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Review: Tsar to Lenin (1937) directed by Herman Axelbank
Reviewed by James McCabe It would be difficult to imagine an event that rocked the world and changed…
Review: Strike – An Uncivil War directed by Daniel Gordon
Reviewed by Thomas Carmichael On the morning of 18 June 1984, a scorching summer’s day, 5,000 striking miners…
Irish artists pull out of SXSW festival in solidarity with Palestine
By Finn McKenna On 10 March, Belfast Irish-language rap artists Kneecap announced that they would not be performing…
Review: All of Us Strangers directed by Andrew Haigh
All of Us Strangersdirected by Andrew HaighSearchlight Pictures, 2024 By Michael Shiel Based on the novel Strangers by…
Review: The Zone of Interest directed by Jonathan Glazer
Reviewed by Robert Cosgrave In the nearly 80 years following the end of the Second World War, Nazism…
Review: Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Reviewed Cian Sevilla Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things is one of his best movies thus far. Based off Alasdair…
Review: Napoleon directed by Ridley Scott
Reviewed by C. J. McKeown “What a novel my life has been!” Napoleon reflected in exile. Indeed, we…
Review: How to Have Sex directed by Molly Manning Walker
Reviewed by Myriam Poizat-Marouki (Spoiler warning) ‘Why didn’t you say something?’ As if the closeness of the young…
Review: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Woman in MeBy Britney SpearsPublished by Gallery UK, 2023 Reviewed by Harper Cleves Britney Spears’ new memoir…
Obituary: Shane MacGowan (1957-2023)
By Finn McKenna The year 2023 will be remembered as one of great loss for Irish cultural icons.…