On Friday 6th of October, at 7pm, I boarded the 27 bus towards Dame Street. As a leap card opposer, I presented the driver with the exact change, €1.70. Fully clad in the correct uniform for such a gig, black … Continue reading LIVE REVIEW: SPRINTS The Button Factory, 6th of October 2023
Stickers proclaiming ‘We Buy Test Strips’, accompanied by a phone number, are emblazoned across the lampposts, shop fronts and electrical boxes of the streets of New York – the home of rappers billy woods and Elucid. They advertise the practice … Continue reading Armand Hammer: We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Thank God it’s only an album.
From the twenty-eighth through to the thirtieth of September, Netflix released four shorts by Wes Anderson, adapting writer Roald Dahl’s short stories for the screen. This event was highly unusual, as Anderson is mostly known for his feature films. I, … Continue reading Roald Dahl, through Wes Anderson’s Eyes A short review of Wes Anderson’s new Netflix shorts.
I remember Friday evenings more than anything from when I was a teenager. Not because I was going to party’s or sneaking out my bedroom window to hang out with my friends but because every Friday night I used to … Continue reading Somewhere Out There You Review A Couple Argues About What the Play is Really About
Sex Education’s fourth and final season gave us much to digest. It was an interesting feast, which was very eventful but that did leave me with a squiffy belly at certain points. Maybe I lack an attention span but … Continue reading Sex Education Season 4 Review by Aoibhinn Mitchell Walsh
”From their first EP, Swum Baby, in 2017 to their full length album, In Praise of Shadows in 2021, their music has held onto and evolved its mysterious and intimate sound.” I adore Puma Blue’s music. From their first EP, … Continue reading Live Review: Puma Blue The Button Factory, 30th September
Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, the global success of the billion-dollar blockbuster Barbie and Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album GUTS – it certainly has been a year for the girls. A year of attentive reflection and the eager celebration of girlhood. … Continue reading Book Recommendations Containing the Remnants of Despondent Girlhood
Ira Sachs’ new film Passages is a tender, sexy, and stressful new drama starring three of the most beautiful people acting on screen today. Tomas (Franz Rogowski) is a film director whose marriage with Martin (Ben Whishaw) falls apart after … Continue reading Passages: the Sad-Horny Movie of the Year
Having read this play a few times before seeing it performed live, I was in the odd position of knowing the list of ingredients and steps to the recipe without ever having made or eaten the dish itself. It’s never … Continue reading The New Electric Ballroom A review of Enda Walsh’s play at the Gate Theatre, directed by Emma Jordan.
It’s a Sunday evening, your phone has six unanswered text messages lighting up the screen and the tail end of your hangover has mostly left the building. What lingers on into the bittersweet Sabbath sundown is a faint strain of … Continue reading All’s fair in sex and violence? Diving Head First into the Complex Morality of Gasper Noé’s Enter the Void (2009).
Celine Song’s powerful directorial debut Past Lives is a tender yet pragmatic reflection on love, connection, and the forces which bind us together as well as those holding us back. It charts the life of Nora (played by Greta Lee), … Continue reading Past Lives and Present Circumstances
There is at least one moment in everyone’s life that they would like a second chance at, whether this is a horrifically life-altering event or something as small as remembering to take out your toast so you actually got a … Continue reading A Multiplicity of Mirages Review of Children of the Sun by Beth Lewis