Sounding Off: Rachel Lysaght asks ‘Where my ladies at?’ Issue 144 Spring 2013
This article first appeared in issue 144 Spring 2013, the last ever printed issue of Film Ireland, which was published 14th February 2013.
Category: Sounding Off
A Response to Sounding Off: Making Irish films that people want to watch: my thoughts on Mark O’Connor’s manifesto
Screenwriter and producer Eilis Mernagh responds to Mark O’Connor’s Sounding Off article: ‘The New Wave, The Fís And The Rage’, which featured in Film Ireland magazine Issue 142 Autumn 2012
Sounding Off: ‘The New Wave, The Fís And The Rage’ Mark O’Connor Issue 142 Autumn 2012
Writer/Director Mark O’Connor hails a new face in Irish cinema in ‘The New Wave, The Fís And The Rage’, which featured in Film Ireland magazine Issue 142 Autumn 2012.
Sounding Off: A Response to ‘Superhero Movies – no longer films for our times’
Paul Counter responds to Paul Lynch’s insistence that superhero movies are no longer films for our times.
Sounding Off
Welcome to Film Ireland’s online ‘Sounding Off’ section. Here is your chance to give your opinion and – hopefully – spark off a heated debate. Feel free to respond in the comments section (no flaming, please!) or if you’d like to kick off your own topic, please email steven@filmbase.ie. Enjoy!
Sounding Off: Superhero Movies – no longer films for our times
Paul Lynch explores why superheroes movies are no longer films for our times.
Sounding Off: Give ‘em what they know…
Gavin Burke bemoans the Summer blockbusters’ lack of originality – continuing Film Ireland’s ‘Sounding Off’ section – the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling.
Sounding Off: The Road to Recovery
Díóg O’Connell examines the cultural and economic argument for film production in Ireland – continuing Film Ireland’s ‘Sounding Off’ section – the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling.
Red Carpet Narcissus
Recognition rather than reward should be the mandate of award ceremonies, according to Steven Galvin, continuing Film Ireland’s ‘Sounding Off’ section – the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling.
Sounding Off: What is it about the lack of regard for short films?
Short-tempered Corona Cork Film Festival’s Mick Hannigan questions the ongoing neglect of short films continuing Film Ireland’s ‘Sounding Off’ section – the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling.
A Response to 'What’s to Love about Irish Film?'
Díóg O’Connell responds to Ferdia Mac Anna’s article insisting that there is indeed alot to like about Irish Film.
Sounding Off: What’s to Love about Irish Film?
Ferdia Mac Anna tell us how he tries to fall in love with Irish film – but keeps getting jilted. This is the second article in Film Ireland’s ‘Sounding Off’ section – the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling.
What's wrong with the Nationalistic Epic
The inaugural article in Film Ireland’s new sounding off section! This is the place for debate and discussion on the topics that you find most compelling. Read on to find out what filmmaker Andrew Legge thinks is wrong with the nationalistic epic and how film historian Kenneth Sloane responds to his criticism of such lauded films as ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley’.
