My life of stuff - an autobiography in ticket stubs I moved five times in three years. I was lucky enough to have options, at least, as it was just before the current housing crisis … Culture • 29 Mar 18
#TimesUp for Woody? Deconstructing Woody Allen's trial by media In the history of moving pictures there's never been an award season quite like this one. Its annual role in reflecting the genuine merit of … Film • 05 Feb 18
Paul Markey's Best Movies Of 2017 2017 was the year in which I became all Marvel-ed out. And DC-ed, for that matter. Film • 29 Dec 17
The Second-To-Last Jedi - Star Wars & me On a recent visit to New York I encountered my mortality, not in the more traditional area of its mean streets, but in one of … Star Wars • 15 Dec 17
Dublin's Savoy One - the final curtain? Media reports suggest that plans are afoot to divide the 800-seater Screen One in Dublin's Savoy Cinema into a trio of smaller screens. Cinemaniac Paul … Culture • 20 Nov 17
Celebrating The Velvet Underground & Nico at 50 - a love letter I've never been what I would call a complete audiophile, vinyl-head or musicologist. Though I've gone through all three phases, and bought the NME and … Music • 12 Aug 17
Why Dunkirk is the only movie you have to see this summer Usually at this point in the summer, as a movie-goer, we are sitting waist deep in popcorn on a rollercoaster of annual blockbusters, with the … Film • 19 Jul 17
Woody in the wild - my Manhattan jazz odyssey with Woody Allen Paul Markey is a man with a mission - to travel to NYC and seek an audience with one of his celluloid idols, Woody Allen. … Film • 23 May 17
How Martin Scorsese just changed cinema forever The great American director, Martin Scorsese, arrived in Ireland last month cresting on news that will be noted as hugely significant when the history of … Culture • 22 Mar 17
Scorsese in Dublin - my afternoon with Marty Resident Cinephile Paul Markey joined an audience of Irish film industry heavy-hitters this weekend for an audience with one of the true masters of cinema, … Culture • 27 Feb 17
