don’t Have to Be Restricted to the Irish Lotto Anymore
Lottoland offers players from all around the world an alternative way to get involved in official lotteries and jackpots.
To Know The Dancer From The Dance
Showcasing the best of Irish and international dance, the curtain lifts on the Dublin Dance Festival. Here’s what’s in store for from those fleet of foot.
What If Dublin… Loved its Little Lanes?
Such places might be enlisted for our Capital of Cool, as restful, easy counterpoints to the braggart bustling streets around them.
In Search of Quality: Tommy Vivian Coppinger Row
Tommy Vivian is the mixologist maestro of the perpetually buzzy Coppinger Row.