NEWS: Israeli Ambassador visits Queen’s
BY BEN FINCH
Ron Prosor, Israeli Ambassador to the UN, visited Queen’s University today. The visit was not advertised by the University. Prosor made a low-key entrance, shaking Pro-Vice Chancellor Tony Gallagher’s hand before entering the Lanyon Building. There was a noticeable presence of police and security guards following the disturbances during Solon Solomon’s visit in February.
April 13th, 2011 | Comments (2)
REVIEW: Source Code
BY MATTHEW MCKERNAN
Source Code is the new film from Duncan Jones, who made his excellent debut two years ago with the powerful Moon. What Duncan Jones managed to do so well with his debut was to make a science fiction film that went back to the roots of the genre, delivering a film in which the futuristic setting is only another means of developing the film’s one character. In this way, the film recalls Andrei Tarkovsky’s masterful Solaris, rather than the dull explosions-in-space and battling-robots films into which the genre descended. With Source Code, Jones continues to bring back the adult sci-fi film, recalling here Terry Gilliam’s bleak masterpiece Twelve Monkeys.
April 13th, 2011 | No Comments
REVIEW: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
BY MATTHEW MCKERNAN
Cave of Forgotten Dreams is the new documentary from Werner Herzog, following closely on from his powerful Grizzly Man and his beautiful Encounters at the End of the World. This time, Herzog has been granted exclusive access to film the recently uncovered cave paintings in the Chauvet cave, which have been estimated to be over 32,000 years old. With a crew of only four people including Herzog himself, the film was shot in 3-D.
April 12th, 2011 | No Comments
NOTICE: Question Time to take place tomorrow at QUBSU
Amnesty QUB and QUB Politics Society will tomorrow evening host a Hustings event in the Space area of the Students’ Union. The event will take place between 7.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m. The hustings will be chaired by Jim Fitzpatrick, presenter of BBC NI’s Politics Show.
April 12th, 2011 | No Comments
REVIEW: Essential Killing
BY MATTHEW MCKERNAN
Essential Killing is Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski’s second film in twenty years. With its story of a Taliban political prisoner (played with typically method discomfort by actor Vincent Gallo) on the run from his American captors after a crash in Europe, Skolimowski explicitly avoids getting embroiled in the politics of the situation. As a result, the precise location of the chase as well as the escapee’s name is not revealed. Instead, Skolimowski aims for a much more tame study of what makes us human and how quickly we can lose these qualities.
April 12th, 2011 | Comment (1)
REVIEW: The Vaccines at the Speakeasy
BY SARAH LAVERTY
What did you expect from The Vaccines? Well they certainly surpassed all expectations in the Speakeasy, where this sell out show brought a whirlwind to the stage. The supporting act, John D’Arcy, drew the crowd in and before long the venue was fizzing with anticipation. When The Vaccines finally blasted onto the stage they wasted no time in getting the crowd moving. Justin Young’s energy seeps through the crowd and before long arms are in the air and the fans are chanting lyrics as though they’ve known them for years.
April 12th, 2011 | No Comments
NEWS: Election Court upholds SU election results
BY SEAN ASHFORD
The Election Court called in response to allegations of voter harassment and other incidents during last month’s SU Sabbatical elections has found that there is no evidence that such activities took place, and as such the result of the election stands.
April 11th, 2011 | Comments (7)
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