PJ Harvey documentary to screen at the Eye

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

A DOG Called Money, the documentary charting the collaboration between musician PJ Harvey and war photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, opens at The Eye tomorrow.

Frozen 2 at the Pálás

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

THIS SATURDAY marks the opening weekend of Frozen 2 and the Pálás cinema will host a full filled morning with face painting, Frozen themed activities, arts and crafts, and giveaways.

A Chinese family say farewell

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

THE CURRENT Galway Film Society season of screenings concludes with a showing of the Chinese family drama The Farewell in the Pálás.

Where visual art and cinema meet

Thu, Nov 21, 2019

AEMI, THE Dublin-based initiative which supports and regularly exhibits moving image works by artists and experimental filmmakers, will host an event in the Pálás Cinema this weekend.

An Iranian film about women and football

Thu, Nov 14, 2019

AFROOZ IS the star player of Iran’s international indoor soccer team which is about to go to the Asian Nations Cup in Malaysia, but at the airport, she discovers husband, Yaser, has refused permission for her to leave the country.

The Irishman - big cast, big cost, and worth it

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 14, 2019

THIS WEEK saw the release of the much anticipated The Irishman in Irish cinemas. We are lucky here in Ireland, due to Netflix's role in financing the film that is has not been released in American cinema chains.

Three hit films - back on the big screen

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

A STAR Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, and The Greatest Showman - three of the most popular films of the last 18 months - are getting a fresh outing on the big screen of the Omniplex Cinemas in Galway.

A 'sad and sexy' love story at the Pálás

Thu, Oct 31, 2019

ELENA AND Jake meet after a New Year’s Eve party in Glasgow. It is love at first sight. Very soon they move in together and start to plan for a family. That is when the problems start.

RTÉ to broadcast Wexford Festival Opera to the Pálás

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

RTÉ WILL broadcast the Wexford Festival Opera's sold-out production of Antonio Vivaldi's Dorilla In Tempe to Galway's Pálás on Saturday November 2 at 8pm - the first time an Irish-produced opera will be broadcast live in cinema.

Galway film to get New York world premiere

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

THE WORLD premiere of the Galway made film, The Butterfly Love Song, takes place this weekend in New York as part of Irish Screen America's three-day film festival.

Land Without God - examining the legacy of institutional abuse

Thu, Oct 24, 2019

LAND WITHOUT God, a new documentary examining the legacy of institutional abuse by the Irish Church and State, will be screened in The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Dark Lies The Island - new Irish film opens at The Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

DARK LIES The Island, the new Irish film scripted by acclaimed novelist Kevin Barry, and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon, who directed Perriers Bounty, and episodes of Moone Boy, opens in The Eye tomorrow.

Judy marks major comeback for Renée Zellweger

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 17, 2019

JUDY IS based on the stage play End of the Rainbow. It is a sturdy and competent music biopic, there seems to be one of these every year and this is a one of the good ones.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Eye

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

A MIDSUMMER Night’s Dream, Shakespeare's magical comedy of transformation, jealousy, mischief, and mythology, recorded at London's Bridge Theatre, will be shown at The Eye this evening at 7pm.

An Indian romance at the Pálás

Thu, Oct 17, 2019

RAFI IS a struggling street photographer in Mumbai. Under mounting pressure from his grandmother to get married, a chance encounter leads him to Milon, a shy stranger he convinces to pose as his fiancée.

The Met Opera returns to The Eye

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

PUCCINI'S TURNADOT, the classic opera about a prince who must solve three dangerous riddles in order to win the heart of a princess, opens The Met’s 2019/2020 season.

A chambermaid hopes for a better life

Thu, Oct 10, 2019

SINGLE MOTHER Eve works long hours as a chambermaid at a luxury hotel in Mexico City, but years to have better opportunities in life.

Joker - a troubling depiction of Batman's arch enemy

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 10, 2019

JOKER, ALSO known as Arthur Fleck, grew up the victim of abuse, and struggles with a type of Tourettes which results in his erupting in involuntary laugher when he is unhappy or uncomfortable.

A WWII drama set in the present day

Thu, Oct 03, 2019

WWII IS on the horizon and Georg has fled Germany for Paris. Assuming the identity of a famous but deceased writer, he plans to use the man’s documentation to obtain a transit visa to Mexico.

The Goldfinch - big star cast cannot rescue bad adaptation

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 03, 2019

THIS IS the second film released in the last few months named after a painting. The first was The Souvenir, a beautiful low budget movie about a film student in 1980s London. This is the opposite - big budget (which unfortunately looks set to make an epic box office loss), all star cast, and based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

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