Publishing Guide

Upcoming Events

Dublin | Arts and Media

no events match your query!

New Events

no events posted in last week

Other Press

The REAL reason behind China’s “Zero Covid” policy 22:40 Dec 07 0 comments

August Socialist Voice is Out Now! 10:23 Aug 21 0 comments

Vol 2 Issue 21 of New LookLeft magazine in shops now! 23:56 May 28 0 comments

Media Condemn Presidential Insult but Not Austerity 00:22 Feb 02 0 comments

It's a Wonderful Life 12:31 Dec 24 1 comments

more >>

User Preferences

Feeds

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Human Rights in Ireland

Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

Can We Trust Kemi? Fri Sep 05, 2025 09:00 | Paul Homewood
Can we trust Kemi to dump Net Zero and fire up the North Sea drills? With a highly organised opposition among her own MPs, lavishly funded by the Green Blob, Paul Homewood is doubtful.
The post Can We Trust Kemi? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

The Sceptic | Episode 49: The Persecution of Graham Linehan, Asylum Hotel Protests, ?Colour-Blind? C... Fri Sep 05, 2025 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 49 of the Sceptic: Ed West on the persecution of Graham Linehan, the asylum hotel protests and "colour-blind" casting, and Steven Tucker on veggie authoritarianism.
The post The Sceptic | Episode 49: The Persecution of Graham Linehan, Asylum Hotel Protests, ?Colour-Blind? Casting and Veggie Authoritarianism appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

News Round-Up Fri Sep 05, 2025 00:40 | Richard Eldred
A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
The post News Round-Up appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Angela Rayner?s Lawyers: We Never Gave Her Tax Advice Thu Sep 04, 2025 19:11 | Will Jones
Angela Rayner's?lawyers claim they have been made "scapegoats" and did not give her tax advice, as experts say the Deputy PM "cut corners" by using a cheaper local law firm.
The post Angela Rayner’s Lawyers: We Never Gave Her Tax Advice appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Ethiopian Asylum Seeker, 41, Found Guilty of Trying to Kiss Schoolgirl, 14, in Sexual Assault that T... Thu Sep 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
A migrant who tried to kiss her a schoolgirl and later groped a woman who came to her aid ? attacks that triggered the Epping hotel protests ? was convicted of sex offences today.
The post Ethiopian Asylum Seeker, 41, Found Guilty of Trying to Kiss Schoolgirl, 14, in Sexual Assault that Triggered Epping Hotel Protests appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network

Voltaire, international edition

Will intergovernmental institutions withstand the end of the "American Empire"?,... Sat Apr 05, 2025 07:15 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?127 Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:38 | en

Disintegration of Western democracy begins in France Sat Apr 05, 2025 06:00 | en

Voltaire, International Newsletter N?126 Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:39 | en

The International Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism by Amichai Chikli and Na... Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:31 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Dublin - Event Notice
Thursday January 01 1970

Screening of 'Long Time Companion' (1987)

dublin | arts and media | event notice

Friday March 04, 2016 16:13

by Dublin Film Qlub

Report this post to the editors

PRESS RELEASE

DUBLIN FILM QLUB SEASON SIX:
FUNCTIONAL FAMILIES
......................................................................................................................

Our new season continues with...

LONGTIME COMPANION
(Dir. Norman René, 1989)
English
Cast: Campbell Scott, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Bruce Davison

Sat 19 March 2016
2.30 pm (doors open at 2)
Day membership: 8 euro
(free tea and coffee)

The New Theatre
43 East Essex street
(entrance through Connolly Books)
Temple Bar
Dublin 2

................................
We had to include this film in our season on 'Functional Families'. It brought into the mainstream the realities of the devastation caused by the onset of HIV, as experienced among gay men’s communities. It also showed how friendship and comradeship are as important to gay lives as sex and romance.

The expression ‘long time companion’ was once the euphemism used to refer to a gay partner, and this film documents terminal illness as it is experienced not only by the ill but also by their partners and their friends.

Longtime Companion is a choral film, the group portrait of an extended queer family made of like-minded people. Its scope is wider than that though. The film manages to honour, in the beautiful closing scene, all of those who went before, victims of government-led homophobia, self-hatred, every-day discrimination ─as well as honouring all the dead we carry with us as we move forward.

Do pay attention to the gorgeous tempo of the film, with director and editor leaving an action-free space at the end of each scene before cutting to the next. Like the film itself, this stylistic decision in fact shows that there are no gaps… as long as there is a witness.

Film Qlub

© Dublin Film Qlub 2016
You are welcome to reproduce this material, but we request that you acknowledge the source.

Add Your Comments >>

printable version

with comments

atom feed of comments

rss feed of comments

RSS and atom feeds allow you to keep track of new comments on particular stories. You can input the URL's from these links into a rss reader and you will be informed whenever somebody posts a new comment.

Digg this

Furl

Reddit

Gab

Twitter

© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy