An Interview with UCD playwright James Cooney
Interviewed by: Geneva Pattison. What inspires you to write and how have you incorporated it into your work? I was inspired to write because I saw a lot of plays…
Writing Diary #3: Agents, Editors, and Publishing
So far we’ve largely talked about the practical side of writing, the crafting of plots, the sculpting of characters, that sort of thing. Unless you are just writing for your…
Murder in Suburbia: A review of Don Cameron’s Marked Off
A murder mystery set against the backdrop of calm residential life in Booterstown, Marked Off leads us on a trail of corruption as we follow Detective Danny O’Neil in the…
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Lovers of cinema come forth as the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is set to take place this year from the 19th to the 29th of March, with it comes…
The Extraterrestrial and Potent Art of Takashi Murakami
Takeshi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist. Murakami dapples in fine art media; sculpture, paintings, fashion and animation. A graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, he majored in the…
ENEMY: A DVD Review.
Jake Gyllenhaal and director Denis Villeneuve collaborated on two projects in 2013 — the psychological thriller Enemy and the highly successful Prisoners. Despite being shot first, Enemy only received a…
Ideas, Crafting Plots, and Killing Characters.
The Wordsmith’s Apprentice takes us through a few more of the processes to consider whilst writing novels and tells us what it was like channelling his inner serial character killer…
Is Sampling Stealing?
The Grammys as per usual were quite safe this year. The most interesting moment came when Kanye West climbed onstage when Beck received album of the year. Initially this seemed…
Review: Bjork Vulnicura
Few artists in recent years have mastered the tired concept that is the break-up album. However, pharm given the multitude of ideas and styles that Bjork has pulled off, whatever…
Getttin’ down with the Hot Sprockets
The Hot Sprockets sound like a band born in the wrong era. Though hailing from Dublin, thumb they sound as though they were reared by the Mississippi. Their soulful sound,…
Confessional Poetry: Sylvia Plath’s Colossus
I reject the idea that Sylvia Plath – any Confessional poet, diagnosis actually – is not worthy of the same level of respect and admiration as any other poet. Confessional…
The Interview: Was it worth the hype?
Shortly before Christmas Sony Entertainment caused massive controversy with the new James Franco and Seth Rogan collaboration, check The Interview. The premise of the film revolves around an American talk…