Was arch-prude Mary Whitehouse really ahead of her time?

TV review: A new documentary resists painting the moral crusader as a crank

The best sex scene ever? The puppet copulation in Team America

As a summation of every cinematic evasion about the sexual act it is close to perfect

The best Irish and international albums of 2020

The year of the pandemic produced outstanding, thoughtful music across all forms

Guinness Cork Jazz Festival director has ‘contract terminated’ after a year

Sinéad Dunphy’s first programme, in October 2018, was widely regarded as a success

Bertolucci’s legacy marred by ugly stories about ‘Last Tango’

Oscar winner Bernardo Bertolucci was one of Italy's great post-war directors

Wake the dead: Cork Guinness Jazz Festival kicks off

40,000 jazz fans to attend as New Orleans-style funeral procession hits town

No plans for the bank holiday and Halloween? You need to read this

From Macnas parades and the Bram Stoker Festival to Guinness Cork Jazz Festival

The beat goes on: Guinness Cork Jazz Fest gets a reboot

New director Sinéad Murphy wants to renew the 40-year-old event without losing the fun

Good sex scenes: when actors play it safe

How do you safely act having sex? Welcome to Intimacy on Set, the safe sex code for actors

Cork Guinness Jazz Festival to kick off with funeral procession

Line up includes American artists Maria Schneider and Nnenna Freelon

Quentin Tarantino has questions to answer about his Roman Polanski rape comments

Over the last few weeks a mass of interwoven accusations have pushed the movie director into an increasingly uncomfortable place

Bad sex in the movies: from Top Gun to Fifty Shades

The most popular ‘arts’ story of 2017 was this history of bad sex scenes

Ingrid & Christine Jensen – Infinitude album review: Sound of infinity rewards repeat listening

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