Iron & Wine, the moniker of singer-songwriter Sam Beam, returns with Light Verse, his first non-collaborative album since 2017, following his 2019 collaborative album Years to Burn with Calexico. Stepping away from collaborations, Beam…

I want you to picture a simple Venn diagram. Just two little circles, no more, no less. In one circle, we have a neat little collection of the world’s most famous comedians. In the other, the nation of Ireland and the Irish people. And…

George White had the amazing opportunity to talk to Dayangku Zyana and Pehan Abdul, two trans femme actors, who portray the hijras in Dev Patel's directorial debut Monkey Man. Pehan Abdul, Fahad Scale, Reva Marchellin, Vipin Sharma…

Criticism is, of necessity, partial. To engage with anything is to land on one side or another, where an ambiguous response is productive of further reflection (or else more telling than a straight answer). The critic is a constitutive…

We are closing in on the top spot for the HeadStuff Film writers’ Best Movies of 2023. If you haven’t caught our picks from #20 to #11, you can check them out first. Now, let’s jump back in with our top ten. 10. Anatomy of a Fall …

If you needed evidence that great music will always pull through and find a way to be heard, Nation of Language are that evidence. Releasing their first two albums (2020 debut Introduction, Presence and 2021 follow-up A Way Forward) at…

The vast majority of us don’t fully realize the impact that film has on our lives. Not only does it provide a significant portion of many people’s weekly entertainment, but it also profoundly influences our unconscious biases and belief…

The sort of DTV filler that invariably goes straight to Redbox and stars Frank Grillo or Chad Michael Murray, usually produced by Grindstone or Emmett-Furla, with a headline cameo from Bruce Willis, Robert DeNiro or John Malkovich. This…

TikTok may have started as a platform that mostly attracted teens and young adults. However, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, the social media app has skyrocketed in popularity, and has fostered several “communities” along the…

Well, that's a wrap. Another fine year of music excellence has passed us by, and now that we've cast our votes on a bountiful selection of Irish gems, it's time to look further afield at the international stage for those LPs that made our…