Culture
Oisín Ó Ceallaigh explores the real-world influences on the Rebellion in Star Wars, the historical context to George Lucas’ original films and how Andor provides lessons in fighting fascism in today’s world. Star Wars has always been political. George Lucas’ 1977 masterpiece and its sequels, The Empire Strikes
Culture
Vampires and capitalism, remakes and gimmicks: Odin O’Sullivan reviews Robert Eggers’ update to a classic of the horror genre, Nosferatu. In Capital: Volume 1, Karl Marx, in a suitably gothic turn of phrase, notes that “capital is dead labour which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labour, and
Features
Oisín Ó Ceallaigh explains the Pálás Cinema Galway closure and argues that such a cultural institution should not be abandoned to the ravages of the market. The recent announcement by Pálás Cinema Galway to close its doors after only 7 years of trading has come as a shock to many