• Har har superstar

  A few short years ago, cuddly Canadian Seth Rogen was an out-of-work comedy writer immersing himself in the kind of layabout behaviour that would eventually be described as "script research". One Knocked Up and one Superbad later, and Rogen is the face of the new wave of Hollywood comedy. He talks to Donald Clarke

• The Apatow connection

  The new kings of comedy

• Quiz

  Donald Clarke 's weekly movie quiz

Film Features

• Har har superstarA few short years ago, cuddly Canadian Seth Rogen was an out-of-work comedy writer immersing himself in the kind of layabout behaviour that would eventually be described as "script research". One Knocked Upand one Superbadlater, and Rogen is the face of the new wave of Hollywood comedy. He talks to Donald Clarke
• The Apatow connectionThe new kings of comedy
• QuizDonald Clarke's weekly movie quiz

Music Features

• A northern soulWith the release of a new, deeply personal album, superstar DJ David Holmes has turned his musical attention to his family and his home city of Belfast. He talks to Jim Carroll
• Hard acts to followNext weekend's Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin offers gig after gig after gig by emerging Irish and Scottish bands. Don't miss it, writes Brian Boyd
• The best of the festPrevious years have seen HWCH hosting special Canadian and Scandinavian music slots, but this year they're staying closer to home and hosting a "Scottish Invasion".
• Blog FeedbackThis week, readers have been posting to our blog on the redefinition of the Electric Picnic as a music and arts festival. Here's a selection of the comments

Film Reviews

• THE DUCHESSThis colourful biopic clumsily echoes the Diana Spencer saga, writes Donald Clarke
• ROCKnROLLAEVERYONE'S so cruel to Guy Ritchie these days. It is certainly true to say that his last two projects - the chaotic Swept Awayand the gob-smackingly pretentious Revolver- were as bad as any films ever made. Yes, his colourful marriage to that middle-aged fitness instructor gets in the way of us taking him seriously.
• DISASTER MOVIEI FEAR that Stockholm Syndrome may be setting in. Having sat through, by my estimation, two or three hundred Something- or- other Movies - Date Movie, Scary Movie, Epic Movieand so forth - I find myself beginning to make excuses for this stubbornly relentless franchise.
• THE BANISHMENT/IZGNANIETHE JURY at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival produced several surprises in deliberations that generally reeked of compromise.
• CSNY: DÉJÀ VUTWO YEARS ago, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young went on the road with their Freedom of Speech concert tour, which they timed to coincide with the mid-term American elections.
• NEW DVDsMichael Dwyerand Donald Clarkereview the latests DVD releases

ReelNews

• Irish films and themes compete at TorontoMichael Dwyerat the Toronto Film Festival

Revolver

• Fire the guerrilla video guy and buy some yellow silk suitsBrian Boydon music

On The Record

• From boutique to bazaar: the Picnic comes of ageJim Carrollon music

CD Reviews

• It's very big and it's very cleverCD CHOICE: This week's cd of the week is GLASVEGASby Glasvegas on Columbia ****
• ROCK/POPThe latest releases reviewed
• HIP-HOPThe latest releases reviewed
• ELECTRONICAThe latest releases reviewed
• TRADITIONALThe latest releases reviewed
• JAZZThe latest releases reviewed
• ROOTSThe latest releases reviewed
• CLASSICALThe latest releases reviewed
• ShuffleEoin Butler'sguide to singles, downloads and free audiostreams
• MUSIC DVDsThe latest releases reviewed