Culture

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5 takeaways from Dublin City Council’s Night-Time Economy strategy

Dublin City has launched its strategy to revitalise nightlife in an 10-page report. Ray O’Donoghue,…

Music documentaries about Devo, Broken Social Scene, Ol’ Dirty Bastard and more to screen at Doc’N’Roll Film Festival in Dublin

The Doc’N’Roll Film Festival returns to The Lighthouse Cinema in October. Balkan rock, blues rock,…

Culture Night: 20 music highlights from this Friday’s programme

It’s Culture Night week, the annual cultural calendar event where Irish venues, museums, cultural spaces,…

Documentary about Washington DC punk screening at The Sugar Club in October

Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington DC (1980-1990) is the subject of a…

Kneecap movie review – a smart rap caper of substance and language

Is it an exaggeration to say that Kneecap have inspired a new generation of Irish…

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Happenings is honouring Sinead O’Connor and more Irish music legends in outdoor film screening series

Happenings who are known for their outdoor park screenings around Dublin, have announced a series…

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Watch the trailer for the Kneecap movie

The film is released in Ireland on August 8th. Ever since the Kneecap film debuted…

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A lot of people hate Washed Out’s Sora AI-generated video

The music video for Washed Out’s new song ‘The Hardest Part’ has been met with…

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Blur announce To The End documentary; Irish and UK film screenings this July

Blur have announced a documentary depicting the most recent activity with the band. blur: To…

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Portishead’s Roseland NYC live concert screening at IFI next week

After marking the 25th anniversary of Portishead’s Roseland NYC concert in New York with an…

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Thom Yorke’s score for Daniele Luchetti’s film Confidenza is out this week

The soundtrack is released on Friday, and you can hear two songs today. Thom Yorke…

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A Conor Walsh film is screening as part of Dublin International Film Festival

The influence of the Mayo pianist and composer who passed away in 2015 continues to…

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Music documentary film festival for Dublin includes Nick Cave, Judee Sill and hard house legend films

Doc’N’Roll Film Festival has been announced for The Lighthouse Cinema from February 15th to 20th.…

Kneecap at Sundance. Photo from TG4.
Kneecap at Sundance: the critic reaction to the Irish language rap film

Kneecap’s debut feature film was shown at Sundance Film Festival last night, becoming the first Irish-language film to feature on the festival programme.

The Smile announce Paul Thomas Anderson film and album playback event in IFI Dublin

The Smile are the band formed by Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with…

ABBA Voyage review: The greatest almost real pop show you’ll ever see

This review contains spoilers for the ABBA Voyage live show currently showing in London. The…

Kneecap’s film is the first Irish language feature to premiere at Sundance

The film based on the origins of the Belfast Irish-language-lead rap duo Kneecap is to…

Podcast: The mystery & grand intimacy & Sufjan Stevens

Episode 234 is the latest in the occasional series of the podcast – Andrea’s favourite…

A Terri Hooley biography book by Stuart Bailie out in December

The legendary Belfast music hero Terri Hooley is the subject of a biography written by…

Podcast: What we learned from the Britney book

On this week’s podcast, episode 233, we are talking about the shocking things we learned…