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Jun 23, 2020
2 min

Bang on a Can All-Stars; A Blend of Sound that awakens your every sense

Just as there were beginning to be rumblings of a virus making it’s way around the world but hadn’t entirely stood still yet Culture...

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May 17, 2020
3 min

Detroit: A Film with Gritt in its Teeth

A city on fire riots on the streets, a small girl gets shot by the police simply for looking out of her own living room window. No this...

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May 15, 2020
4 min

We All Want to be Normal People

It’s taken Culture Journal Ireland a while to get into this one, but with seemingly everyone talking about Normal People, for one reason...

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May 14, 2020
3 min

Darkest Hour: Perhaps Gary Oldman's but not Churchill's.

Billed as one of Gary Oldman’s greatest performances, for which he was nominated for the best actor in a leading role oscar, this it...

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May 4, 2020
2 min

Fargo – You have to go a long way to beat it!

One of the good things about the current situation and the isolation that goes on with it is the great films that are being shown. ITV4...

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May 4, 2020
2 min

Maze - A Sad Tale with a disappointing ending

|*If you have not seen this film please be aware that this review contains slight spoilers* Maze, shown on television recently, tells the...

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Apr 30, 2020
2 min

Haunting Tribute to Canadian Great by Irish stars

Leonard Cohen is thought of as one of the 20th century’s greatest musicians. He has a string of hits in his own right and has had his...

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Apr 27, 2020
3 min

Gerry Ryan: A Legacy

Posted on Apr 27, 2020 by Culture Journal Ireland He could be both controversial and compassionate, funny and frantic all in one go....

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Apr 20, 2020
2 min

Romero: An underappreciated biopic

Some of these films can be off the wall and zany, others are more straightforward and serious. It is the latter treatment which most...

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Apr 20, 2020
2 min

A Woman’s Heart with the RTÉ concert orchestra

More than thirty years after its initial release the RTÉ concert orchestra, together with two of the singers who featured on the original...

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Mar 31, 2020
2 min

Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the art of fake news by A. Brad Swartz

The broadcast is famous; or for some infamous. It was October 30th, 1938, the second world war was yet to break out, however, it is...

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Mar 10, 2020
2 min

I Went Down – An 90’s Irish classic

Posted on Mar 10, 2020 by Culture Journal Ireland Long before there was The Gentleman, or Snatch or even Lock, Stock et al, there was I...

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Mar 4, 2020
1 min

Dark Waters are Lurking, to inevitability

At the heart of the case is farmer Wilbur Tennant's claim that his cows have turned psychotic and his land turned toxic, all caused, he...

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Feb 28, 2020
0 min

The Mission - still spellbinding after all the years

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Feb 28, 2020
2 min

Two Pope's are better than one

later become Pope Francis. The film is an intimate portrayal of two men with seemingly different views of the one global body and it’s...

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Feb 27, 2020
2 min

Parasite: A classic forboding of excess and greed

Korean film makers have been knocking on Hollywood's door for some time now. From 2003's Old Boy, which did achieve critical acclaim,...

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Feb 20, 2020
1 min

Tri Rivers Film Festival looking to make waves this summer

One of Ireland’s newest film festival’s is due to hold its inaugural event this summer and it’s looking for submissions from film maker’s...

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Feb 19, 2020
2 min

There’s no one quite like Emma Posted on Feb 19, 2020 by Culture Journal Ireland

Long thought of as one of Jane Austin’s most popular novels, Emma is a novel which, more often than not has suffered from mishandling and...

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Feb 16, 2020
2 min

Lost Lives Leaves a Lasting Impression

When you grow up during a major conflict; when you are in the midst of it with it all going on around you, it is hard to take a step...

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Jan 31, 2020
2 min

'Tides' Becomes available to stream online

As the first month of 2020 draws to a close sn important event os to take place, one of profound importance to this island and in...

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