A comedy opera by Wagner

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DIE MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg, a comedy-opera by Richard Wagner is being staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast live to The Eye, Wellpark.

A BILL Murray movie is always time for celebration. Certainly one of the most beloved actors of all time, when he has a movie out you always have to see it - and he has been on an decent run lately, mainly thanks to his collaborations with Wes Anderson.

White Christmas on the big screen

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

THE FILM that gave the world one of the best loved of all Christmas songs will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 3.30pm.

Free screening of Jimmy’s Hall

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

KEN LOACH’S FILM Jimmy’s Hall, which the director has declared will be his last, will be screened by the Liam & Tom O’Flaherty Society tomorrow.

The Crucible and NT Live’s JOHN @ The Eye

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

TWO VERY different theatre events, one a classic play, the other a mix of interview and spoken word, are being broadcast to The Eye Cinema.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

IMC GALWAY continues its Live Cinema Season with a performance from the Royal Opera House of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on Tuesday December 16.

Bob Quinn to be celebrated at An Taibhdhearc tomorrow

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

BOB QUINN, the Connemara based film-maker, will be celebrated through song, music, and film at a special event in An Taibhdhearc tomorrow [Friday November 28] at 8pm.

Cinema review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Films Reviews Mon, Nov 24, 2014

DESPITE REALLY enjoying the first two Hunger Games films I was apprehensive about this one. The third Hunger Games book is by some distance the worst of the trilogy and with the end of this incredibly lucrative franchise in sight the makers have taken the, no doubt purely artistic, decision to split the final book into two films.

The Barber of Seville @ The Eye

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

THE BARBER Of Seville, one of opera’s best known and loved works, will be broadcast live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday at 6pm.

Marion Cotillard on-screen at Galway Film Society

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

MARION COTILLARD, one of France’s best known actresses, stars in the Belgian film, Two Days One Night, which is to be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday November 30 at 8pm.

Leading Irish animators to speak at Galway film and TV seminar

Wed, Nov 19, 2014

THE PEOPLE behind such animated films as Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Coraline, The Secret Of Kells, and Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble will attend the Galway Film Centre’s annual film and TV seminar on November 27 and 28.

Corp + Anam - the west’s answer to Love/Hate returns

Tue, Nov 18, 2014

A YOUNG woman is brutally assaulted but her attacker, a serial offender, is walking the streets freely after being given bail by a corrupt judge, in spite of Garda appeals to remand him in custody.

Cinema review: The Imitation Game

Films Reviews Mon, Nov 17, 2014

THE INCREDIBLE story of Alan Turing is almost impossible to believe. This man invented the computer and, with a small team, ended WWII two years earlier than was thought possible, and in doing so saved the lives of 14,000,000 people.

Uncovering the family’s secret history

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

AN ORPHAN raised in a convent is preparing to take her vows when she is sent to visit a hard-drinking Communist party judge, her only living relative.

See inside The Vatican Museum @ The Eye

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

TWO THOUSAND years of Western art, one of the most extraordinary of such collections, is held within The Vatican Museums.

Movie and cartoon quiz for families

Thu, Nov 13, 2014

A CHARITY movie and cartoon quiz for children and families takes place in the Róisín Dubh on Sunday November 23 from 2pm.

The Bridge executive producer to speak in Galway

Wed, Nov 12, 2014

ANDERS LANDSTRÖM, a producer and executive producer of the extraordinary Swedish crime drama series The Bridge is to speak at the Galway Film Centre’s annual film and TV seminar.

House of Cards writer/producer to attend Galway TV seminar

Thu, Nov 06, 2014

Beau Willimon, writer and executive producer of House of Cards, BAFTA winning producer Claire Jennings, and the Oscar nominated Finola Dwyer are coming to Galway for the Galway Film Centre’s Annual Film & TV Seminar, in the Connemara Coast Hotel on Thursday November 27 and Friday 28.

The woman who would be supernanny?

Thu, Nov 06, 2014

LIM JIALE is a very naughty boy with a bad temper and his parents are at the end of their tether in Singaporean film Ilo Ilo. To help handle Jiale, the Lims hire a maid, Terry. Will she prove to be a supernanny?