The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias
PHILOSOPHY: In the grand conclusion of his Pervert’s Guide trilogy, Slavoj Žižek wants us to embrace the end of the world with a healthy dose of radical pessimism.
Ireland
The Siege of Paradise
TOURISM: Follow the residents of Cinque Terre as they navigate a tourist economy that both sustains and slowly erodes the villages they call home.
What about identity?
IRELAND: Irish filmmakers redefine identity through intimate, political, and historical documentaries at the Krakow Film Festival’s Focus on Ireland programme.
«You may end up with the only peace – being the peace of the graveyard.»
INTERVIEW: We are talking with the previous Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, the man who could have been prime minister in Britain, about current issues – like military build-up, Ukraine, Israel, climate justice and labour, security, democracy, citizen assemblies, and not least of all, hope for the future.
Unleashing the power of Irish documentaries: the Pull Focus Competition at Docs Ireland
Docs Ireland, now in its 5th year, is currently showcasing the best of Irish documentary cinema through its highly anticipated
The world’s best Catholics?
RELIGION: With the discovery of children’s graves in Canada, the Canadians are arguably making the Irish rank as «the world’s best Catholics.»
Free markets are an illusion
CAPITALISM: John Mikler argues that the world’s largest companies are economically superior to their competitors to such an extent it is wrong to speak of free competition.
TG4: MINORITY-LANGUAGE BROADCASTER: A Window for Embattled Languages
TG4, the Irish Gaelic language broadcaster, faces the same struggle for ratings that ‘normal’ broadcasters do, i.e. going for the least expensive programmes.
DOCLANDS – IRELAND 2000: Respect and Dignity
Doclands – held in Dublin last October – was the first Irish documentary festival ever. TUE STEEN MÜLLER was there to report on the event in general and the Irish documentaries in particular.