Corman UncoveredFilms Made With Little Or No Attention To Quality Or Artistic Merit But With An Eye To A Quick Profit, Usually Via High-pressure…Fri Aug 22 1997 - 01:00
Bean ThereIt's been a while now since anyone has tried to bring a British television comedy to the big screen - not surprisingly, since…Fri Aug 08 1997 - 01:00
Youngest swingers in town"Swingers" (15s) Screen at D'Olier Street, Vir- gin, UCI Tallaght, Dublin Given that Los Angeles and its inhabitants are probably…Fri Jul 25 1997 - 01:00
Incentives in UK for making films may aid IrelandREPORTS of the imminent demise of the Irish film industry in the wake of new tax breaks for film-making in Britain are greatly…Mon Jul 07 1997 - 01:00
From shock absorbers to shock-horror - Hugh Linehan wonders if it's the end of the road for twisty-scenery car advertsA FALLEN jockey curls on the turf as hooves thunder perilously close;Sat Jul 05 1997 - 01:00
"The real heroes are the ones who stay""THERE's a thing about women's films that they tend to be intimate and small scale, and I wanted to make something that used …Fri Jun 27 1997 - 01:00
Hugh Linehan watches the candidates at the coalfaceIT'S one of those ideas that is so good it's astonishing nobody ever thought of it beforeSat Jun 21 1997 - 01:00
Don't Luc now!CRITICS - who needs 'em? Not Bruce Willis, who famously remarked at this year's Cannes Film Festival that had movie reviews don…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
TOP PORKERSWHAT do John Paul II, Yasser Arafat, Helmut Kohl and Bill Clinton think of their unwitting participation in Fine Gael's campaign…Sat Jun 07 1997 - 01:00
Bertie sticks to good suitONE might have expected a Young Leader for a Young Country to make a mild fashion statement for his big night, but Bertie wore…Thu Jun 05 1997 - 01:00
Hand-to-mouth mobsters"PEOPLE often say - and I've thought it myself that the reason gangster movies are so perennially popular is because they're …Sat May 03 1997 - 01:00
What's another year?BRIGHT lights, flashy graphics, a superficial contest in which only the blandest survive yes.Sat Apr 26 1997 - 01:00
With a view to a voteSTILL almost three weeks left to the British general election and already the campaign feels as if it's been going on forever…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
Trash town?IF it hadn't been for the huge success of Trainspotting, admits director Kevin Allen, his own debut film Twin Town, almost certainly…Sat Apr 12 1997 - 01:00
FAIR DUESTUCKED away behind the jumble of prefab offices and concrete car parks at the back of RTE's Donnybrook headquarters is a little…Sat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
Icons of North set scene for Sheridan movieA DERELICT part of Dublin's docklands has been turned into a little piece of Belfast for the next two months for a major new …Tue Apr 01 1997 - 01:00
Changed utterlyIT'S a feeling we've all experienced; you go to the cinema to see an adaptation of one of your favourite books, and you come …Sat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Out with the oldies"IT was a time of remarkable innocence," says film maker Louis Marcus of the eight years, from 1956 to 1964, covered in his new…Sat Mar 29 1997 - 00:00
Son of HarrisTHERE'S a scene in the new Irish film Gold In The Streets where Jared Harris, who plays the toughest, most cynical member of …Wed Mar 12 1997 - 00:00
Film festival opens with world firstTHE 12th Dublin Film Festival opened last night at the Ambassador Cinema with the world premiere of the Irish film A Further …Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
Barman, this beer ad is flatWHERE have all those dreadful Guinness commercials gone? You know the ones, with the stage Irishman wittering on about the "secret…Sat Feb 22 1997 - 00:00
Neeson voted best actor for role in Collins filmLIAM NEESON has won this year's Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Michael Collins…Mon Feb 03 1997 - 00:00
Making a play at TV dramaTHE relationship between film and television drama is a fluid and constantly shifting oneFri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTHDEAD Kennedys, their assassins and their rivals, haunted the airwaves this week, in fiction, fantasy and documentarySat Jan 25 1997 - 00:00
Revising the pastTHE past is a foreign country, but how they do things there in the world of television depends very much on the fashions of the…Sat Jan 18 1997 - 00:00
Shine shinesTHE Golden Satellite Awards, announced on Wednesday night in Los Angeles, reflected the openness of this year's field in the …Fri Jan 17 1997 - 00:00
Mixed reviews for "Some Mother's Son"THE Irish film Some Mother's Son has received mixed reviews after its British premiere on Thursday nightSat Jan 11 1997 - 00:00
The woman who shot Warhol"I Shot Andy Warhol" (members and guests only) IFC, DublinFri Jan 10 1997 - 00:00
A musical which sings from the screen"Evita" (PG) Savoy, Virgin, Omniplex, UCIs, DublinFri Jan 03 1997 - 00:00
. . . but no, seriouslyRTE kicks off 1997 with a range of new variety and documentary seriesSat Dec 28 1996 - 00:00
First-timers score in styleIN a year which saw Ireland's foremost director produce the most significant film of his career to date, it may seem perverse…Fri Dec 27 1996 - 00:00
Fresh Irish films under the spotlightTHERE has been a lot of blather over the last few years about a "renaissance" in Irish cinemaSat Dec 21 1996 - 00:00
The Borgs are back"Star Trek: First Contact" (12) Savoy, Virgin, Omniplex, UCIsFri Dec 13 1996 - 00:00
