Arts & Music
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Food Nostalgia
By Aoife Lawless The rather ghoulish tradition of the the ‘last meal’ on Death Row was the inspiration for Melanie Dunea’s 2007 book The Last Supper, where she asked celebrity chefs about what they would choose as their final repast. The…
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Noel Gallagher Rocks Dublin’s 3Arena
Noel Gallagher continued his UK and Ireland arena tour Wednesday night with a 90 minute performance at Dublin’s 3Arena. Ireland’s largest indoor music venue saw the singer-songwriter and his High Flying Birds play a string of songs from his two solo albums…
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Will Madonna be the super-hero fighting against the Front National?
Madonna was invited on a French TV Show a few days ago and shared her point of view concerning the Front National. For those of you who have never heard of the Front National, they are an extreme-right party which bases their political…
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Better Call Saul does not disappoint
Attention all Breaking Bad fans, everyone’s favorite lawyer is back! The spin-off series airs every Tuesday and is available on Netflix. The series has been hotly anticipated, so has it lived up to expectations so far? In a word, yes. In fact if…
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Mainstream films: unexpected virtue of ignorance?
Once one of the most well-known critical theorists Theodor W. Adorno stated that culture was important to manipulate the audience. For him, films provide easy pleasure to people, giving them a false sense of reality. This theory has some valid points. Undoubtedly, some…
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Another Stunning Irish Film for 2015: Patrick’s Day
Terry McMahon has brought Irish audiences a stunning piece of work that continues to push the boundaries for Irish cinema. The piece comes after a hugely successful 2014 for Irish film with the likes of John Michael McDonagh’s dark comedy, Calvary, and Lenny…
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Book Review: ‘The Girl on the Train’ by Paula Hawkins
This could be the year of the domestic noir thriller. After the amazing success of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, both book and film, there was bound to be a reaction in the publishing industry. There is nothing truly new in the world of…
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Pond, Live at Whelan’s
Remember Pond? In one of The City’s previous articles, I told you that their gig in Dublin was a must-go-to. We talked about the psychedelic dimension of the band, but here in Dublin, on the 19th of February 2015, their gig at Whelan’s…
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Sermanni and Terrell to be watched on the folk scene
By Sinéad Fitzgerald Twenty three year old Scottish folk musician Rachel Sermanni and American folk/blues artist Tom Terrell have just completed the Irish leg of their 2015 tour. They are due to perform at a number of venues in Great Britain, including Oxford,…
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