Reviews

Film Eye

History as fairytale? Elizabeth: the Golden Age Director: Shekhar Kapur by Hiram Morgan Director: Zack Synder by Ciarán Brady This film is great fun but it is not history. It is an Anglo-Protestant present-centred interpretation of history wrapped up in Hollywood glamour, Harry Potter fantasy and Monty Python caricature. It is a sequel to the … Read more

TV Eye

‘Capitalistic Vulture’? Hidden History: Figure of Hate RTÉ1, 13 November 2007 Union Films by John Gibney There are a number of ways of looking at William Martin Murphy. Traditionally he appears in Irish history as the sinister ‘boss of bosses’ who faced down Jim Larkin and the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union (ITGWU) during … Read more