Howard Hawks
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There are plenty of sombre films about. Should we be surprised?
- Culture
- October 24, 2020, 05:00
There has been some debate in the Irish Times letters pages about the miserableness of films reviewed last week. It is true that the movies covered mi(...)

John Wayne: Mattie McGrath references an emblematic, problematic American
- Culture
- October 10, 2020, 05:00
Among the waves of bizarre news last week, one gobbet stood out for lovers of cinema. For a day or so, Mattie McGrath caused his own name and that of (...)

Beyond Netflix: where to find Golden Age classic movies
- Film
- March 21, 2020, 05:00
For reasons that shouldn’t need to be reiterated, audiences are paying greater attention than ever to the entertainment options on streaming services.(...)

Raymond Chandler: Crime writer's family left Waterford, but the city never left him
- Abroad
- November 15, 2019, 07:06
Raymond Chandler, the quintessential crime writer, master of the noir genre, is remembered as chronicler of the grimy underside of rapidly expanding m(...)

Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’
- Film
- November 13, 2019, 05:00
I’m not sure they make directors like James Mangold anymore. Now a fit-looking 55, he has been working steadily since making his debut with the indie (...)

James Gray: 'I went back to the US and got told I was nothing'
- Film
- September 18, 2019
The film industry is seldom a cake-walk, but even by the various standards of the “biz”, James Gray’s career has been a fraught one. His second film, (...)

Netflix is a huge disappointment in the ‘Golden Age of TV’
- TV, Radio, Web
- August 31, 2019, 05:00
The “Top Picks for Hugh” tab on my Netflix app includes the 2014 zombie flick Z Nation (I am allergic to zombie flicks), the first Nanny McPhee (seen (...)

Nobody’s perfect. But ‘Some Like It Hot’ is
- Film
- October 27, 2018, 05:00
Late last year, the BBC polled the world’s film critics to discover the “greatest comedy of all time”. The usual candidates showed up: Dr Strangelove (...)

Susan Wood: On My Culture Radar
- Culture
- October 13, 2018, 05:00
Current favourite book I’ve been busy launching my own books, Women and Ireland, so I haven’t had a chance to read. But I have a pile of biographies (...)

Louise Brooks: ‘I was always late, but just too damn stunning for them to fire me’
- Film
- June 2, 2018, 05:00
Watching the newly restored version of Pandora’s Box, one can’t help but suspect that Louise Brooks, who died in 1985, is some contemporary YouTube st(...)