Galway Film Fleadh seeks short films

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh has opened i's short film submissions for the 31st festival, which runs from July 9 to 14. Entries in drama, documentary, live action, and animation are welcome.

Green Book - outstanding performances outweigh a flawed script

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THE GREEN Book was a guide for black people in America who were traveliing south in the 1960s, containing names of hotels and restaurants that were friendly for the 'Negro Traveller'.

Bale is brilliant, but Vice is patronising and over stylised

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 31, 2019

WITH ALL the attention on the current White House administration, comes Vice, a full blown Hollywood blockbuster about Dick Cheney, the vice president of the USA from 2001 to 2009.

Schindler's List screening to mark Holocaust Memorial Day

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL Day will be marked in Galway with a screening of Steven Spielberg's powerful 1993 film, Schindler's List, starring Liam Neeson as the German industrialist who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during WWII.

Saorise Ronan excels, but Queen Mary film is below par

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 24, 2019

MARY STUART returns to Scotland in 1561 after being married off at a young age to a French prince. Her husband now dead, she has returned to make a claim on the English throne.

Cellar Door - Q&A with actor and director at The Eye

Thu, Jan 24, 2019

ACTOR KAREN Hassan, best known for her roles in Hollyoaks and Vikings, and director Viko Nikci, will attend a screening of the new Irish film, Cellar Door, and take part in a public Q&A, on Wednesday January 30 at 6.30pm.

Nasty women, corrupt men, wedding disasters, and war

Thu, Jan 17, 2019

A POSSESSIVE woman, a screwball crime comedy, French workers versus capitalism, Finnish soldiers in WWII, corrupt politicians, and the bad tempered boss of a catering company - the Subtitle - European Film Festival is coming to town.

Beautiful Boy - a run of the mill addiction story

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 17, 2019

THAT BEAUTIFUL Boy stars Timothee Chalamet means no one can accuse the title of false advertising. Chalamet plays Nic Sheff, a young boy who seems to have it all. He gets into every college he applies to, has a great relationship with his family, and seems kind and polite.

Marion Cotillard's fight to save her job

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

MARION COTILLARD is no stranger to appearing in block-buster films, but Two Days, One Night is a chance to see her in a very different role, in this superb, low key, French film.

The Favourite - Olivia Colman on course for an Oscar?

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 10, 2019

SET IN 1708, Britain is at war and the monarchy has absolute rule. However the country is stuck with a childish, petulant, and depressed Queen who has no real interest in ruling.

Free public lectures on Frankenstein and Once Upon a Time in the West

Thu, Jan 10, 2019

Sir Christopher Frayling, rector of Britain's Royal College of Art, will deliver two free public lectures in Galway - one on Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, the other on the classic spaghetti western, Once Upon a Time in the West.

Roma - the best film of the 2010s?

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 03, 2019

ONE OF my New Years resolutions is to rein in the hyperbole. The world today is in an awful state, so blindly claiming everything is either the worst or the best ever is not good for us. I’m as guilty as anyone, just last week I claimed to have had the best pint of Guinness in my life several times.

A Brass Eye night at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 03, 2019

BRASS EYE was a British comedy series which parodied current affairs shows. It ran for seven episodes on Channel 4 from 1997 to 2001, and featured such writers as Arthur Mathews, Graham Linehan, Charlie Brooker, and David Quantick.

The best films of 2018

Thu, Dec 20, 2018

1. First Reformed: My number one film of the year and walking in I thought I would hate it. Powerful performance from Ethan Hawke playing a priest questioning his faith in the modern world. The ending has been divisive, but to me the film does not work without it.

Wreck It Ralph 2 - school holiday fodder

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 13, 2018

IN WRECK it Ralph 2, we catch up with Ralph and Vanellope, our heroes from the first movie, right where we left them, enjoying life as sentient 1980s video arcade game characters.

A lot wrong, and a lot right with Creed II

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 06, 2018

AFTER HIS defeat in Rocky 4, Ivan Drago was ostracised by Russia and abandoned by his allies, including his wife. He comes out from the wilderness with his son, Viktor, a young boxer who is so comically large he looks like he has been CGI’d.

Pálás to screen Netflix film Roma

Thu, Dec 06, 2018

ROMA - THE new film by the Oscar winning director Alfonso Cuarón, will be screened at the Pálás from Friday December 14 to Thursday 20.

Ralph Fiennes in Antony and Cleopatra @ The Eye

Thu, Nov 29, 2018

RALPH FIENNES, one of Britain's finest actors, who has appeared in such diverse films as The Grand Budapest Hotel, Schindler's List, and the Harry Potter series, is back on screens at The Eye Cinema.

Wildlife - domestic unbliss in Montana

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 29, 2018

SET IN 1960s Montana, married couple Jerry and Janette and their son Joe have recently relocated. Though not said, it is implied they left their last home when Jerry lost his job, and it is not the first time this has happened.

Get a Taste Of France at the Pálás

Thu, Nov 22, 2018

NEW FILMS, hit films, and an out and out cinema classic, all from France, will be shown this weekend at the Pálás, for the Galway Film Society's A Taste Of France event.

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