Cinema Review: A Date For Mad Mary
A Date for Mad Mary makes the most of its Drogheda setting while remaining universal in its appeal.
Barfly: Idlewild
Idlewild is a very pretty bar, and it even boasts an extremely bright staircase on the way up from the toilets, which makes you feel slightly like you’re ascending to…
Cinema Review: Julieta
The two leads, Julieta young and old, tug at our heartstrings throughout. It’s a beautiful film about a messy life.
Cinema Review: Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad limps from derivative set-piece to derivative set-piece until it not so much ends as just stops, mercifully.
Film Interview: Paddy Breathnach – Viva
“For me, the film is about becoming" Director Paddy Breathnach talks about his new film Viva which won the Audience Award at the Audi Dublin Film Festival earlier this year,…
August Audio: The Avalanches, Grumbling Fur, Globelamp + More
August Audio: We listen to new releases from The Avalanches, Grumbling Fur, Wild Beasts, Ensemble Éiru, Globelamp, The Julie Ruin, Dinosaur jar and Samaris
Is Art Games? The Night Cafe, Box Box Boy, GoldenEye 007
The most daunting challenges in games, ahead of any set-piece boss battles, are the ones we set ourselves. The Night Cafe, Box Box Boy, GoldenEye 007. Is Art Games?
Cinema Review: Lights Out
Lights Out is naïve, uninformed and even irresponsible. Not enough thought went into this one.
August Bitesize: Vinyl Brunch, Two Boys Brew, Piply & More
August Bitesize: Lots of love for Two Boys Brew, Vinyl Brunch at The CookBook Cafe, Piply Service, BubbleClaws at the Marker and The Irish Whiskey Awards
Camden Exchange and Totally Dublin Craft Beer & Cider Fest 2016
Join us for a celebration of all things Craft and Brewing as we team up with Camden Exchange for Dublin's newest craft beer and street food event!
Dalkey Lobster Festival 2016
Fancy crab, lobster and all that jazz? Head to the picturesque coastal village of Dalkey at the end of the month for the return of the Dalkey Lobster Fest!
Cinema Review: Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
While the talented cast certainly give it their best shot, the material simply does not reward their efforts. Mike and Dave need wedding dates.
Cinema Review: David Brent: Life on the Road
Life on the Road resurrects everyone’s favourite (?) bozo David Brent and follows his attempts at breaking into the music industry.
Cinema Review: Captain Fantastic
Captain Fantastic has the potential to ask interesting questions about how to live well in an irreparably compromised society. Instead it gets by on cheap characterisations of what reactionaries think…
Cinema Review: Viva
Viva is an uplifting and gorgeously crafted film dealing with universal themes of family, love, passion and self-actualisation.
Review: And the Weak Suffer What They Must?… Yanis Varoufakis
Yanis Varoufakis, Greek ex-Finance Minister and economist, has brought us another big tale of economic mythology and tragedy.
BeKreativ – Beatyard
Perhaps the secret to Beatyard’s success is the brazen embrace of the multi-disciplinary festival model.
Up on Cyprus Avenue: Lucy Caldwell Interview
“I wanted to write a collection that focused on something else, on other lives that happened during that time which were just as rich as the Troubles but that weren’t…