Artificial Intelligence takes over Pálás cinema

Thu, Sep 14, 2023

With Hollywood on strike complaining about AI taking over movie makers’ jobs, Galway’s Pálás has decided to investigate cinema’s relationship with this latest technology.

It’s National Cinema Day at the EYE this Saturday September 2!

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

For one day only, this Saturday September 2, keep your diary free and join the National Cinema Day celebrations at the EYE Cinema. All screening will be just €4 including those in the Luxury Screen.

Patching Tuam textile residency with Galway artist Kathy Ross

Thu, Aug 31, 2023

Patching Tuam: Let's stitch this town together, is the result of a nine month residency from Creative Places Tuam in which textile Artist Kathy Ross worked with a group of 17 young people aged between 13 and 17 to create an exhibition of tapestries and protest banners centred around their social and political viewpoints of their interactions with the town of Tuam.

The battle of Barbieheimer

Wed, Jul 26, 2023

Last week two films opened in cinemas and you literally couldn’t escape the discourse about them both, AS every newspaper, radio show and podcast were discussing Barbie from Greta Gerwig and Oppenheimer from Christopher Nolan. I heard from the Palás cinema in Galway that it was their biggest weekend in terms of tickets sales since they opened.

Greta Gerwig season at Pálás Cinema on the lead up to Barbie release

Thu, Jul 06, 2023

To celebrate the highly anticipated release of Barbie on July 21, Pálás are paying tribute to Greta Gerwig, and her particular brand of awkward. Greta Gerwig: The Art of Awkward will showcase her work both in front of and behind the camera. From the charming Frances Ha to the heart-warming Little Women, Gerwig weaves a rich tapestry in all she puts her hand to.

Pay Eye Cinema a visit this Bank Holiday Weekend

Thu, Jun 01, 2023

This June Bank Holiday weekend, Eye Cinema have plenty on the menu for film fans.

406 DAYS, a documentary about 2020 Debenhams redundancy, will open at Pálás Cinema on May 26

Thu, May 25, 2023

Winner of the 2023 Dublin Film Critics Circle Award for Best Irish Documentary, 406 DAYS is produced by Fergus Dowd and directed by Joe Lee. It tells the story of 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers who were made redundant through a generic email on April 9 2020 after Debenhams UK Retail Ltd closed all 11 Irish stores, including their flagship store on Henry St. Dublin 1.

Josh Ritter tickets on sale this Friday May 26

Thu, May 25, 2023

Following his recent sell-out Dublin date, renowned singer, songwriter and best-selling author Josh Ritter announces his ‘Hello Starling’ anniversary tour in Ireland this autumn, as part of which he will play in Leisureland on October 19. Tickets for the new dates go on-sale this Friday, May 26 at 10am.

Film would be good discussion movie for TY students

Thu, May 18, 2023

An interesting film out last week with a pretty great title 'How To A Blow Up A Pipeline'. The film is based on and takes its name from a book by Andreas Malm, a non fiction manifesto and call to arms on taking the fight to the fossil fuel industry.

It’s a bit like a modern take on The Anarchist Cookbook from the 1970s.The film opens with a group of twenty somethings meeting in an abandoned house in Texas. It unfolds they are building a bomb to destroy an oil pipeline in the area. Throughout the film we see flashbacks what brought the gang together and how they set up alibis to get away with the bombing.

EXPLICIT: Pálás Cinema to celebrate a series of erotic thrillers this season

Thu, May 04, 2023

This month, Pálás Cinema will celebrate a season of erotic thrillers, a genre once considered passé, with late night screenings throughout May.

Brilliant new documentary, Pray For Our Sinners, illuminates hope and compassion at a time of darkness in Ireland

Thu, Apr 27, 2023

“There is always a way to resist.”
PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS documents Sinéad O'Shea's return to her hometown in Navan in search of those who fought against the Catholic Church and discovers the ways in which local people found a way to resist. It is a film of unexpected twists as it chooses to shine a light on those who attempted to stand up to the church in a quiet but deeply moving resistance.

Pálás Cinema's Sweet Lineup this Spring and Summer

Thu, Apr 20, 2023

The home of independent gems and cult favourites, Pálás Cinema has a stellar lineup for spring and summer - something for every type of film lover, including Director Q&A’s and live streamed events.

The Japanese Film Festival Ireland returns to Galway this month

Thu, Apr 06, 2023

The Japanese Film Festival Ireland returns for its 14th edition this month, bringing the best of Japanese cinema to audiences across Ireland. The festival will screen films in Galway between Thursday April 30 and Sunday April 23 in the Pálás and between Monday April 24 and Friday April 28 in the Eye Cinema.

Highlights from this year’s programme include the multi-award-winning drama A Man, the acclaimed ‘tokusatsu’ superhero reboot Shin Ultraman, delectable ramen documentary Come Back Anytime, and new anime features like Suzume, Blue Thermal and The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes.

Celebrate EYE Cinema’s 18th Birthday this Friday March 17 with €8 tickets

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

On March 17 2005, the EYE Cinema in Wellpark opened its doors to an excited bunch of Galwegians, curious to see what this shiny new cinema in town had to offer. Since then, the EYE has bloomed into Galway city's ‘Home of Cinema’.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with radical painter Mary Cassatt at the EYE Cinema

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

On Wednesday March 8, the EYE Cinema is marking International Women’s Day with a special one-night-only screening from the Exhibition on Screen programme of the documentary ‘Mary Cassatt: Painting the Modern Woman’.

Silver Screen - Cocaine Bear

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Cocaine Bear came out last week in Irish cinemas. It’s one of those movies that I would consider entirely review/critic proof. I really think if you hear the title of the film you have a pretty good idea if it’s a movie you will enjoy or not. A bit like Snakes On A Plane in 2006. It blew up the internet a few months ago with an absolutely sensational trailer with the song White Lines by Melle Mel and I’ve been looking forward to it since then.

Incredibly, it’s based on a true story. In 1985 a man was found dead with an unopened parachute and sports bag full of cocaine attached to his body on a driveway in Kentucky. He had bailed on a small plane after a technical fault but before he jumped he also unloaded his cargo. The cargo was lots and lots of cocaine. The discarded bag was found by a black bear who consumed the entire content and died pretty quickly. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story, so the legend is that the bear had a wild weekend before having a his massive heart attack. Either way he’s now stuffed and mounted in a shopping mall in Kentucky. The movie adds to the legend, what if the bear interacted with humans on his wild weekend? Several people are in the Chattahoochee park while the bear is partying. Two kids mitching school with their mother looking for them, a park ranger investigating missing hikers, drug dealers trying to track down the missing bags and a detective chasing them. They all come in contact with the bear and not all (in fact very few) make it out of the park alive.

GUMS presents The Addams Family

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Performed by the Galway University Musical Society, The Addams Family is a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family.

Featuring an original story and 'every father’s nightmare', Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met.

Indreabhán Film Society's Spring Season Continues

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Club Scannán Sailearna's spring season of world cinema continues with German film The Ordinaries, shown in partnership with the Dublin International Film Festival, this Thursday March 2 in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, at 8.15pm.

Spring Season launches at the Pálás

Thu, Feb 09, 2023

Spring season has arrived at the Pálás, courtesy of Galway Film Society. The season, which begins on Sunday February 12, will include eight films, and will represent a range of new award-winning titles from across the globe.

The Royal Opera Is Back In Eye Cinema With The Barber Of Seville

Thu, Feb 09, 2023

If you haven't had the pleasure yet of seeing the Royal Opera work their magic, now's the time - The Barber of Seville is streaming live on the big screen at Eye Cinema on Wednesday, February 15.

When Rosina falls in love with a mysterious young suitor who calls himself Lindoro, she must use all her cunning – and a little help from her local barber – to outwit her calculating guardian Dr Bartolo. Expect heart-melting serenades, ridiculous disguises and a fairytale ending waiting just out of reach.

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