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Paul Markey

Writer, projectionist and cinephile

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 Markey celebrates one of Dublin's great picture houses.
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 Melody Maker for four years solid back in the early nineties. That's about as far as my credentials go.
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 hope that at least one will actually be worth the trip to the cinema.
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. And if it's Monday night in Manhattan, there's there's only one place to be - the Cafe Carlyle.
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 modern cinema is written.
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, via the IFTA masterclass with Martin Scorsese.
Culture • 27 Feb 17

The BIG Picture - going batty for cinema's 70mm past

If you went to the cinema this weekend to see a movie, the chances that you actually saw a film are zero...
Film • 23 Feb 17

Bird Song: My Dad was John Hurt's stand-in

When I first began working at the Screen Cinema in Dublin, opening the same week was Love And Death On Long Island starring John Hurt. Which, on his passing, I've discovered, was one of his two favourite performances.
Culture • 31 Jan 17

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