Emma O’Donoghue checks out Cecily Brennan’s part documentary, part dramatised art-piece which investigates the connection between madness and artistic creativity.
Emma O’Donoghue takes a look at Ian Fitzgibbon’s ‘Death of a Superhero’, available on DVD and on-demand.
Emma O’Donoghue checks out Dáire McNab’s ‘The Gingerbread Men’, which is out on DVD.
A remarkable and fascinating portrayal.
A brief glimpse into a seldom-viewed world, this short documentary by Maya Derrington fluidly oscillates between the hardened roughness of the street and the quiet, tender moments in the intimacy of the home. Around the flats of Ballyfermot in Dublin the pavement is littered with kids of all ages – young boys cause havoc, tormenting passers-by, throwing stones at windows and generally killing time in a grey and dreary landscape. The girls kill time in…