Babylon is a beautiful, chaotic, messy three-hour epic centred around the transition from silent films to sound. Damien’s Chazelle $80 million project follows three protagonists – Manny Torres (Diego Calva), Nellie LaRoy (Margot Robbie) and Jack Conrad (Brad Pitt) – as they navigate this shift from different angles. It is a ridiculous picture with incredible highs and disastrous lows as …
Cruella Deville or Cruella Cringe? That is the question. I recently watched the 2021 Disney Cruella movie, starring Emma Stone. This is yet another live action Disney remake that revolves around the villain who infamously kills dalmatian puppies to create morbid yet glamorous fur coats. The movie focuses on Cruella’s backstory, where it is revealed that her real name is …
Ava is a Dubliner living in Hong Kong, supporting herself by teaching English to primary school children. She struggles to open up to her fellow teachers and fails to make friends outside of her dysfunctional relationship with Julian and her potentially functional relationship with the busy Edith. Julian lets her live in his apartment rent free in an unacknowledged Friends …
It feels every town in Ireland has a story about a celebrity encounter. In my town of Cahir there was Richard Burton staying in Cahir Park, Mel Gibson visiting the local café and most recently , Matt Damon greeting a legion of fans as he stepped out of his SUV to film the upcoming medieval epic The Last Duel. Such …
It’s only been six months since the release of her smash hit album “Sweetener” and the queen of pop Ariana Grande has just released her follow up album “thank u, next”. The recent turmoil the star has faced in her personal life provides the singer with a lot to touch on in this album, and she certainly does it in her own unique way.
By: Nicky Anderson ‘We need to recognise nightlife’s contribution to the culture of this Island’ – Senator Fintan Warfield to the Seanad, 24 January, 2019. Give us the Night (GUTN) is an independent volunteer group of professionals within the music industry, who are campaigning to bring about a change to the licensing laws in Ireland, with particular regard to nightclubs. …
By Maoilíosa Ní Loideáin Back in 2017, you may remember the story in the news of a cancelled festival due to the appalling conditions that the festival-goers found themselves in once they landed in the Bahamas. You may have then forgotten all about it. Netflix are never nothing but on the pulse of the cultural zeitgeist, and have brought the …
The culture’s fascination with crime and serial killers seems to be at an all-time high, and that fascination for many has become satiated with an abundance of true crime series and documentaries now readily available to us on Netflix. The streaming platform’s most recent offering: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, takes us back to the time when …
By: Mike Finnerty Exit Light, Enter Night There won’t be a mainstream movie as weird as Glass released for a long time. You’ll still have the likes of your Clare Dennis’, your David Lynch’s and your David Cronenberg’s putting out their indie arthouse fare, but with the possible exception of Ang Lee and Darren Aronofsky, no one does weird mainstream …
Mayo-raised, Limerick-based singer-songwriter Conor Ward is set to play University Concert Hall this Thursday. It’s fitting his support slot for Mundy will will take place during UL Students Life Men’s Health Week, as mental health is something that is close to his heart. It’s something he’s written about in his music, his latest single ‘Hope’ being a particularly …