Micmacs: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Interviewed
Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a rarity; a foreign-language filmmaker who has time and time again managed to make films which are successful in the mainstream international market. Always audience pleasers, his
Leap Year
Leap Year has the proud honour of being the first film in years I almost walked out of. Not before ripping my eyes out first. In this romcom, Amy Adams
Micmacs
This most recent effort from acclaimed French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet is certainly one of his most interesting efforts. For the first time he has merged the darkness of his earlier
Extraordinary Measures
Extraordinary Measures is the first film to be made by CBS Films, the film division of the CBS corporation. Ironic really, as early reviews of film describe it as an
The Lovely Bones
Based on the best selling novel by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones tells the story of Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a girl who is murdered and now rests in the
The Headless Woman
Argentinian film The Headless Woman is a challenging narrative for an audience. Driving home from work one day Vero (Onetto) runs over something in her car. However, rather than stop
Ponyo
I went into the press-screening of Ponyo with high hopes. I’ve rarely enjoyed a children’s film since I stopped being a stupid, stupid child, but I had genuinely appreciated both
Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief
Chris Columbus must feel like he’s stepped back in time. Directing the first film of a series of novels, telling the story of a boy with special powers and his
Off Plan
Two years after the success of Splendor, RAW theatre company and its artistic director Rachel West are back in town with OFF PLAN, a modern adaptation of The Oresteia by
Goody Two Xius
From putting a nude rent boy on an album cover to writing the lines “Did you know you were going to shoot off the top of a four year old
Haunted – Interview With Brenda Blethyn
When it comes to pulling in the big guns to tread across our boards Irish theatre has come up pretty short of late, so this month’s production of Haunted at
Marcel Dettmann
Marcel Dettmann is a busy man. On top of maintaining a residency at Berlin’s infamous Berghain nightclub for over a decade, he holds down a regular job at seminal vinyl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Although It’s Blitz! seems to have been out for an eternity at this stage, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a new single off their acclaimed third album. One of
Nino Rota’s Note-Perfect Soundtracks
The Jameson International Film Festival isn’t just confined to the cinemas – there is an evening of Nino Rota’s film soundtrack work on at the National Concert Hall on February
Ninja Assassin
From the director from V for Vendetta (James McTeigue), Ninja Assassin packs shock and gore into this very violent B-Movie. Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, Raizo has
The Boys are Back
The Boys Are Back is the first film director Scott Hicks has made in Australia since his critically acclaimed Shine. Taking on another true story (of sorts), he attempts to
Starry Eyed
After being named Sound of 2010, the much-touted singer Ellie Goulding may indeed be starry-eyed herself. With debut album Lights on its way, ‘Starry Eyed’ is Goulding’s first major release
Asian Dub Foundation
Bhangra-Punk innovators and Britain’s most politically conscious band Asian Dub Foundation return to Dublin this month to try out some unrecorded material from their new album on an Irish audience.