Please Give
Part of the official selection at Sundance, Please Give tells the story of a married couple who clash with the grandchildren of an elderly woman living next door. Through the
Director Antoine Fuqua Introduces Brooklyn’s Finest
What is Brooklyn’s Finest about? It’s about the pressure that police officers are under, the choices they make under that pressure, and the result is what we witness in the
Enemies
So, Enemies release their debut album, ‘We’ve Been Talking’ Friday the 11th June. We’ve been talking, and consensus is that it’s one of the best Irish guitar records of an
Tracing The Noir Roots of The Killer Inside Me
Film Noir and sexual violence have gone hand in hand since the genre’s inception in the 1940’s. Battered molls, stolen kisses, emotionally abused wives; they are part and parcel of
Kormac
Busy promoting his first full-length album, the excellent ‘Word Play’ on Dublin’s Scribble Records, and with preparation for a double Glastonbury performance well under way, Kormac is a busy man.
Kelis – Fleshtone
Becoming a parent is a life changing experience, a fact which is borne out by the amount of songs which have been written by pop stars who have just knocked
Enemies – We’ve Been Talking
Enemies have more than a whiff of I Am Brazil-album Redneck Manifesto about them, but these 9 tracks stand out for their moments of microscopic cleverness. We’ve Been Talking’s ingeniousness
Onra – Long Distance
Onra’s third LP, Long Distance, is the latest sterling release on Dublin’s All City Records. Encompassing hip-hop, R&B, boogie, and G-funk in one delicately-crafted swoop;, Long Distance is a soul-drenched
Born Ruffians – Say It
Featuring song titles like ‘Retard Canard’ and lyrics like “The only time I make sense is when I’m talking in my sleep”, the Canadian trio’s second album is a difficult
Wolf Parade – Expo 86
Wolf Parade are meant to be dead now – having followed up the best yelpy indie album of the noughties with the damningly decent At Mount Zoomer, the band should
Children Under Hoof – A Collar Can Become A Noose
The band of tweakers assembled by Box Social mastermind and general Dublin grand vizier of musical disorientation Gerard Duffy have finally got around to releasing something close to full-length. And
She’s Out of My League
A ‘5’ guy meets a ’10’ girl in one of those airport coincidences that you just couldn’t write (but yet screenwriters continue to…) From there, it’s a simple romantic comedy,
The Killer Inside Me
Set in the 1950s, The Killer Inside Me tells the story of Sheriff Ford (Affleck) who, taking advantage of the local community’s trust in him, slowly reveals himself as a
Sex Returns To The City
Where to begin? I just arrived home from watching Sex and the City 2 with my mother in our local cinema. It was a unique experience. This isn’t, of course,
The 39 Steps
There are many in the theatre world who spend the majority of time up their own arseholes, forever looking down upon commercial theatre. Our faces curdle like sour milk at
The Early Bird
In a nation that can be positively acidic towards new talent, is it any wonder that those not in-like-Flynn often skedaddle across the pond in search of love and affection?
The Importance of Being Earnest: interview with director Lynne Parker
We’ve got the city’s most successful company, Rough Magic, presenting The Importance of Being Ernest, what is arguably the nation’s favorite play by the lauded Oscar Wilde, at The Gaiety,
The Losers
Following on his recent foray into comic book movies, Jeffrey Dean Morgan swaps the Comedian’s badge for Clay’s trademark black, tie-less suit in the adaptation of Vertigo Comic’s lesser known,