Welcome to The Party

Thu, Nov 23, 2017

AN ALL-STAR cast - Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Bruno Gantz, and Emily Morimer - star in The Party which will be screened by the Galway Film Society this weekend.

Brass Eye - behind the scenes with Michael Cumming

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

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

Film of a family in crisis

Thu, Nov 02, 2017

ROMEO, MAGDA, and teenage daughter Eliza live in a neglected apartment in northwest Romania. When Eliza is assaulted just prior to taking her final exams, her scholarship to study psychology in the UK is put into jeopardy.

Cinema review: Happy Death Day

Films Reviews Mon, Oct 23, 2017

HAPPY DEATH Day is billed as Scream meets Groundhog Day, which is a great idea. The Groundhog Day motif worked really well in 2014’s Edge of Tomorrow and in an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. It is a concept that lends itself well to a slasher movie.

Help support new Galway short film

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

COMEDIANS JASON Byrne and Eric Lalor star in Sons and Broken Noses, a new, Galway made short film co-directed by Colin Fleming and Nigel O'Brien, and written by Damien Aulsberry.

Dead musician haunts wife

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

THE GHOST of a recently deceased musician returns to the home he shared with his wife. Forced to watch passively as his grieving widow slowly rebuilds her life without him, he finds that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time.

Nosferatu - creeping onto a screen in Galway

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

THE ORIGINAL Dracula film, the first cinematic interpretation of Bram Stoker's novel, and one of the greatest horror films of all time - Nosferatu - will be screened in Galway - accompanied by a live soundtrack from the ConTempo Quartet.

Cinema review: The Snowman

Films Reviews Mon, Oct 16, 2017

WITH 2008's Let The Right One In, director Tomas Alfredson made one of the best film I have ever seen - a hauntingly powerful vampire film which has since been remade for an American audience and turned into a stage play.

When Anna met Adrien

Thu, Oct 12, 2017

IN GERMANY, just after The Great War, grieving Anna comes across a young Frenchman, Adrien, laying flowers at the grave of her fiancé Frantz.

Cinema Review: Blade Runner 2049

Films Reviews Mon, Oct 09, 2017

BLADE RUNNER 2049 is the sequel to 1982 classic Blade Runner. The 2049 is the year the sequel is set. So, don't worry, you haven’t missed Blade Runner the other 2047 sequels. Am I the first person to make that joke? Probably.

Sky Road Film Festival features an exciting lineup, the festival takes place on Saturday October 14th!

Fri, Oct 06, 2017

This year's Sky Road Film Festival features an exciting lineup, the festival takes place on Saturday October 14th at the Station House Theatre in Clifden, Co Galway.

Met Opera returns to Eye Cinema

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

THE METROPOLITAN Opera in New York's 2017–18 season opens this Saturday at 5.55pm with a new production of Bellini’s masterpiece Norma, starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the druid priestess, and Joyce DiDonato as her rival, Adalgisa.

The street cats of Istanbul

Thu, Oct 05, 2017

CAT LOVERS are in for a treat when Kedi, the 2016 Turkish film, about the street cats of Istanbul, is screened in the Town Hall Theatre this weekend.

Junior Film Fleadh story pitching competition

Tue, Sep 19, 2017

GALWEGIANS AGED between eight and 16, who have an idea for a film, TV series, documentary, web series, video game, or animation, are being asked to submit a pitch for the 2017 Junior Film Fleadh Story Pitching Competition.

Cats, ghosts, and disastrous dinner parties

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

TURKISH CATS, a dinner party that goes wrong, spiritual journeys, haunted houses, mysterious strangers, and moral dilemmas - all will feature in the impressive line-up of movies from around the world, that make up the Galway Film Society's autumn/winter 2017 season.

Yerma live from the National Theatre to the Eye Cinema

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

The acclaimed West End production Yerma will be broadcast to the Eye Cinema from National Theatre Live tonight at 7pm.

Galway City of Film presents a One Minute Film Festival special for Culture Night 2017

Thu, Aug 31, 2017

Galway City of Film in partnership with Galway Film Centre is presenting a special screening of the One Minute Film Festival for Culture Night 2017 at An Taibhdhearc on Friday September 22.

Thirty films of all genres will be screened including documentary, live action, art-house, and animation. These super short films pack a punch proving that a really great story can be told in just one minute.

Godzilla on the rampage

Wed, Aug 09, 2017

WHAT STARTS as a peaceful day in Tokyo is turned into a living nightmare when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the sea depths and tears through the Japanese capital, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake - another typical day for Godzilla.

Titus Andronicus live at The Eye

Thu, Aug 03, 2017

SHAKESPEARE WAS never afraid to have plenty of violence and killing in his plays, but Titus Andronicus, which is being staged by The Royal Shakespeare Company in London, just may be his most bloody.

Angels In America - Live at The Eye

Thu, Jul 20, 2017

ANGELS IN America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning, two-part play, running in Britain's National Theatre, will be broadcast live to Galway

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