Extracts from Martin Duffy's book-in-progress about The Boy from Mercury <br> John Carney interview (November Afternoon) <br> Irish-themed programmes on American TV report <br> History and future of film projection <br> Muiris MacConghail on Michael Collins.
Reviews: Michael Collins, The Uncle Jack, The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, The Last of the High Kings, Dra?ocht, The Secret of Roan Inish.
Book: The Companion to British and Irish Cinema.

S?le de Valera interview <br> Amsterdam Documentary Forum & Market report <br> Film distribution in the Irish market <br> Irish commercial producing sector <br> Employment conditions in film and TV production report <br> Teilif?s na Gaeilge's first two months on air.
Reviews: Where Do I Begin - Se?n Keating, An American in Ireland - Charles Brady, Patrick Hickey - Artist, James Gandon - A Life, Leading Hollywood.
Book: War and Words - The Northern Ireland Media Reader.

Pat O'Connor interview <br> Irish video market report <br> Scream and Scream Again exhibition report <br> World of Documentaries strand at the Dublin Film Festival <br> Cronenberg's Crash <br> Nick Hornby interview (Fewer Pitch).
Reviews: Gold in the Streets, November Afternoon, Drinking Crude, Driftwood, Shortcuts Programme, Blasket Roots... American Dreams, The Joy. Dublin Film Festival: Shorts Programme One & Two; Animation Day

Eric Abraham interview (Kolya) <br> Cannes Film Festival report <br> Robert Dornhelm & David Collins interview (A Further Gesture) <br> Peter Newman & Stuart Gordon interview (Space Truckers) <br> Script Development Conference report.
Reviews: This is the Sea, Hoodwinked, Alaska.

Galway Film Fleadh report <br> Tom Gildea, TD for South Donegal, interview <br> Julia Judge interview (Meteor) <br> Anne Burke, Women in Film and Television's director, interview <br> Bertrand Blier's Mon Homme <br> Laura Mulvey interview.
Reviews: The Butcher Boy, The Last Bus Home, Bogwoman, Space Truckers, The Disappearance of Finbar, DLCAD Graduate Show, The Very Stuff, Niamh and the Angels, The Cake.

Cork Film Festival preview <br> I Went Down: Rob Walpole & Paddy Breathnach interview; Conor MacPherson interview; Brendan Gleeson career <br> Alan Gilsenan interview (All Souls' Day) <br> Colin Bateman interview (Divorcing Jack) <br> Assistant Sound Editor course report <br> Double Carpet production.
Reviews: I Went Down, Mrs Brown, Glenroe - Going on 15, How Far Home, Harvest Emergency, Criminal Pursuit.
Book: Power in the Eye - An Introduction to Contemporary Irish Film.