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The revolution introduced me to art, and art, in its own turn, brought me to the revolution.

Sergei Eisenstein

Top Gun – Maverick: expelled from the bowels of the Military-Entertainment Complex

7 June 2022 / 368

In 1990, Tom Cruise, star of the 1986 blockbuster, ‘Top Gun’, said: ‘Some people felt that “Top Gun” was a right-wing film to promote the Navy. And a... Continue reading

David Edwards

Films

Culture for All: Why Film Matters

12 May 2022 / 378

As part of the Culture for All series, supported by the Communication Workers Union, we’re proud to present a short film about why film matters, by Deirdre O’Neill. Why... Continue reading

Culture Matters

Films

Marlene Dietrich: anti-fascist and a role model for women’s emancipation

1 May 2022 / 336

Marlene Dietrich, who died 30 years ago, on 6 May 1992, should be remembered not only for her importance as role model for emancipation, but also for... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Films

Not so Black and White: Belfast in the 1960s

8 April 2022 / 338

Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin reviews Kenneth Branagh’s recent film Belfast For those not familiar with the vicissitudes of Northern Ireland, Kenneth Branagh’s 2021 film Belfast may not give one a full idea... Continue reading

Caoimhghin O Croidheain

Films

‘My movies are about class inequality’: Rita Di Santo interviews Alejandra Márquez Abella

3 March 2022 / 350

Rita di Santo interviews Alejandra Marquez Abella about her recent film Northern Skies Over Empty Space After directing an episode of Narcos for Netflix, and a future... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Films

Charles Dickens, social realist cinema and the need for a humanist, critical and writerly eye

8 February 2022 / 310

On the 210th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth, 7 February 1812, Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin writes about Dickens, how social realist cinema has filmed his books, and how modern society... Continue reading

Caoimhghin O Croidheain

Films

Breaking the glass ceiling: Interview with Haifaa Al-Mansour, the first female Saudi director

20 December 2021 / 275

Rita Di Santo interviews Haifaa Al-Mansour the first female Saudi director, at the Red Sea Film Festival Haifaa Al-Mansour does not need much introduction. She is a... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Films

‘With art, you change people’: Sara Shazli’s Back Home

5 November 2021 / 342

Emerging filmmaker Sara Shazli’s Back Home had its world premiere at the El Gouna Film Festival. Twenty-eight years-old, she is the daughter of filmmaker and producer Marianne... Continue reading

Rita Di Santo

Films

Kill-Gang Curtain: On ‘Night of the Living Dead’

3 November 2021 / 383

In early April 1968, after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jnr, a panoramic rebellion, fuelled by the rage and grief of black communities grown increasingly forthright... Continue reading

Ciaran O Rourke

Films

No Time To Think: The Changing Geopolitics of International Blockbusters

3 November 2021 / 343

The latest Bond flick No Time To Die was certainly a rollercoaster ride of exciting action scenes and great special effects, yet contained more than a quantum... Continue reading

Caoimhghin O Croidheain

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