Five for your Radar: One Battle After Another, Cork Folk Festival, The Walsh Sisters...
Leonardo Di Caprio in 'One Battle After Another'; and The 'Walsh Sisters', which starts on RTÉ One on Sunday.
One of the most atmospheric small venues in the country hosts a wealth of talent in the coming days as part of the annual CLMF.
On Friday night, Cork’s own Ana Palindrome, led by Niamh Dalton, are joined by rising stars Stella & The Dreaming for a double bill of ethereal music.
John Francis Flynn, Lisa Hannigan, and Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin all play over the weekend, with day shows and silent discos also happening.
An epic action thriller, auteur Paul Thomas Anderson’s is inspired in part by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a former revolutionary forced back into conflict when his daughter (newcomer Chase Infiniti) is abducted by Col. Steven J Lockjaw(Sean Penn) a corrupt military official. Taking aim at the wars on terror and drugs as well as the state of US politics, Anderson, as is his wont, crafts a sweeping tale.
The 46th Cork Folk Festival brings 200 musicians to 15 venues across the city, with 35 events celebrating Ireland’s rich folk and traditional sounds. It begins on Wednesday with the Noel Brazil Song Competition at Coughlan’s and a free gig from The Four Star Trio at The Corner House. Thursday’s programme sees Any Old Time perform a free lunchtime concert at MTU Bishopstown; Flook (Brian Finnegan, Sarah Allen, Ed Boyd, John Joe Kelly plus Seán Lyons and Eva Carroll) play Triskel that evening;
Douglas GAA hosts a céilí mór with Ger Murphy and Ken Cotter; and An Spailpín Fánach welcomes Any Old Time with guests Donie Carroll and Ruby Falvey.
A six-part drama, The Walsh Sisters brings Marian Keyes’ beloved novels and to the screen. Following sisters Anna (Louisa Harland), Rachel (Caroline Menton), Claire (Danielle Galligan), Maggie (Stefanie Preissner), and Helen (Máiréad Tyers),they face addiction and family crises while navigating the bonds that hold them together. Aidan Quinn and Carrie Crowley star as their parents. The show was written by Preissner ( ) and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon ( ).
For Those I Love — the project of Dublin poet and producer David Balfe — released his second album during the summer, a searing and soul-searching second album that builds on the acclaim of his Choice Prize-winning debut. Blending spoken word, hard electronics, and raw storytelling, Balfe explores love, loss and the bruising realities of modern Dublin life.
Fierce, tender and unflinchingly honest, his live shows are cathartic experiences where personal grief and political rage collide. His Irish tour kicks off at Mike the Pies in Listowel on Wednesday before a date at Cyprus Avenue on Thursday.
