http://www.irishtimes.com Articles from The Irish Times - The Ticket en-ie Copyright 2009, irishtimes.com. The Irish Times 2009-11-20T00:00:00 http://www.irishtimes.com/ http://www.irishtimes.com/feeds/rss/rss_logo.gif Search for articles on irishtimes.com keywords http://www.irishtimes.com/search/index.html?rm=listresults http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259159193.html It’s 25 years since Joel and Ethan Coen made their debut feature, Blood Simple, and the former cult film-makers are now Hollywood players with Academy Awards on the mantelpiece. Their new film, A Serious Man, has been described as “the picture you get to make after you’ve won an Oscar” and is set among the Minnesota Jewish community the brothers grew up in. But the awards change nothing, and this isn’t an autobiography, they tell DONALD CLARKE Text The Ticket TopStories 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259159193 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259150799.html Some bands won’t do them. Others insist you endure two or three. But very few musicians still deliver encores as a spontaneous response to audience demands. CIAN TRAYNORasks what they’re really for Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259150799 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259159137.html Now that they have emerged bleary-eyed from their garage bunker, The xx are stealing the show with their blend of emotional, somnambulant rock. Singer Oliver Sim tells JIM CARROLLhow a bunch of teenagers from south London became the talk of the town Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259159137 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143750.html TONY CLAYTON-LEAasks Rick McMurray, drummer for Ash...
Text The Ticket Music Features 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143750 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259142412.html Produced for $15,000. Filmed in the director’s own home. Championed by the people. Paranormal Activityhas become the the most profitable film ever at the world box-office. The movie’s quietly-scary director Oren Peli tells DONALD CLARKEhow public screaming at a public screening convinced DreamWorks to give it a major release Text The Ticket Film Features 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259142412 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259145083.html DONALD CLARKEsets the challenge... Text The Ticket Film Features 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259145083 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157334.html The Irish bands participating in this year’s Tisch music video project have been announced. Each year, a number of acts have a music video made for them by students from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The Tisch students spend one semester of their course in Dublin. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157334 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157358.html The festival season may be over, but jazz fans will be happy to hear that there are a couple of events that may interest them over the coming days and weeks. The Galway Jazz Festival kicked off yesterday with a gig by the Trygve Seim Orchestra, while a host of other jazz acts will play in the city this weekend, including UK group Polar Bear, who were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005. Also scheduled to perform are Rebecca Martin and Martin Grenadier, Métier, Francesco Turrisi Trio and Buckley, Stowell Feely. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157358 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157769.html The Irish may have been conquered by the French in matters of sport, but one band intent on causing a ruckus of the musical manner are Derry's Japanese Popstars. The electro/house trio make their French debut at the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes from December 3rd to 5th. London-based band Django Django, some of whom are Irish, share the bill the native acts. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157769 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157346.html John Lydon has confirmed that Public Image Ltd will record new material in the near future – if they can raise enough cash on their forthcoming tour. The punk band, formed by Lydon after the demise of the Sex Pistols, recently reformed for five UK dates in December. Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157346 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157318.html The other music stories of the week...
Text The Ticket Music News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157318 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157309.html REEL NEWS: Something fishy may be afoot in the campaign for the best animated feature Oscar. Indulge us while we list the tedious regulations. Text The Ticket Film News 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259157309 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259157295.html The other film news stories of the week...
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Text The Ticket Music Opinion 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144526 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259159014.html ...says DONALD CLARKEin his Screen Writercolumn Text The Ticket Film Opinion 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259159014 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146007.html NEW MUSIC:Just when New Music thought there was little else in Oz to grab our attention, The Middle East come along, chuck their gorgeous five-track mini-album in our direction, and we’re sighing with delight once again. Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146007 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146021.html As always, it comes down to the tunes. Sure, Clane trio Planet Parade could have picked a better name to toil under, one which we don’t keep forgetting or mixing up with someone else’s moniker, but they’re stuck with it now. At least they didn’t take solace in a few profanities or misplaced punctuation marks. Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146021 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146028.html ... acts worth checking out. Text The Ticket New Music 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146028 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259155337.html Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Ford Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Sari Lennick, Adam Arkin, Jessica McManus 15A cert, IFI/Cineworld/Screen, Dublin 105 min Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259155337 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259155358.html Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Kristen Stewert, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Rachelle Lefevre, Nikki Reed, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning 12A Cert, gen release, 130 min
Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259155358 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259155372.html Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynsky, Joel McHale, Eddie Jemison 15A cert, gen release, 108 min
Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259155372 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259155386.html Directed by remi Bezancon. Starring Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Deborah Francois, Marc-Andre Grondin 16A cert, Light House/Screen, Dublin, 114 min
Text The Ticket New Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259155386 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143700.html Rihanna, Rated R, Universal ****
Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143700 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143621.html The rock/pop CD reviews of the week...
Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143621 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146120.html The gospel CD of the week reviewed... Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146120 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146042.html The classical pieces of the day reviewed by MICHAEL DERVAN Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146042 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259146106.html The roots music of the week reviewed by JOE BREEN... Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259146106 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259144491.html Jazz music of the week reviewed by RAY COMISKEY Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144491 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259144505.html SIOBHÁN LONGreviews the reissue of the week... Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144505 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259144519.html The soul music of the week reviewed...
Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144519 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259144446.html The soundtrack of the week reviewed by JOCELYN CLARKE...
Text The Ticket Music Reviews 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144446 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143813.html Artice Monkeys, Beyoncé, Morrisey, Ian Brown, Gary Numan - various venues
Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143813 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143736.html Twisted Pepper, Dublin, Saturday 10pm €15/€10 01-8734800... Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143736 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259143572.html Belfast Sat 8pm £8 048-90975337 Erin Lesser (Flute), Carol McGonnell (Clarinet) NCH, Dublin Tues 8.30pm €10 01-4170000 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259143572 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259145004.html Project Arts Centre, Dublin Until Dec 5 8pm €22/€18 01-8819613 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259145004 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2009/1120/1224259144546.html Crawford Art Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork Until Feb 27 021-4805042 Text The Ticket Event Highlights 2009-11-20T00:00:00 1224259144546