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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...Fantastic Beasts: The Grimes of Grindelwald
Films Reviews Thu, Nov 22, 2018
I WAS 11 when the first Harry Potter book came out, the same age Harry is in the story. I read those books - and only those books - repeatedly for a good 10 years (If I’m being honest 20 years).
Read more ...See Elf - and raise funds for Pieta House
Wed, Nov 21, 2018
WHAT IS the perfect Christmas movie? Some say It's A Wonderful Life, others say Miracle On 34th Street, there are those who make the case for Die Hard, while for many it can only be Elf.
Read more ...Widows - a heist move, but not as you know it
Films Reviews Thu, Nov 15, 2018
WIDOWS, THE latest film from British director Steve McQueen, is the last thing I expected from him. In fact when I heard his next project was based on a 1980s TV show, I was slightly concerned.
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