Madagascar was released in 2005 by DreamWorks Animation and this year turns twenty years old. It is a fun filled, vibrant, ...

Todd Haynes’ Safe turns 30 this year, whilst undeniably relevant to dominant culture upon its release — often interpreted by viewers as an allegorical take on the AIDS crisis — it is exceedingly ...

Planning a trip to the countryside this summer, or maybe a week to the beach? Surely you won’t be leaving without your ...

Final year film student at UCD, currently living in County Meath. When I'm not watching films, I'm probably writing about them! You can read my work at Headstuff, Oxygen, and The University Observer.

When the film Whose Streets? premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in 2017, it appeared to encapsulate in cinematic form the anger and promise of the Black Lives Matter moment, in the face of what ...

Partly drawing on her own experiences as a young adult growing up in homeless accommodation, with Lollipop (2024) director ...

Well, folks, we’re nearing the end of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, that time of year which sees the world’s biggest movie stars descend upon La Croisette, bringing with them a spate of shiny new ...

Some artists try to write music that moves people. Hunter Benson writes like he needs to — like each lyric is a way of surviving. With his latest single, “Heaven’s Letter,” the singer-songwriter and ...

Ciarán O’Rourke chats with filmmaker Alessandra Celesia, whose excellent new documentary, The Flats, set in New Lodge, a housing estate in north Belfast, examines the lasting impact of the Troubles ...

Progressive rock has always been a genre defined by its restlessness; its hunger to explore the unknown, to push past sonic borders and traditional song structures. With their new album Once There Was ...

Wondering how to get into The Armed? You’re not alone. They don’t make it easy — and that’s the point. Too loud for indie rock, too irreverent for hardcore, too well-read for meathead gym-metal, and ...

It’s over! The movie stars have deserted the French seaside town of Cannes, the reviews have been filed, the red carpets rolled up, and the world’s press now move on to what’s really important — ...