●●●●● Sometimes the Gods are colluding to give you exactly what you want – even if you didn’t realise you wanted it. After years of celebrity GAA coaches and home improvements, Can’t Cope Won’t Cope is a show I can … Continue reading Can’t Cope Won’t Cope- review
Meadhbh McGrath speaks to Mad Men’s resident scoundrel, John Slattery as he bids goodbye to his 1960s counterpart, Roger Sterling.
Continue reading Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: Interview with John Slattery
The stellar cast gives gravitas to the characters and their seemingly trivial individual situations and rescues the series from descending into melodrama with regards to the grittier aspects of the plot. (●●●○○) Continue reading Bloodline – review
Better Call Saul is a sharp and mature show, hilarious yet thoughtful, and it deserves your attention. (●●●●○) Continue reading Better Call Saul – review
“Being an Iranian-American implies a certain identity, and the same thing with being in the queer community, and what if you don’t fit those things naturally? What if the norm is not you? I thought those were the questions I wanted to answer.” Continue reading Appropriate Behaviour: Interview with Desiree Akhavan
Viewers might be initially skeptical about an S&M love story between two women directed by a man, but writer-director Peter Strickland refuses to allow the Duke of Burgundy to become the exploitative film it threatens to be. (●●●●●) Continue reading The Duke of Burgundy – review
A frank portrayal of homosexuality and society’s intolerance whilst coinciding with contemporary debates, Brokeback has been banned, lobbied against by Christian groups, and refused distribution in certain theatres in the US and abroad. Continue reading Notes on a Scandal: Brokeback Mountain
What happens when old, ecclesiastical notions of “morality” are held up and imposed in a world where they can cause great damage to the happiness and wellbeing of families and individuals? (●●●●●) Continue reading Love is Strange – review
Hausner is intentionally pushing the viewer into sympathising with a frighteningly morbid antagonist, to such a point that it is unsettling upon reflection. (●●●●○) Continue reading Amour Fou – review
Our TV Editors select their top ten favourite shows of 2014. Continue reading Best of 2014: TV
Owen McDonnell, star of TG4’s drama An Bronntanas, talks to Deputy TV Editor Emma Boylan about Celtic Noir and the future of Irish language television. Continue reading Appointment with Crime: Interview with Owen McDonnell