"Beaumarchais" (15s) Light HouseThe veteran French director of light comedy, Edouard Molinaro, is best known here for La Cage Aux Folles, and the star of that…Fri Aug 30 1996 - 01:00
IRISH FILMS SINCE 1988Sir, - Luke Gibbons was not the only academic attending the conference on Irish cinema at the University of Virginia last May…Thu Aug 29 1996 - 01:00
Boldly goingTHE most famous split infinitive in the English language celebrates its 30th birthday on Monday, when BBC 2 devotes an evening…Sat Aug 24 1996 - 01:00
Warning bellesIN a week without one home grown programme worthy of note, RTE trumpeted the arrival of Savannah, the latest offering from Hollywood…Sat Aug 17 1996 - 01:00
Living in the past?IN the mid 1980s, during the first sustained wave of indigenous film production backed by the Irish Film Board in its first incarnation…Fri Aug 16 1996 - 01:00
Beyond the bloated plexbusterFOR anyone whose interest in movies extends beyond the bloated plexbusters currently dominating our screens, BBC 2's Moving Pictures…Fri Aug 09 1996 - 01:00
Sleaze TVTHE gormless looking youth is brought out from the sound proof booth and reunited with his girlfriend for the big questionSat Jul 27 1996 - 01:00
From Hollywood hunk to respectedGABRIEL Byrne is now, and the familiar aquiline features have become more craggy with the years, but for his many Irish female…Sat Jul 20 1996 - 01:00
Real good trashMOST people think you need millions of pounds to make a feature film, but not 22 year old Enda Hughes from Keady in Co, Armagh…Fri Jul 19 1996 - 01:00
Let the Games beginTHE Summer O Sport rolls remorselessly on (regardless of Eileen Battersby's admirable enthusiasm in Weekend 12)Sat Jul 13 1996 - 01:00
Razor fights in the Summer of LoveIN the 1960's, when director Gillies MacKinnon and his brother Billy were growing up in Glasgow, the city was gripped by "razor…Fri Jul 12 1996 - 01:00
Changing the face of broadcasting?THE Changing Face of Ireland, a pleasant if unremarkable new series beginning next Thursday on RTE 1, is the sort of harmless…Tue Jul 09 1996 - 01:00
Changing the face of broadcasting?THE Changing Face of Ireland, a pleasant if unremarkable new series beginning next Thursday on RTE 1, is the sort of harmless…Sat Jul 06 1996 - 01:00
First steps to filmWITH increasing interest and opportunities in careers in the film and television industries among young people in Ireland, one…Fri Jun 07 1996 - 01:00
Joyful selection kick-starts Euro 96WITH seven days to go to the start of the European Football Championships, one selection is already causing controversySat Jun 01 1996 - 01:00
How is the new Doctor Who likely to fare in the brave new world of cybersluts and ninja warriors? Hugh Linehan anticipates the special feature length drama to be screened next MondayAFTER an absence of seven years, Doctor Who is backSat May 25 1996 - 01:00
Green on the screen makes a critic see redIS there a conspiracy afoot in the Irish film industry? Alexander Walker, film critic of the Evening Standard in London, seems…Sat May 18 1996 - 01:00
Actor says Shakespeare's archetypal heroes should be brought up to date"THERE will always be some people who think that Shakespeare's plays should be set in a far distant land with floppy hats," the…Mon May 06 1996 - 01:00
Personal about violenceAS an Irish person, you can't avoid being emotionally involved in the events of the last 25 yearsSat May 04 1996 - 01:00
A century of moving picturesIT was 100 years ago today, on April 20th 1896, that Dan Lowrey's Star of Erin Theatre of Varieties unveiled "the world's most…Sat Apr 20 1996 - 01:00
Home TruthsEACH programme is `one' person's story, explains director Alan Gilsenan of his new series Home Movie Nights, based on a treasure…Sat Apr 06 1996 - 01:00
The worst show on earthFOR those of you who have never actually sat up for Oscar night, one word of advice - don'tSat Mar 23 1996 - 00:00
Channel 4 goes shopping for copsTHE Blue Light Zone, every Saturday evening for the next seven weeks on Channel 4, is described by the commissioning editor, …Sat Mar 09 1996 - 00:00
Men's troublesANYONE watching BBC 2 over the last few days may have seen the trailer for The Trouble With Men, next week's series about male…Sat Feb 24 1996 - 00:00
Telling it like it is, as it happensIN the 1980s, some idealists believed in a brave new world of untrammelled access to the airwavesSat Feb 03 1996 - 00:00
Nevada nightmaresIN the opening titles of Mike Figgis's Leaving Las Vegas, the tinsel credits flicker tantalisingly over a wide shot of the city…Fri Jan 26 1996 - 00:00
Rich pickings for Dublin festivalTHE first of what promises to be an unprecedented crop of feature films from new Irish directors in 1996 will be premiered at…Fri Jan 19 1996 - 00:00
IN BLACK COUNTRYSITTING in Bewley's on Dublin's Westmoreland Street, Cathal Black looks relaxed and cheerful - not surprisinglyThu Jan 04 1996 - 00:00