Denny Murphy sat firmly into his spot on the bench-seating that lined the Luas carriage and curled his head towards the glass of the window. He didn’t care that the tram was packed and that there were probably older people and women…

Many consider animation to be a waste of time, something for young children and nothing more. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The so called one dimensionalism that many consider animation to be is actually often a deeply complex…

Walking simulators get a bad rap. People have accused them of being boring or, most heinously, of not being games at all. The first charge only stands if you like your story delivered by bullet or bomb. The second is just plain false. While…

Last week, Macedonian film God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya was crowned 2019's Lux Prize winner, an award given out by the European Parliament to help significant European films find an audience beyond their national market. Beating fellow…

The latest one-off Netflix documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator uncovers the darkness behind Bikram Choudhury and his hot yoga empire. This insightful outing from filmmaker Eva Orner (Chasing Asylum) lifts the lid on a harrowing tale of…

For those reading who do not know me, let me introduce myself. My name is Stephen Porzio. I’m 24 and I work as a journalist and film critic, writing for publications including Hot Press and Travel Ireland Magazine. Also in my spare time, I…

Getting a game made is a small miracle. The amount of work, tech and money required to create a game these days is enormous. For as many games that have been made there are just as many that never made it past the idea stage. It's rare then…

It’s interesting the upstate mansion has become a symbol of prejudice in the cinema of Trump’s America. Opposition to the “elites” was a rallying cry of the man’s incendiary presidential run. Yet it’s the not-so-humble abodes of the upper…