New film featuring Galwegians who are Older Than Ireland

Wed, Sep 23, 2015

FIVE GALWAY women, all aged more than 100, are interviewed and profiled in the award winning Older Than Ireland, which won the Best Feature Documentary award at this summer's Galway Film Fleadh, and goes on general release in cinemas on Friday.

Arcade Fire: The Reflektor Tapes @ The Eye

Mon, Sep 21, 2015

ARCADE FIRE: The Reflektor Tapes, the feature documentary on the making of Arcade Fire's No 1 album and its accompanying world tour, will be screened in The Eye Cinema Galway this Thursday [September 24] at 9pm.

A world of stories on the cinema screen

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

THE ARAB revolt against the Ottoman Empire, the facility reconstructed woman gets one up on her former husband; model families in crisis; and Spanish detectives coming up against a town where dictator Franco is still very much a hero - there is a world of stories to delve into at the Galway Film Society autumn/winter season.

The Rocky Horror Show - from the West End to the Eye

Thu, Sep 17, 2015

The Rocky Horror Show - from the West End to the Eye

Cinema review:- Legend

Films Reviews Mon, Sep 14, 2015

THE LATEST movie about the Kray twins, Legend, has been much hyped in the last few months, but it is all a bit of a let-down, concentrating only on a four year period and omitting the brothers rise to power in the east end of London.

Gemma Bovery to open new GFS season

Thu, Sep 10, 2015

GEMMA BOVERY, the French film starring English actress Gemma Arterton, opens the Galway Film Society's Winter Season 2015, when it is screened in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday September 20 at 8pm.

Cinema review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Films Reviews Tue, Sep 08, 2015

DARKLY FUNNY and surprisingly profound, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s second feature is a real gem. If nothing else, it at least had my favourite film title of the year. It is a fresh take on this new wave of young adult weepies - The Fault In Our Stars, Now Is Good, and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower. Flms in this subgenre have been more hit than miss but are we getting to a saturation point of watching beautiful young people die?

Olaf Tyaransen film to be screened at Electric Picnic

Thu, Sep 03, 2015

DON'T YOU Know Who I Am? the acclaimed rock‘n’roll short film, written and produced by award-winning Galway author Olaf Tyaransen, will be screened at Electric Picnic this Saturday.

Cinema review: Straight Outta Compton

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 31, 2015

STRAIGHT OUTTA Compton is the story of the rise, and then fall, of rap’s first super group, N.W.A, the group that introduced gangster rap to the mainstream in the late 1980s. The film has been the surprise hit of the summer in the US and looks like it will be a huge success here too.

Award winning actor/writer Emmett Hughes to write and star in Los Angeles thriller Axis 

Thu, Aug 27, 2015

Irish actor and Galway native Emmett Hughes, who wrote, produced, and starred in the award-winning film The O’Briens, is set to write and star in the upcoming independent thriller Axis.

The film, based on his original concept, will be set and shot entirely in Los Angeles. Actress and director Aisha Tyler, of such acclaimed TV shows as Friends, Archer, 24, and Criminal Minds, is set to produce via her company Hot Machine Films as well as direct.

Call for entries to Junior Film Fleadh

Thu, Aug 20, 2015

The Junior Film Fleadh, taking place from November 11 to 14, is looking for entries from filmmakers between the ages of seven and 18 for its future filmmakers short film programmes.

Today’s students are tomorrow’s filmmakers and, in addition to the mix of workshops, script competition, and panels, the Junior Film Fleadh wants to give them a platform to show their work on a big screen. 

Cinema review: Fantastic Four

Films Reviews Mon, Aug 10, 2015

WHILE PIXAR'S latest, Inside/Out, could be the best film of the year, I have no doubt Fantastic Four WILL be the worst of 2015. It's rare you feel so cheated after spending money to see a film that is a miserable colourless mess with almost no redeeming qualities.

Galway Film Centre Summer Camps

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

GALWAY TEENS interested in animation, cinema, and making movies should check out the Galway Film Centre Summer Camps, where they will have a chance to make a short to be screened at Irish film festivals.

Win tickets to IMC Galway's Galactic screen

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

IMC GALWAY has opened its new Galactic screen and to mark the opening, it is offering readers of the Galway Advertiser a chance to win one of five pairs of complimentary passes for any weekend showing of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Cinema review: Inside/Out

Mon, Jul 27, 2015

PIXAR HAS come to the end of a very unPixar like run. Its last three films, Cars 2, Brave, and Monsters University have been two uninspired sequels and a disappointing original film, and had lowered excitement levels for a Pixar original.

Writers sought for Short Film Commission Scheme

Thu, Jul 23, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Centre, Galway Film Fleadh, and RTÉ have announced a new Short Film Commission Scheme, with writers invited to submit a story idea that could eventually become a short film.

Galway actress mixing with hollywood stars in Italy

Tue, Jul 21, 2015

GALWAY ACTRESS Emma Eliza Regan is currently mixing with Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, and Martin Freeman at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, where Darkness On The Edge Of Town, in which she plays the lead, is being screened.

Cinema review: Song Of The Sea

Films Reviews Mon, Jul 20, 2015

THE OSCAR nominated Song Of The Sea, the much awaited follow up to 2009’s stunning The Secret of Kells, also Oscar nominated, from writer/director Tomm Moore, is finally on general release.

Little Shop of Horrors - as you’ve never seen it before

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

YOU MAY have seen Roger Corman’s 1960 film Little Shop of Horrors, but when it plays at the Galway International Arts Festival this month, you will never have seen it done like this before.

Merchant of Venice live @ The Eye

Thu, Jul 16, 2015

GALWAY WILL have the chance to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of the Bard's The Merchant of Venice when it is broadcast live to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, on Wednesday July 22 at 7pm.

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