Illustration by Emily Thomas. They’re creepy and they’re spooky, mysterious and kooky, they’re all together ooky, and they exposed the hypocrisy of Reagan-era America; Addams Family Values (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1993) turns 27 today. Invented by cartoonist, Charles Addams, in 1938, … Continue reading 27 Years Old Today: How Addams Family Values Has Kept Its Value
Originally published in print September 2020. Over the past decade, there has been a surge in cinematic centrepieces which can be more closely recognised as stadium events than works of art. One of the consequences of this exponential rise in … Continue reading The Art of the Trailer
Illustration by Lola Fleming. Originally published in print September 2020. During what was probably the most collectively stressful period of life in living memory, not having the tonic of cinema gave me a lot of heartache. Of course, there are … Continue reading Returning Home Back to the cinema
Originally published in print September 2020. “I’m not hungry. I want to see a film,” Nana (Anna Karina) affirms, rejecting an invitation to dinner, before we see her in a cinema on Boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris, watching La Passion de Jeanne … Continue reading A Fresher’s Guide to Dublin’s Cinemas
Illustrations by Lola Fleming and Ciarán Butler. Connor Howlett (Film Editor) The idea behind this Film Club is to pick a film that I think deserves more attention, and set my deputies and another TN2er the homework of watching it. They’ll … Continue reading Film Club 2: Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Illustrations by Ren O’Hare, Lola Fleming and Ciarán Butler. Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Connor Howlett (Film Editor) The idea behind this Film Club is to pick a film that I think deserves more attention, and set my … Continue reading Film Club 1: Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station
●●●○○ Throughout quarantine, I have found myself rewatching one of my favorite childhood TV shows, Phineas and Ferb. What better program for the seemingly endless summer of 2020 than one in which the summer truly never ends? With the recent … Continue reading Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe // Review
December has rolled around, along with this year’s batch of films vying for their spots in the upcoming awards season. The timing is certainly interesting, as the dark underbelly of Hollywood sex abuse seems to be exposed more and more … Continue reading Tn2’s Must-Watch Indie Movies A round-up of award season’s biggest names in independent cinema