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Review: Satluj directed by Honey Trehan

By Adil Sayyed Films have always been political, and their influence can threaten political mechanisms, as seen when Satluj, a new historical drama from India, was taken down from a streaming platform mere two days after its release. No official reason was

Jul 16, 2026

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Review: Dopesick – a look into the psychopathy of capitalism

By Fiona Ryan Dopesick hit streaming platforms in November and has shocked audiences with its broadly factual take on the machinery behind OxyContin and the wide scale misery caused by addiction to the drug. Dopesick chronicles the rise of the so-called “miracle

Dec 16, 2021

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Review: Elsewhere directed by Michael Gallen

By Finn McKenna Elsewhere, the opera by Michael Gallen based around the Monaghan Soviet which ran in the Abbey Theatre (15-20 November), was somehow both unique and familiar. It was also surreal, absurd and a performance that this reviewer has no yardstick

Dec 2, 2021

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Review: Arise: Power, Strategy & Union Resurgence

Arise: Power, Strategy & Union ResurgenceBy Jane HolgatePluto Press, 2021 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien While being a historical and contemporary study of rising and falling fortunes of the British trade union movement, there is much in this book of interest to activists

Nov 13, 2021

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Why is everyone talking about Squid Game?

By Finn McKenna *Spoiler alert throughout* Squid Game has the entire world talking. The series based in South Korea is the most watched show on Netflix of all time; 110 million Netflix viewers have streamed the show. Considering the series was only

Oct 31, 2021

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Review: What Britain did to Nigeria by Max Siollun

Hurst Publishers, 2021 Reviewed by Manus Lenihan The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States last year raised new questions for millions of people about racism and the history of slavery. But it also encouraged more people to think about imperialism.

Oct 19, 2021

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Review of RTÉ’s “Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga” – the fraud of “popular capitalism”

By Robert Cosgrave The RTÉ documentary, Sold: The Eircom Shares Saga, is not without its limitations, but it’s a more interesting fare than most of what you’d get from the “national broadcaster”. The documentary charts the story of the privatisation of the

Oct 14, 2021

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Review: The Care Crisis by Emma Dowling

Reviewed by Caitriona Ní Chatháin In her book The Care Crisis: What Caused It and How Can We End It, Emma Dowling explores the multifaceted world of care, and its degradation under decades of neoliberalism, and capitalism today. With a special focus

Sep 30, 2021

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Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

Reviewed by Harper Cleves Sally Rooney’s third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, was one of the most anticipated and hyped-up book releases in recent memory. For about two months in advance all of Dublin seemed to be waiting with bated breath

Sep 20, 2021

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Film review: Wildfire directed by Cathy Brady

By Kevin Henry Wildfire tells the story of two sisters, Lauren and Kelly, who grew up in a fictional Irish border town. The film starts with Kelly finally returning home after going missing and focuses on the bond between the sisters as

Sep 15, 2021

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Review: The Mauritian directed by Kevin Macdonald

By Robert Ruane This is the harrowing, inspirational and true story of a prisoner who spent 14 years in Guantánamo Bay without a single charge against him and while experiencing extremely inhuman treatment. The director Kevin Macdonald splits the film into three

Jul 28, 2021

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