Paul Markey

Writer, projectionist and cinephile

The Simpsons first hit Irish TV screens in 1990

The 1990 Diaries: Paul Markey on the year that made him

A picture speaks a thousand words is a saying that usually holds true. Following a new year attic deep dive, I am now not so sure.

Pop Culture • 17 Apr 20

Something in The Fog - a horror classic revisited, 40 years on

It was the first long weekend of the year in our mobile home. Come rain or shine you'd always find me on the beach. I love the sea, that salty sense of freedom it always brings me. Something was different this time...

Film • 13 Mar 20

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in The Irishman

Paul Markey's best movies of the year - and the decade

The crash between end of year and start of year is a great time for cinema - with Christmas blockbusters and award season releases, there is quite literally something for everyone. But it's my least favourite time writing about cinema...

Film • 13 Dec 19

And now for something completely silly: Monty Python at 50

I'm sat in the lobby of the BFI in London wearing a false moustache and a handkerchief on my head. Though I am only a ten-minute pleasure boat ride away from the headquarters of British Intelligence, I remain completely inconspicuous...

Comedy • 17 Oct 19

A rainy night in Amsterdam: tracking down Woody Allen's new movie

First a taxi, followed by a plane, then a train which led to a bicycle and umbrella in the rain...

Film • 23 Sep 19

Martin Sheen in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now, Again - Francis Coppola's masterpiece returns

As his classic Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now makes its return to the big screen, Paul Markey raises a glass to legendary American filmmaker Francis Coppola.

Film • 08 Aug 19

Robert Bresson's Pickpocket screens in the Irish Film Institute this July, as part of a Bresson retrospective

Robert Bresson - the patron saint of cinema revisited

As the Irish Film Institute celebrates the career of legendary French filmmaker Robert Bresson with a complete season of his works, Paul Markey celebrates a true master of cinema.

Culture • 01 Jul 19

Stanley Kubrick's archive is now on display in London

Eyes Wide Open - the new Stanley Kubrick exhibition in London

Until September, the Design Museum in London hosts an exhibition which is in one way ironic, considering how much the artist it focuses upon coveted his privacy, but an absolute dream to anybody who appreciates his oeuvre.

Culture • 09 May 19