Film
Review: Interstellar
Gavin Nolan takes a look at the latest offering from his namesake Christopher, the 169-minute epic, Interstellar. Read more…
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Music
The Swift vs. Spotify Conundrum
Following Taylor Swift’s decision to remove her whole discography from streaming service Spotify, Scout Mitchell analyses the fallout. Read more…
Features
Editorial: All About That Positive Body Image
Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” has been celebrated for its message of positive body image. Odrán de Bhaldraithe asks if it really is all that positive. Read more…
Film
Kapow: The Great Comic Book Explosion
Gavin Nolan takes a look at the origins of the superhero renaissance the worlds of T.V. and film find themselves in. Read more…
Features
Downtown Divas: Exploitation or Art?
Colm Quinn looks at the visual project Downtown Divas and discusses the view that its use of heroin addicts is exploitation. Read more…
Features
One-line reviews
The Suss team attempt to be funny (sometimes) while looking at recent happenings in the art world. Read more…
Features
Sharp darts
The Suss team round up all the latest news in the arts world. Read more…
Features
Interview: Infidelix
Ferdia Fallon Verbruggen interviews Bryan Rodecker, aka Infidelix, the American rapper making his way across Europe. Read more…
Music
Live review: Future Islands at Vicar Street
Stephen Keegan reviews the recent performance from Baltimore-based synthpop band Future Islands in Vicar Street. Read more…
Music
Review: Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
Daniel O’Connor reviews the triumphant return of Ireland’s premiere singer-songwriter, Damien Rice. Read more…
Television
Isis and the absence of imagination
After Isis, the dog in Downton Abbey, was diagnosed with cancer, Bryan Grogan takes a look at the media and its attempts at social commentary, or lack thereof. Read more…
Film
BBC’s Drive re-score: The standard or the deluxe version?
Michelle Bourke takes a look at the BBC’s controversial decision to re-score the 2011 arthouse film Drive. Read more…
Music
Alisa Xayalith on success, life and lettuce spinners.
Clarissa Waldron chats to The Naked and Famous frontwoman Alisa Xayalith about a third album, L.A. and the world at large. Read more…
Music
Live Review: Royal Blood at the Academy
Ryan Foynes reviews the recent performance of buzzing act Royal Blood at the Academy. Read more…
Features
Seann Walsh at the Venue
Lisa Kirby gives her take on the recent performance in the Venue by English comedian Seann Walsh. Read more…
Film
Review: Dracula Untold
Leigh McGowran takes a look at Gary Shore’s attempt at an origin story for the world’s most famous vampire. Read more…
Music
Review: Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
Mark Hogan reviews the sophomore album from the English singer-songwriter. Read more…
Features
Sharp darts
The Suss team round up the latest news in the art world. Read more…
Books
The Second Half of Two Sides: The Autobiography
As sport autobiography season is here, Ferdia Fallon Verbruggen takes a look at the releases so far and analyses the coaching culture from which the players in question came, Read more…
Features
A look into another world: Antarctica
Clarissa Waldron interviews Anthony Powell, director of Antarctica: A Year on Ice. Read more…
Flux
Editorial: Are we the real Lost Generation?
Inspired by a summertime trip to Paris, Odrán de Bhaldraithe wonders just who is the real Lost Generation. Read more…
Music
Foo Fighters creating their own highway
Daniel O’Connor takes a look at Foo Fighters’ new documentary on HBO showcasing the making of their eighth album. Read more…
Film
One-line reviews
The Suss team give their succinct thoughts on recent happenings in the art world and attempt, at times, to be funny. Read more…
Film
8×8 Film Festival comes to DCU
Bryan Grogan and Odrán de Bhaldraithe report on the recent 8×8 Film Festival that took place in DCU. Read more…
Music
The Flaming Lips get by with a little help from their friends
After The Flaming Lips’s audacious Sgt. Pepper’s tribute album, Bryan Grogan takes a look at it and the difficulty of tribute albums. Read more…