• Preview: Little Joe Film Season

    Cinema programmer at Cork’s Triskel Christchurch, Chris O’Neill previews the forthcoming Little Joe Film Season at the Tobin Street arts venue. Joe Dallesandro was the rebellious male sex symbol, icon of gay subculture, and underground movie star of the late sixties and early seventies. He appeared in a film trilogy which were made by Paul Morrissey and produced by Andy Warhol. Flesh (1968), Trash (1970) and Heat (1972) were groundbreaking not only due to their casual depictions of drugs and hetero/homo/bi-sexuality, but also for their naturalistic performances, dark humour and, most importantly, the casting of Dallesandro. In all three films…

  • Punk On Film @ Triskel Christchurch, Cork

    Running from July 19-22, Cork’s Triskel Christchurch will play host to Punk on Film, a season celebrating the legacy of the seminal punk movement that epitomises late 70’s Britain. Amongst the screenings, The Damned: Don’t You Wish We Were Dead is a programme highlight with director Wes Orshoski at Triskel on Tuesday, July 21 to introduce the screening. The Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and The Fury, the 1977 film Punk In London and Rude Boy, the part fiction – part rockumentary film about The Clash, are also part of the season. Speaking of the screening of his Damned doc,…