'an attack on the senses, a violence towards the audience that targets expectations of beauty, of wholeness, of integrity' - Ian Maleney on Jean Luc Godard's Adieu Au Langage
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Paul Thomas Anderson's Pynchon adaptation is a beautiful and funny masterpiece of over-the-top story-telling, with a dark and serious heart, says Ian Maleney.
Patrick's Day is an interesting study of mental illness let down by a lack of conviction, says Ian Maleney
The conclusion to Peter Jackson's Tolkein project is "no more sophisticated than Die Hard, or an episode of Spartacus: Blood & Sand," says Ian Maleney
The Imitation Game is a false tribute to one of the 20th century's greatest scientists, says Ian Maleney.
Brigid Power-Ryce's first solo full-length contains "the best songs she's ever written", says Ian Maleney.
'None of it suggests Lanois is operating at the edge of anything, least of all contemporary technology' - Ian Maleney reviews the new album from Daniel Lanois
Hunter's Moon, The Beatyard & Bring To Light - Ian Maleney takes a look at the festivals happening in Leitrim, Dublin and Birmingham this October Bank Holiday weekend.
'It's not three musicians and a dancer, it's four musicians and one of them happens to be playing feet' - This Is How We Fly's Caomhín O'Raghallaigh speaks to Ian Maleney ahead of their album launch this Friday.
Bill Callahan's Dream River is evidence of an artist growing more imaginative, more intimate and "ever more comfortable with his vernacular", says Ian Maleney.