A Writer, a Professor and a Stalker walk into a bar, what happens over the next three hours is either the longest punchline in history or one of the greatest films ever made. Since premiering in 1979, Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker has gone on…

It was the height of the Celtic Tiger and funds were tight. There was no way that I was going back to the bog for another summer so it was the building site for me. Mullingar was booming, but I wouldn’t get a sniff without a Safe Pass.…

Astronomer Seal by R.P Moran Torpedo snouted, gazing up to  battleship-grey skies. Scanning for what? Sonar singing through clouds,  fishing for stars; hungry for answers. Arria after the roadside sculpture by Andy…

There’s a joke I made about writing this article: “how do I make a film about people isolated together and one of them going mad topical today?” I thought about that joke while I was watching The Shining’s opening, with its amazing…

Though Norwegian duo Timo and Tony, aka Barren Womb, describe themselves as “northern hardcore”, their collective name, song titles, and sound (think Mclusky fronted by Dennis Lyxzén of Refused) may place them more firmly in the “asshole…

“No one stays good in this world.” At long last, after years of tortuous whingeing on Twitter and a courageous protest in real life the self-described crusaders of artistic freedom have managed to unleash whatever hideous, inhuman, Zack…

t's the goddamn weekend and NO ENCORE is here to tap you on the shoulder in a socially-distant fashion and ask if you want to talk about music. You do? Awesome, let's go! This week, Dave and Craig review the brand new album from pop titans…

The Irish for bilingual is dátheangach, which literally means two tongued. When Clodagh McGinley isn’t contributing to this podcast, sneaking off to be a guest on other podcasts (hello, “I Love This Band”) or curating her photography on…