Oscars table quiz at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 23, 2020

THE 92ND Academy Awards - the Oscars - will take place on Sunday February 9 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and that evening Galway films buffs have a chance to test their Oscars' knowledge.

1917 - a beautiful, meaningful, exhausting ride

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 16, 2020

I WOULD be very surprised if, next December, when putting together my Top 10 list of 2020, I do not feature two films released this week - Uncut Gems and the WWI set, 1917.

Dublin Murders event for Galway

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

THE CREATOR and producer of Dublin Murders, the thrilling BBC/RTÉ series which gripped audiences last year, will give a public talk about the series at Galway's annual FÍS TV Summit.

Sensory screening of Little Women at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

A SENSORY screening of Little Women, the acclaimed new adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, will take place at the Pálás Cinema this Sunday at 10.30am.

Silver screen films at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

1917, WAVES, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Lighthouse, and Parasite, will be the next three films in the Pálás Cinema's Silver Screen screenings.

Galway Film Fleadh seeks feature films

Thu, Jan 16, 2020

FEATURE FILM submissions are now open for the 32nd Galway Film Fleadh. Previous films which have been entered in this category included The Young Offenders, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Song Of The Sea.

Subtitle - Hit films are not always in English

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

FOUR FILMS which have been entered for the Best Foreign Film at the 2020 Oscars will be among the award winning, critically acclaimed, box-office hits from across Europe, North Africa, and Caucasia, which will be screened in Galway this month.

1917 at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

1917, the acclaimed WWI film, which this week won Best Drama Film at the Golden Globes, opens in the Pálás Cinema tomorrow.

Jojo Rabbit - uneven and almost admirable

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 09, 2020

THE CONCEPT of Jojo Rabbit is quite shocking. Jojo is a 10-year-old boy in Nazi Germany in the last few months of the war. He loves life in the Hitler Youth which seems more like Boy Scouts than anything else.

André Rieu: 70 Years Young at the Eye Cinema

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

The Eye Cinema in Wellpark is delighted to invite you to André Rieu’s ’70 Years Young’ special birthday celebrations.

Druid’s The Cherry Orchard to be live streamed to cinemas

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

IN A first for an Irish theatre company, Druid’s production of Tom Murphy's version of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, will be live streamed from the Black Box Theatre, to cinemas across Ireland and the world.

Black Christmas - not a very scary yuletide horror

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

CHRISTMAS MOVIES and horror go well together, and there is a long tradition of great Christmas horror films. Gremlins is the gold standard and showed a good Christmas horror has a good amount of comedy.

Honey Boy - Shia LeBeouf's on-screen therapy session

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 12, 2019

HONEY BOY, written by the actor Shia LeBeouf, is about his life as a child star and his time in rehab. He wrote the script in rehab after his therapist told him to write what he remembered from his childhood, after diagnosing him with PTSD.

Films and events at the Pálás

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

FILM SCREENINGS for mothers and babies, for the retired, a Christmas sing-along, a dog friendly brunch, a night at the ballet, and the latest Star Wars movie - it's all happening at the Pálás.

Knives Out - a great whodunit in the Agatha Christie mould

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 05, 2019

DIRECTOR RHIAN Johnson has made some of my favourite films of recent years, but while his last film was a Star Wars, his best work has always been his own scripts, particularly his spin on film noir with 2005’s Brick.

Elf and the Home Alone movies at the Omniplex

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

OMNIPLEX CINEMAS will be cranking up the nostalgia with seasonal big screen outings for three Christmas film favourites - Elf, Home Alone, and Home Alone 2 - as part of its #BringItBack classic movie screenings.

Powerhouse performance from Christian Bale in Les Mans 66

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 28, 2019

LE MANS 66 could easily be called The Myth of American Exceptionalism: The Movie. Usually in such Hollywood stories - this chronicles the clash between European Enzo Ferrari and American Henry Ford II - it is the other way around.

A break-up film that is a breath of fresh air

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 21, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY is a film about divorce. The obvious comparison is with Kramer versus Kramer but perhaps a better comparison is with Annie Hall - remember that movie starts with "Annie and I broke up” in Alvy’s monologue.

PJ Harvey documentary to screen at the Eye

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

A DOG Called Money, the documentary charting the collaboration between musician PJ Harvey and war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, opens at The Eye tomorrow.

Frozen 2 at the Pálás

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

THIS SATURDAY marks the opening weekend of Frozen 2 and the Pálás cinema will host a full filled morning with face painting, Frozen themed activities, arts and crafts, and giveaways.

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