The Irishman - big cast, big cost, and worth it

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 14, 2019

THIS WEEK saw the release of the much anticipated The Irishman in Irish cinemas. We are lucky here in Ireland, due to Netflix's role in financing the film that is has not been released in American cinema chains.

Three hit films - back on the big screen

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

A STAR Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, and The Greatest Showman - three of the most popular films of the last 18 months - are getting a fresh outing on the big screen of the Omniplex Cinemas in Galway.

A 'sad and sexy' love story at the Pálás

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

ELENA AND Jake meet after a New Year’s Eve party in Glasgow. It is love at first sight. Very soon they move in together and start to plan for a family. That is when the problems start.

RTÉ to broadcast Wexford Festival Opera to the Pálás

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

RTÉ WILL broadcast the Wexford Festival Opera's sold-out production of Antonio Vivaldi's Dorilla In Tempe to Galway's Pálás on Saturday November 2 at 8pm - the first time an Irish-produced opera will be broadcast live in cinema.

Galway film to get New York world premiere

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

THE WORLD premiere of the Galway made film, The Butterfly Love Song, takes place this weekend in New York as part of Irish Screen America's three-day film festival.

Land Without God - examining the legacy of institutional abuse

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

LAND WITHOUT God, a new documentary examining the legacy of institutional abuse by the Irish Church and State, will be screened in The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Dark Lies The Island - new Irish film opens at The Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

DARK LIES The Island, the new Irish film scripted by acclaimed novelist Kevin Barry, and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, who directed Perriers Bounty, and episodes of Moone Boy, opens in The Eye tomorrow.

Judy marks major comeback for Renée Zellweger

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019

JUDY IS based on the stage play End of the Rainbow. It is a sturdy and competent music biopic, there seems to be one of these every year and this is a one of the good ones.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

A MIDSUMMER Night’s Dream, Shakespeare's magical comedy of transformation, jealousy, mischief, and mythology, recorded at London's Bridge Theatre, will be shown at The Eye this evening at 7pm.

An Indian romance at the Pálás

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

RAFI IS a struggling street photographer in Mumbai. Under mounting pressure from his grandmother to get married, a chance encounter leads him to Milon, a shy stranger he convinces to pose as his fiancée.

The Met Opera returns to The Eye

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

PUCCINI'S TURNADOT, the classic opera about a prince who must solve three dangerous riddles in order to win the heart of a princess, opens The Met’s 2019/2020 season.

A chambermaid hopes for a better life

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

SINGLE MOTHER Eve works long hours as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in Mexico City, but years to have better opportunities in life.

Joker - a troubling depiction of Batman's arch enemy

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 10, 2019

JOKER, ALSO known as Arthur Fleck, grew up the victim of abuse, and struggles with a type of Tourettes which results in his erupting in involuntary laugher when he is unhappy or uncomfortable.

A WWII drama set in the present day

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WWII IS on the horizon and Georg has fled Germany for Paris. Assuming the identity of a famous but deceased writer, he plans to use the man’s documentation to obtain a transit visa to Mexico.

The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THIS IS the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Life, love, struggle, and the world on the big screen

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

BIZARRE LOVE triangles, a WWII drama set in the present day, working class life in Mexico, unlikely romances in Mumbai and Scotland, a South American thriller, an Iranian woman's struggle to play football internationally, and a family determined to keep a secret. This is the 55th Galway Film Society autumn season.

Ad Astra - the most realistic vision of the future yet depicted on screen

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 26, 2019

AD ASTRA is Apocalypse Now meets 2001: A Space Odyssey - I do not claim to be the first to make that comparison - but that is a pretty great combination of stories, and surprising it has not been done already.

Junior Galway Film Fleadh seeks young film-makers

Thu, Sep 26, 2019

THE 25TH Junior Galway Film Fleadh take places in the Pálás Cinema from Sunday November 10 to Thursday 14, with weekend screenings, educational screenings, workshops, and an Irish language short film outreach programme.

Foróige film making workshops

Thu, Sep 19, 2019

FILM-MAKING workshops for young people aged from 14 to 18, will take place in the Galway City Youth Cafe, Fairgreen Road, on Mondays from 5pm to 7pm.

Extra Ordinary - 'Ghostbusters meets The Van'

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 19, 2019

MAEVE HIGGINS plays Rose, a lonely, yet happy, shy, driving instructor in her thirties. Once a well regarded exorcist and paranormal investigator, she gave it all up after an accident involving her father which cost him his life.

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