classic cinema

Walt Disney's short-and-sweet tale of a big-eared circus elephant hit Irish cinemas in the summer of 1942. To celebrate, animation expert Joseph Learoyd pays tribute its enduring legacy. It is hard to think that Dumbo, one of the…

Billy Wilder reportedly had a poster in his office, which said “How would Lubitsch do it?” – referring to German American writer-director Ernst Lubitsch. Perhaps, the question should have been: “How would Lubitsch touch it?” The man…