Early Irish Cinema: Rebuilding Dublin as a Cinematic City for the 1920s
Denis Condon explores how cinema, in Dublin especially, was about to change radically as it underwent a post-World War I, post-1916 Rising building boom 100 years ago.
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Early Irish Cinema: “Leaning towards the Spectacular”: The Suppression of the Sinn Fein Review in April 1919
Film historian Denis Condon highlights the banning and seizure of the Sinn Fein Review, a compilation of Irish Events newsreel (1917 - 1920) items 100 years ago.
Early Irish Cinema: Cinema on the Brain in August 1918
Denis Condon explores how cinema gave rise to the criminal behaviour / entrepreneurial spirit of the young Boland gang 100 years ago.
Early Irish Cinema: When Did Love Come to Gavin Burke? An Irish Film Finds an Audience in Early Summer 1918
Denis Condon breathes life into the obscure 1917 Film Company of Ireland film 'When Love Came to Gavin Burke'.
Early Irish Cinema: “A Photo-Play of Unique National Interest”: Seeing Knocknagow in Irish Cinemas, January-April 1918
Denis Condon introduces 'Knocknagow', "the most significant film made in Ireland during the silent period."
Early Irish Cinema: Idealizing Everything Irish: The Film Company of Ireland Releases Rafferty’s Rise in late 1917
Denis Condon explores the particular case of the 1917 lost comedy 'Rafferty’s Rise'.