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1 week ago | headstuff.org | Sarah Cullen

From That Small Island – The Story of the Irish is an ambitious and ground-breaking four-part documentary series coming to RTE which tells the story of the Irish from the very first inhabitants to the present day, tracing the ebb and flow of people into and out of the island. Who are the Irish? Where did they come from? Where do they go? 6 million people live on the island of Ireland, but over 80 million people worldwide say they are Irish. From That Small Island explores what that means.

1 week ago | headstuff.org | Danny Kilmartin

Wondering how to get into The Armed? You’re not alone. They don’t make it easy — and that’s the point. Too loud for indie rock, too irreverent for hardcore, too well-read for meathead gym-metal, and too chaotically sincere to dismiss as a bit, The Armed defy genre and expectation. Their albums sound like breakdowns rendered in 4K, and their media presence is deliberately misleading. You will never know who’s in the band, and that’s part of the appeal.

1 week ago | headstuff.org | Brian Bowe

It’s over! The movie stars have deserted the French seaside town of Cannes, the reviews have been filed, the red carpets rolled up, and the world’s press now move on to what’s really important — tearing into the latest Disney live-action remake with all the agitated fury of a lab rat on amphetamine.

2 weeks ago | headstuff.org | Brian Bowe

Well, folks, we’re nearing the end of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, that time of year which sees the world’s biggest movie stars descend upon La Croisette, bringing with them a spate of shiny new movies that audiences can look forward to seeing over the next year or so — unless, of course, you happen to be a fan of Kelly Reichardt currently residing in Europe, in which case you’ll probably be waiting three years until whomever is handling distribution decides to get their act together!...

4 weeks ago | headstuff.org | Sarah Cullen

When I was leaving my screening of Until Dawn I heard some cinema-goers making fun of the movie’s rather earnest message, repeated throughout, about the importance of friends sticking together. The audience members weren’t wrong to find it surprisingly naive in a movie based on a survival horror video game, but I would argue it’s because David F.