The Disney effect: how film adaptations reinforce social norms The social hierarchy and gender roles in Disney's version of Peter Pan differ significantly from J.M. Barrie's novel Disney • 03 May 19
The Disney effect: how film adaptations reinforce social norms The social hierarchy and gender roles in Disney's version of Peter Pan differ significantly from J.M. Barrie's novel Disney • 03 May 19
Why we should turn off the music and film made by alleged abusers In the #MeToo era, we should be thinking conscientiously about where our art and culture comes from Culture • 11 Apr 19
Why we should turn off the music and film made by alleged abusers In the #MeToo era, we should be thinking conscientiously about where our art and culture comes from Culture • 11 Apr 19
The art of acting naturally The trend to award Oscars for portrayals of "real" people shows the extent to which we value naturalism, but this was not always the case Acting • 28 Feb 19
The art of acting naturally The trend to award Oscars for portrayals of "real" people shows the extent to which we value naturalism, but this was not always the case Acting • 28 Feb 19
As you like it: Kenneth Branagh, Shakespeare and Irishness One of the most well-known modern Shakespeareans just so happens to be an Irishman, albeit one enmeshed in the English theatrical tradition Shakespeare • 13 Feb 19
As you like it: Kenneth Branagh, Shakespeare and Irishness One of the most well-known modern Shakespeareans just so happens to be an Irishman, albeit one enmeshed in the English theatrical tradition Shakespeare • 13 Feb 19
How pop culture enables bisexual people to tell their own stories From music to TV to film, bisexual narratives have meant writers and artists can challenge and defy stereotypes Pop Culture • 01 Feb 19
How pop culture enables bisexual people to tell their own stories From music to TV to film, bisexual narratives have meant writers and artists can challenge and defy stereotypes Pop Culture • 01 Feb 19
How Irish Oscar nominee Late Afternoon bucks many trends Louise Bagnall's short shows there's room for both female directors in the film industry and complex female characters on screen Film • 30 Jan 19
How Irish Oscar nominee Late Afternoon bucks many trends Louise Bagnall's short shows there's room for both female directors in the film industry and complex female characters on screen Film • 30 Jan 19
We're all celebrities now Where fame tends to emphasise exceptionalism, celebrity today celebrates ordinariness. Celebrity culture • 07 Dec 18
We're all celebrities now Where fame tends to emphasise exceptionalism, celebrity today celebrates ordinariness. Celebrity culture • 07 Dec 18
Goodbye Irish Film Board, hello Screen Ireland What does the change of name say about the past and future of the Irish film industry's development agency? Film • 23 Nov 18
Goodbye Irish Film Board, hello Screen Ireland What does the change of name say about the past and future of the Irish film industry's development agency? Film • 23 Nov 18
Why Ireland should catch up with Bollywood Bollywood stars are household names and cultural giants across huge parts of the globe yet are completely unknown to Irish viewers Bollywood • 09 Nov 18
Why Ireland should catch up with Bollywood Bollywood stars are household names and cultural giants across huge parts of the globe yet are completely unknown to Irish viewers Bollywood • 09 Nov 18
Beyond The Deuce: the roots of feminist porn Opinion: feminist porn has created a different conversation about power and porn than just about being exploitation or empowerment Culture • 18 Oct 18
Beyond The Deuce: the roots of feminist porn Opinion: feminist porn has created a different conversation about power and porn than just about being exploitation or empowerment Culture • 18 Oct 18
Why do people steal rare books? As American Animals shows, library theft is always underpinned by an understanding of books as valuable cultural artefacts Film • 17 Sep 18
Why do people steal rare books? As American Animals shows, library theft is always underpinned by an understanding of books as valuable cultural artefacts Film • 17 Sep 18
Black '47: the cowboys of the western world The film uses the look and themes of American Westerns to tell stories about Ireland's wild west, the famine and British colonial rule Film • 14 Sep 18
Black '47: the cowboys of the western world The film uses the look and themes of American Westerns to tell stories about Ireland's wild west, the famine and British colonial rule Film • 14 Sep 18
What science fiction tells us about the future of food Films like Star Trek, Star Wars and Blade Runner 2049 have much to say about what an imagined future culture might look like Science Fiction • 04 Sep 18
What science fiction tells us about the future of food Films like Star Trek, Star Wars and Blade Runner 2049 have much to say about what an imagined future culture might look like Science Fiction • 04 Sep 18
Make America scream again How the horror genre has responded to the events of the Trump years Horror • 08 May 18
Make America scream again How the horror genre has responded to the events of the Trump years Horror • 08 May 18
What's that sound? Opinion: Virtual Reality is an entirely new artistic medium in which sounds plays a surprisingly important role Virtual Reality • 21 Feb 18
What's that sound? Opinion: Virtual Reality is an entirely new artistic medium in which sounds plays a surprisingly important role Virtual Reality • 21 Feb 18
Living with Parkinson's disease News: Feats Of Modest Valour, a NUI Galway film about people living with with Parkinson's disease, has won a New York film festival award Film • 17 Nov 17
Living with Parkinson's disease News: Feats Of Modest Valour, a NUI Galway film about people living with with Parkinson's disease, has won a New York film festival award Film • 17 Nov 17
How training for stage and screen can combat bullying and abuse Opinion: recent allegations about bullying and sexual harassment in theatre, television and film has prompted an examination into how training for actors can overcome such abuses of power Acting • 07 Nov 17
How training for stage and screen can combat bullying and abuse Opinion: recent allegations about bullying and sexual harassment in theatre, television and film has prompted an examination into how training for actors can overcome such abuses of power Acting • 07 Nov 17
Scream! Just where did our fascination with horror come from? Opinion: as the Horrorthon film festival shows, many people are attracted to the grotesque, the gruesome and the sinister, but the human love of horror is not a new phenomenon Horror • 30 Oct 19
Scream! Just where did our fascination with horror come from? Opinion: as the Horrorthon film festival shows, many people are attracted to the grotesque, the gruesome and the sinister, but the human love of horror is not a new phenomenon Horror • 30 Oct 19
Harvey Weinstein: how power and success can twist and be twisted Opinion: apart from those who were directly abused by Harvey Weinstein, it's clear now that a lot of people knew about the film producer's behaviour yet chose to look the other way Harvey Weinstein • 24 Oct 17
Harvey Weinstein: how power and success can twist and be twisted Opinion: apart from those who were directly abused by Harvey Weinstein, it's clear now that a lot of people knew about the film producer's behaviour yet chose to look the other way Harvey Weinstein • 24 Oct 17
"Like a desert junkyard at high noon": Sam Shepard's America How the late playwright, actor, author and screenwriter's vast canon works as a meditation on life, masculinity, mythology and the destiny of the United States Sam Shepard • 25 Sep 17
"Like a desert junkyard at high noon": Sam Shepard's America How the late playwright, actor, author and screenwriter's vast canon works as a meditation on life, masculinity, mythology and the destiny of the United States Sam Shepard • 25 Sep 17
