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Nothing Compares Directed by Kathryn FergusonShowtime Documentary Films, 2022 Reviewed by Aislinn O’ Keeffe Nothing Compares opens with a young Sinead O’ Connor in 1992, supporting Bob Dylan in concert, in front of a roaring audience – with half the audience cheering,

AthenaDirected by Romain GavrasNetflix, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe (spoiler warning)  For its exhilarating 11-minute opening sequence alone, which culminates in the defiant stand of a youth rebellion in the tower blocks of a banlieue as it ominously awaits confrontation with the

By Emily Belton Spoken word play Accents opened at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin on 11 September. Accents is written by Emmet Kirwan, commissioned by Dublin Fringe Festival and produced by Kate Ferris. The play is directed by Claire O’Reilly of

An Cailín CiúinDirected by Colm BairéadInscéal / Fís Éireann TG4, 2021 Reviewed by Eóin Dawson When An Cailín Ciúin [The Quiet Girl] went up against Oscar winner, Belfast, at the Irish Film and Television Academy awards, many assumed the €1.2m budget Irish

Derry GirlsCreated by Lisa McGeeChannel 4, 2022 Reviewed by Rebecca McMonagle Channel 4’s Derry Girls returned for its third and final season of post-ceasefire mischief and mayhem. For her final season Lisa McGee pulled no punches, cramming it jammed packed with what

A Spectre, HauntingBy China MiévilleHead of Zeus, 2022 Reviewed by Eddie McCabe The Communist Manifesto is the paramount revolutionary pamphlet. And that’s not just because it’s had such a profound effect on so many revolutionary movements and events in history. Rather, it’s

Review by James Fleming Utility bills and notices are overflowing from an apartment’s postbox. “Mommy, we forgot to get our mail yesterday. And also the day before that.” So says six-year-old Eldar at the beginning of And Breathe Normally. Clearly, the child