This afternoon.
Balally Luas station
Colm Walsh writes:
Was it for this? When’s Santy coming?
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What you may need to know
1. In another case of the coincidences that cinema is capable of, just as the USA stumbles through a political and social crisis that could well be its undoing, along comes this intense-looking drama recreating another of that country’s defining moments.
2. Following the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy (Caspar Phillipson), Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Natalie Portman) attempts to make sense of her own shattered life as American politics swirls around her. The story is framed by the famed “Camelot” interview Kennedy did with Life magazine’s Theodore H. White (Billy Crudup) following her husband’s funeral.
3. Far from being a cloying, formulaic historical drama, however, Jackie has been described as having “the sophisticated psychological aesthetic of a Jonathan Glazer movie”.
4. Speaking of Glazer, Jackie’s soundtrack has been composed by Mica Levi. Levi is responsible for the distressing score to Glazer’s equally distressing Under the Skin (2013). That should give one an idea of what to expect.
5. Prolific Chilean director Pablo Larraín is behind the camera. He has already released two films in 2016, (El Club and Neruda), and is making his English-language debut here.
6. Spielberg had his eye on the script originally, before it got in to the hands Darren Aronofsky (who directed Portman to her Oscar for Black Swan in 2010). Aronofsky eventually passed it on to Larraín and took up producer duties himself.
7. From the opening close-up, Natalie is obviously gunning for her second Oscar. She’s appeared in some awful tripe since Black Swan, but at the end of the day there’s nothing wrong with taking a few Marvel paychecks while waiting for the next big fish to come along. She also wrote, directed and starred in Hebrew-language historical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness.
8. At first glance, Jackie may look like histrionic Hollywood Oscar-bait, but the arthouse credentials behind the camera and Larraín’s distinctive visual style suggest something much more interesting. No doubt Jackie will feature heavily come Awards season.
Verdict: Jackie O Face
Release date: December 2, 2016
Ready Or Not
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This afternoon.
Aviva Lansdowne Road Nua, Dublin 4
The announcement of Ireland’s entry into the ‘candidate’ phase of the selection process to determine the host for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. An all-island bid will compete against France and South Africa to host the championship.
Wedgie!
From Top: Taoiseach Enda Kenny and unidentified; Enda Kenny; from left: Enda Kenny, former Tanaiste and rugby international Dick Spring, Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross; Martin Mc Guinness, former Ireland Rugby International Brian O Driscoll, Enda Kenny and Dick Spring.
Rugby World Cup 2023: Ireland ready to stage a tournament ‘like no other’ (Irish Times)
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Conor Browne writes:
Studio apartment for 975 a month – only 4 nights a week though. To the streets with you on the weekends you peasant!
Ah here.
A video ad for the new Wah Wah Club in the Grand Social, Dublin 1.
Unce, unce, unce.
Thanks Jason
Wes Enzinna in Mother Jones writes:
Given what we’re seeing in the election’s aftermath, photographer-filmmaker Lucian Read clearly picked a prescient title for his recent mini-doc series on inequality in the United States: America Divided, which aired on EPIX in October and November, took us to corners of a nation still hurting from the Great Recession—from an addiction-ravaged Rust Belt town reeling from factory closures to New York City, where the housing crisis proved devastating to many Latinos and African Americans.
Premiering here, Read’s latest short film, Mni Wiconi: The Standing at Standing Rock, turns a camera on the plight of Native Americans, a group that has been neglected and wronged perhaps more than any other in this nation.
This Gorgeous Short Film Takes Us to the Heart of the Dakota Access Pipeline Standoff (Mother Jones)
Wall Of Fame
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Charmaine Kenny at the Irish Workshop, online home of Irish-made crafts and whatnot, writes:
Artist Vincent Keeling has captured heroes of Irish literature and music in his black-and-white portrait collection. Vincent is one of Ireland’s most talented portrait artists and has 13 of his prints available on The Irish Workshop. His prints are limited edition too. Special Christmas present, anyone?
Vincent Keeling Portraits (The Irish Workshop)
Irish-made stocking fillers to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘Irish-Made Stocking Fillers’. No fee.
35 Days
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Globe House, Sligo
Amjad Rosstami is a 44-year-old Iranian Kurdish man who came to Ireland several months ago seeking asylum.
He reportedly came to Ireland via Britain where he was for four years.
After Ireland’s Department of Justice refused his application for refugee protection, Amjad faced a deportation order – to send him back to the UK – prompting him to go on hunger strike.
He is now on the 35th day of his hunger strike.
Ahmad Kamal, from Sudan, is Amjad’s roommate at Globe House where there were 195 asylum seekers living at the end of 2015. Ahmad has been in the direct provision system for 11 years.
Last Saturday, Ahmad spoke at Saturday’s rally in Dublin, calling for an end to the direct provision system and spoke of Amjad’s situation.
This morning, on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show, journalist Brian O’Connell broadcast an interview he carried out with Ahmad in Sligo last night.
“We share a room, he’s on hunger strike for 34 days. The first days were very horrible days – he was dying because [he was taking] no water, no food and his body not used to it. And then [after several days] when he started drinking [water], he seemed to be a little bit okay. Just, he’s so weak and he lost a lot of weight.
“He used to be very healthy, muscle man, now he’s very weak. He’s looking like he’s dying. He’s not moving out of the room, he just keeps lying in the bed because he has no energy to move. He’s sugar is low, his blood pressure is low and he’s, he’s too weak.”
“He wants Ireland to look after his case. He’s like lost for four years in the UK. The UK, they refused him so he decided to come to Ireland. He thought that this is his last chance. Die or Ireland will look after him.”
“He’s in danger. Iran want him, he’s wanted there and if he’s sent back, he will be killed there.”
“He’s a very quiet man, he’s very gentle. He doesn’t talk much. I really worry about my friend, he’s getting weaker and weaker every day. A couple of days [ago] he stopped drinking water and now he’s on hunger strike without water…”
Mr O’Connell explained that, at around 9pm last night, Amjad was complaining of severe stomach pains, an ambulance was called and he was transferred to Sligo General Hospital.
He said it’s unclear whether Amjad remains in the hospital or if he has been discharged.
Mr O’Connell also reported:
“There was a dramatic development in the case this morning. A Government source has confirmed that the deportation order has now been lifted and when I put it to them that the protest is continuing unless written confirmation is given, I’m told this will happen in the next few days – that he will be brought back into the asylum process on the basis that he stops his protest.
“Now, it’s unclear at the moment whether that will be enough to end the hunger strike, as he said he would only end the strike if he was officially interviewed by Department of Justice officials but it is a significant development. The deportation order which had been hanging over him has been lifted.
“But I guess many people at the vigil last night were asking: how was it that somebody could have been allowed spend 35 days on hunger strike before any significant progress was made?“
Previously: ‘Something Should Have Been Done For Her As A Matter Of Urgency’
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Gareth Naughton writes:
The application process for The Late Late Toy Show tickets closed yesterday. More than 125,000 applications have been received for seats in the audience of this year’s show, which airs on Friday, December 2nd. Tickets will be issued on a lottery basis.
However, The Late Late Toy Show is giving viewers an extra shot at securing two seats…
To be in with a chance of securing a pair of tickets, all viewers have to do is go here to download the ‘RyanElf’, carefully cut it out and start taking snaps.
Make the ‘RyanElf’ a part of a special occasion, bring him to your favourite spot in your hometown or maybe he could ’embellish’ the perfect picture with a well-timed photobomb.
To enter viewers must then post their creative shots – using #ToyShowSnap – on Instagram, Twitter or The Late Late Show/RTÉ One Facebook pages.
This may not end well
*Snap*
Previously: Time Travel Adventures
Neil writes:
How could you not be entertained by the plight of a guy with a learning disability who was involuntary and unconstitutionally coerced into confessing to assisting in a murder and has been incarcerated since he was a teenager?
US judge orders release of ‘Making a Murderer’s’ Brendan Dassey (RTE)