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My dad's family were on the farm just up the hill...

The book's ambition is to uniquely yoke familiar histories of New Hollywood with aspects of critical theory that, since the 1950s, have embraced advances in the New Rhetoric as pioneered by literary theorist, philosopher, social analyst and educator Kenneth Burke (1897-1993).

Two more weeks until our annual screening of THE DEAD, featuring an introduction from cast member Ingrid Craigie. Don't miss your chance to catch this pitch-perfect James Joyce adaptation on it's original #35mm print 🎞 Book now 🎟 ifi.ie/film/the-dead-…

When the child Coppola was confined to his bedroom by polio he built his own puppet show...

“You have to be able to fail, and you have to be willing to fail constantly”: Sally Abbott shares. WFT was delighted to welcome Sally at Windmill Lane Dublin for the last in-person event this year – the flagship Changemakers Series!

Ardán through Galway Film Centre announce their first international speaker for FÍS TV Summit 2024, multi-award-winning writer, producer, and showrunner Kerry Ehrin, best known for her work on The Morning Show, Bates Motel, Friday Night Lights. eventbrite.ie/e/fis-tv-summi…

Dear Mercy Hospital Cork Can you please have mercy on these homes We're in a housing emergency & surely as a public voluntary hospital you can do better Property hoarding is not a great look & dereliction is vandalism Everyone deserves a home #DerelictIreland #HousingCrisis

The film peels away narratives within narratives. And here he is - lost in layers of (fake) greens.

“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.” ― Flannery O'Connor

Barbie director Greta Gerwig is 40 today. In the production notes for her film Lady Bird she cited the influence of Joan Didion, also from Sacramento. She said discovering Didion was "as shattering as if I'd grown up in Dublin and suddenly read James Joyce."

“The main mission of a writer is not to have opinions, but to tell the truth… and to refuse to be an accomplice of lies and inaccurate information. Literature is the house of nuance and opposition to the voices of simplification." ~ Susan Sontag thanks to @zarandillo

his final misfits ...his final shots ...his final film

Deeply sad news on the passing of Sinéad O'Connor, an iconic singer, writer, mother, Irish woman. May she rest in peace 💚 Ar dheis Dé go Raibh a hAnam irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4119…

5 mins before going LIVE on the Late Late Show Sinead called me into her dressing room and said she wanted to sing ‘The Times They are Changing’ .. She spoke about Clerical abuse and then with NO REHEARSAL OR SOUND CHECK just got up and sang her heart out youtu.be/IEjx2B-RmAU

Am in the Olympia having a pre show drink sitting under this. Sad day. What a life. What a voice. What an extraordinary woman.

A nation weeps... RIP Sinéad O'Connor 💚