'Tis the season to be some place elseSo what exactly are you up to this Christmas Eve? Frantically wrapping up loose odds and ends at work, so you can get those vital…Tue Dec 24 2002 - 00:00
Ex-RTE executive appointed as censor of filmsFilm producer Mr John Kelleher has been appointed to the position of Official Censor of Films by the Minister for Justice, Equality…Sat Nov 09 2002 - 00:00
Cracking the Casement codeA documentary on Roger Casement includes new evidence that the Black Diaries, recording Casement's homosexual experiences, were…Wed Mar 13 2002 - 00:00
Revisiting the deadMeeting Kevin Barry in the bar of a Cork hotel to talk about James Joyce and film, we are, appropriately enough, forced to flee…Mon Oct 22 2001 - 01:00
The maverick strikes back'I believe it was a waste of time, because I failed utterly in achieving anything I wanted to achieve," says Bob Quinn of his…Tue Oct 09 2001 - 01:00
Lights, camera, dissatisfactionNext Tuesday sees the official launch of the programme for this year's Miller Dublin Film Festival, which opens on April 20th…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Stanley Kramer, rare Hollywood dissenter, diesThe veteran American filmmaker, Stanley Kramer, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 87Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Like father, like daughterIt's a dank, dark, damp autumn afternoon n north Wicklow, somewhere near KilpedderSat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
The TicketThis is the last edition of the Friday Sound and Vision pages in The Irish TimesFri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00
That moment when life changesKevin Liddy has been working on Country since 1993, when he sent the first draft of the screenplay into the Film Board, after…Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Hello AngelsThe Olympics may have been something of a disaster for US television network NBC, but that doesn't mean American moviegoers have…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Hollywood rat catcherSitting in the foyer of Dublin's Morrison Hotel, less than an hour before the gala premiere of his new feature film, Rat, director…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
A plague called ironyAverage height, average build, average, slightly pale looks. A dry, self-deprecating style of speakingSat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
FilmWrinklies in Space! It seems such an obvious idea, it's surprising nobody thought of it before (except in the later William Shatner…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Straight to the limitIt's always a cause for some celebration, and some trepidation, when RTE dips its notoriously conservative toe into the waters…Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Irish actor gets his big breakFast-rising Irish star Stuart Townsend begins filming in Australia this week on his biggest movie to dateSat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Tongue and cheek mutant antiheroesMeet Toad, one of the mutant antiheroes of X-Men, which opens here next Friday having already taken more than $150 million on…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Movie trail for WicklowWhat do Braveheart, Michael Collins, Excalibur, Into the West, Dancing at Lughnasa and Far and Away have in common? As any film…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Fine figures in cinemasThe first six months of this year have seen cinema admissions in the Republic increase by 31 per cent on the equivalent period…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Irish films on paradeThe next three months will see an unprecedented wave of Irish or Irish-related feature films hitting screens around the country…Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
The rat packIt's far from being a Mickey Mouse event these days, but the Galway Film Fleadh had a distinctly rodent-ish feel on Tuesday's…Fri Jul 14 2000 - 01:00
The best baddies in townThe entire population of a small American village is herded into the local church by British soldiersSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
That's what friends are forCursai Ealaine Teoranta: The Truth about Gerry (RTE1, Tuesday)Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00
Telling it like it wasYou don't see many documentaries in the cinema these days, agrees director Kevin MacDonaldSat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Drama over documentary`I'm a great believer in the idea that you can tell the truth in dramas far better than you can in documentaries," says director…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Rough trade, rough draftThe old Hollywood gag about the Polish starlet who was so dim she slept with the writer may be in need of some revision in light…Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Limited additionReports of the demise of Cursai Ealaine were, it seems, prematureSat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Now here's an offer you really can't refuseThree New Jersey mobsters (allegedly) are sitting in a car, discussing their favourite TV showSat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
`I have to live out my destiny'`How many American movies do you see about jobs any more?" asks Oliver StoneSat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Reprising the Rats`Frank, Sammy and Dean: the Rat Pack, Live from Las Vegas!" Well, not exactly - it's really Louis, Peter and Clive, live from…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
