Stingy studios stiffing strikers, films written off for tax breaks, ‘cameos’ by actors that have been dead for decades, Mel Gibson still being cast in things – we’re living in a Golden Age of Bankruptcy not seen since the Recession. And why should ‘moral’ have all the fun, when ‘creative’ can get involved too? For…
The improper management at RTÉ remains the hottest ticket at the box-office this week, with executives of the national broadcaster continuing to be grilled at the Oireachtas today. Public interest and upset remains high ever since the revelation that RTÉ failed to disclose €345,000 worth of payments made to former presenter Ryan Tubridy since 2017. The…
BY HOW WEIRD IRELAND WOULD BE ABOUT THEM VISITING Folks, we love a US President visiting don’t we? From Ryan Tubridy’s unsettling JFK fixation to the unwaking fever dream of Barack Obama Plaza, Ireland has a long and proud history of not being normal when it comes to previous POTUSes. President of the United States…
The Irish Green Party’s Catherine Martin has a busy brief, having served as the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media since the formation of the current coalition of government in 2020. In could be difficult to deliver successfully on such a broad remit in principle, but luckily the Greens have never been…
The Film In Dublin team came together before Christmas to pick out their favourite films from the last year.
Ireland’s favourite global pop sensation CMAT has released the music video for Peter Bogdanovich, one of the tracks from her album If My Wife New I’d Be Dead. Part personal lament, part auteur call-out post, the Peter Bogdanovich video is an offbeat exploration of one of the forefathers of the New Hollywood era, and a…
Film In Dublin writers Jess Dunne, Ethan Shattock, Néil Rogers and Luke Dunne each pick out their favourite films of last year, and a couple of honourable mentions each. Was your favourite included in their picks? In another year heavily impacted by delays, cancellations and much more, there were still plenty of moving and memorable…
