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The veteran actor David Kelly died in Dublin earlier this week, after a short illness. He was 82 years...
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The Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2012
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival has become Ireland’s premiere film event, bringing the best of world cinema to the capital over ten days and nights...
Ten Great Cross-Dressing Performances
Actors spend their working lives dressing up and pretending to be other people, so it should come as no surprise that they are adept at switching genders when a role dictates; men transforming into...
The 20 Most Controversial Films of All Time
Cinema has divided as many people as it has brought together. Through the years, films have shocked and angered us and forced audiences to bear witness to events we might otherwise never have seen....
Reluctant Hero: A Profile of Cillian Murphy
Born in Douglas, Cork in 1976, Cillian Murphy studied Law at University College Cork before realising he was more interested in the college’s drama society and playing guitar in bands than he was...
A Portrait of the Artist: Films about Painters
It’s hardly surprising that filmmakers are inspired by the lives and careers of creative artists and painters, they are all essentially playing with the same toys: colour, movement, light and character....
If you think the worst that can happen is that your flight is delayed, or you forget to pack your sunglasses, here are ten of the most disastrous vacations in movie history - from shark bites to snow-drifts...
Guarding the peace, upholding justice and thwarting wrongdoers might be essential to the smooth running of society, but it doesn’t make for a great movie hero. Sometimes, cops have to bend the rules...
The rise in awareness of green issues has brought with it an increase in documentary films addressing environmental themes. Alternatively frightening and inspirational, here are ten films about ecology...
Brendan Gleeson talks about The Guard
Brendan Gleeson sits down with Volta to talk about his role as Garda Gerry Boyle in John Michael McDonagh's The Guard.
