Film

It is fitting that a book set in a cemetery has come to be known as the graveyard of translators. Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s masterpiece Cré na Cille was described in the New Yorker as “too good to translate” although different individuals have…

As the buzz of New Years starts to dwindle, people all around the world start cursing themselves for failing their resolutions. January has always been a month for new beginnings. The pressure to reinvent oneself post festive period is…

We are closing in on the top spot for the HeadStuff Film writers’ Best Movies of 2018. If you haven’t caught our picks for #20 to #11 check it out here. Let’s jump back in with our Top Ten. #10 Annihilation - Dir. Alex Garland Ever…

There's been a host of fantastic films this year so HeadStuff gathered the collective minds of our Film section to bring you our picks for top 20 of 2018. Below are #20 to #11, see our top 10 best movies here. #20 Upgrade - Dir.…

Due to the premise of Susanne Bier’s post-apocalyptic drama Bird Box, a film in which everyone must remain blindfolded or risk insta-suicide, there is a nagging feeling that something is missing. After all, this is a film that is very much…

Squawking umbrellas, enchanted banisters and a concerning variety of tweed, it can only mean one thing: Mary Poppins has descended from the heavens upon jolly Ole London Town once again.  Disney’s follow up to the 1964 classic sees our…

Having seen Aquaman recently so soon after the trailer for Avengers: Endgame was finally released after months of anticipation, I began to do the thing that fans of DC movies hate: I began to compare the Marvel Cinematic universe with the…

Stuck for something to watch over the Christmas break? Film buffs should do themselves a favour and check out Soulsmith, the debut feature from writer-director Kevin Henry. The drama will receive its Irish television premiere Friday,…

What you’ll make of Dumplin’, Netflix’s newest film release, may come down to your feelings about the music of Dolly Parton. In essence, this is an extended love letter to the Tennessee country music icon wrapped inside a sweet, but very…

Roma is another visual wonder from Alfonso Cuaron. While it may lack the bombastic sci-fi of Children of Men or Gravity and the literal magic of his Harry Potter film, its quieter, almost neo-realistic depiction of a family in crisis still…