Writer Wolf Mankowitz dies, aged 73Screenwriter, novelist and playwright Wolf Mankowitz has died aged 73 after a long illness in west CorkSat May 23 1998 - 01:00
Nova Scotia neuroses"The Hanging Garden" (Members and Guests) IFC, Dublin The Canadian writer-director Thom Fitzgerald's impressive debut feature…Fri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Angst amongst the family`Nothing is more remote than the recent past," says Declan Kiberd in a special edition of RTE's books programme, Undercover, …Sat May 16 1998 - 01:00
Camp goes mainstream (so what's left now?)The Eurovision Song Contest (RTE 1, BBC 1, Saturday)Sat May 16 1998 - 01:00
Scorsese delights fans with secrets of his art"It reminds me of the old Dean Martin line: `How did all these people get in my room?' " quipped Martin ScorseseMon May 11 1998 - 01:00
New cinema exhibition fund established by Arts CouncilThe Arts Council should support the exhibition of a wider range of international cinema, including Irish-made films, at venues…Tue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
A star is rebornAn impassive, black man-mountain guards the entrance to the hotel suite - the message is clear: Movie Star at WorkSat Apr 04 1998 - 01:00
The best Children's programmes over ChristmasCulabula (TnaG, Christmas Eve from 1.30 p.mWed Dec 24 1997 - 00:00
PreviewMonday True Lives: In Production - Joe Dowling At The Guthrie (RTE 1, 8 p.mSat Nov 22 1997 - 00:00
PreviewMONDAY Movers And Shakers (Channel 4, 8 p.m.) First of a six-part series about indoor games and those who play themSat Nov 08 1997 - 00:00
Disney CultureSir, - Eamon Sweeney (October 22nd) takes me to task for a reference to "Aegean" instead of "Augean" stables in an article on…Sat Oct 25 1997 - 01:00
Muscle men and mystery men"L'Appartement" (members and guests only) IFC, DublinFri Oct 17 1997 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
