Don't Luc now!CRITICS - who needs 'em? Not Bruce Willis, who famously remarked at this year's Cannes Film Festival that had movie reviews don…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
TOP PORKERSWHAT do John Paul II, Yasser Arafat, Helmut Kohl and Bill Clinton think of their unwitting participation in Fine Gael's campaign…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
Bertie sticks to good suitONE might have expected a Young Leader for a Young Country to make a mild fashion statement for his big night, but Bertie wore…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Hand-to-mouth mobsters"PEOPLE often say - and I've thought it myself that the reason gangster movies are so perennially popular is because they're …Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
What's another year?BRIGHT lights, flashy graphics, a superficial contest in which only the blandest survive yes.Sat Apr 26 1997 - 01:00
With a view to a voteSTILL almost three weeks left to the British general election and already the campaign feels as if it's been going on forever…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Trash town?IF it hadn't been for the huge success of Trainspotting, admits director Kevin Allen, his own debut film Twin Town, almost certainly…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
FAIR DUESTUCKED away behind the jumble of prefab offices and concrete car parks at the back of RTE's Donnybrook headquarters is a little…Sat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
Icons of North set scene for Sheridan movieA DERELICT part of Dublin's docklands has been turned into a little piece of Belfast for the next two months for a major new …Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
Changed utterlyIT'S a feeling we've all experienced; you go to the cinema to see an adaptation of one of your favourite books, and you come …Sat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Out with the oldies"IT was a time of remarkable innocence," says film maker Louis Marcus of the eight years, from 1956 to 1964, covered in his new…Sat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Son of HarrisTHERE'S a scene in the new Irish film Gold In The Streets where Jared Harris, who plays the toughest, most cynical member of …Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Film festival opens with world firstTHE 12th Dublin Film Festival opened last night at the Ambassador Cinema with the world premiere of the Irish film A Further …Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
Barman, this beer ad is flatWHERE have all those dreadful Guinness commercials gone? You know the ones, with the stage Irishman wittering on about the "secret…Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
Neeson voted best actor for role in Collins filmLIAM NEESON has won this year's Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Michael Collins…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Making a play at TV dramaTHE relationship between film and television drama is a fluid and constantly shifting oneFri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTHDEAD Kennedys, their assassins and their rivals, haunted the airwaves this week, in fiction, fantasy and documentarySat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Revising the pastTHE past is a foreign country, but how they do things there in the world of television depends very much on the fashions of the…Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Shine shinesTHE Golden Satellite Awards, announced on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, reflected the openness of this year's field in the …Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Mixed reviews for "Some Mother's Son"THE Irish film Some Mother's Son has received mixed reviews after its British premiere on Thursday nightSat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
The woman who shot Warhol"I Shot Andy Warhol" (members and guests only) IFC, DublinFri Jan 10 1997 - 00:00
A musical which sings from the screen"Evita" (PG) Savoy, Virgin, Omniplex, UCIs, DublinFri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
. . . but no, seriouslyRTE kicks off 1997 with a range of new variety and documentary seriesSat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
First-timers score in styleIN a year which saw Ireland's foremost director produce the most significant film of his career to date, it may seem perverse…Fri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Fresh Irish films under the spotlightTHERE has been a lot of blather over the last few years about a "renaissance" in Irish cinemaSat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
The Borgs are back"Star Trek: First Contact" (12) Savoy, Virgin, Omniplex, UCIsFri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
Trekkies clash with mightier Federation"MAKE it so", is all the captain of the USS Enterprise normally needs to say to get the job doneFri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
A mercurial first featureWRITER director Martin Duffy admits there is more than a touch of autobiography in his debut feature film, The Boy From Mercury…Fri Dec 06 1996 - 00:00
Northside grafter shows he's a class actTHE unemployed Northsider in Tide Van contrasts with the comfortable niche Colm Meaney has carved out as a respected and much…Sat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
Pictures of my father"THE thing that I knew in theory, but which didn't become real until it actually happened, was that the relationship with somebody…Sat Nov 30 1996 - 00:00
"Michael Collins" breaks Irish box office recordsONE week after its release, Neil Jordan's film, Michael Collins, has broken box office records in Ireland and gone straight to…Sat Nov 16 1996 - 00:00
Some down to Earth humourFRIEND's Frasier, Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Caroline In The City, Roseanne, Ellen, Cybill..Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
Stoic scholar lured by clash of politicsWHEN John Bowman welcomes viewers to Questions and Answers on Monday night it will be an important landmark in Irish television…Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00
First nochtSO, here it is... after years of lobbying, plotting and planning, Teilifis na Gaeilge finally hits our screens at 8 p.mSat Oct 26 1996 - 01:00
Creating an English island in IrelandTHE Big House is a familiar subject for TV drama, but tonight's Screen Two version of Henry Green's novel Loving, set in an Anglo…Sat Oct 19 1996 - 01:00
New Irish films star at CorkTRADITIONALLY, the second weekend of the Cork Film Festival is a time for Irish film making, with the Irish Shorts programmes…Fri Oct 18 1996 - 01:00
A letdown on LeesideWITH an increased financial commitment from principal sponsors Murphy's Stout, and with festival director Michael Hannigan's …Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
House packed for Cork Film Festival openingTHE 41st Cork Film Festival opened last night at the city's Opera House with a screening of Trevor Nunn's adaptation of Shakespeare…Mon Oct 07 1996 - 01:00
Finding the new frontierOVER the last 15 years, John Sayles has become a role model for many aspiring film-makers in the US and around the world with…Fri Oct 04 1996 - 01:00
German wins best animated film awardTHE annual European CARTOON Forum, held this year in Galway city, closed on Saturday night with the announcement of this year…Mon Sept 23 1996 - 01:00
"There's no such thing as an unbiased film""I didn't think that you could make a film from the position of the hunger strikers or the British government," says the writer…Fri Sept 13 1996 - 01:00
The ratings gameEVERYONE knows what the TAMs are, but from this week on we're going to have to get used to the NeilsensSat Sept 07 1996 - 01:00