1917 at the Pálás

Thu, Jan 09, 2020

1917, the acclaimed WWI film, which this week won Best Drama Film at the Golden Globes, opens in the Pálás Cinema tomorrow.

Jojo Rabbit - uneven and almost admirable

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 09, 2020

THE CONCEPT of Jojo Rabbit is quite shocking. Jojo is a 10-year-old boy in Nazi Germany in the last few months of the war. He loves life in the Hitler Youth which seems more like Boy Scouts than anything else.

André Rieu: 70 Years Young at the Eye Cinema

Thu, Jan 02, 2020

The Eye Cinema in Wellpark is delighted to invite you to André Rieu’s ’70 Years Young’ special birthday celebrations.

Druid’s The Cherry Orchard to be live streamed to cinemas

Thu, Dec 19, 2019

IN A first for an Irish theatre company, Druid’s production of Tom Murphy's version of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, will be live streamed from the Black Box Theatre, to cinemas across Ireland and the world.

Black Christmas - not a very scary yuletide horror

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 19, 2019

CHRISTMAS MOVIES and horror go well together, and there is a long tradition of great Christmas horror films. Gremlins is the gold standard and showed a good Christmas horror has a good amount of comedy.

Honey Boy - Shia LeBeouf's on-screen therapy session

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 12, 2019

HONEY BOY, written by the actor Shia LeBeouf, is about his life as a child star and his time in rehab. He wrote the script in rehab after his therapist told him to write what he remembered from his childhood, after diagnosing him with PTSD.

Films and events at the Pálás

Thu, Dec 12, 2019

FILM SCREENINGS for mothers and babies, for the retired, a Christmas sing-along, a dog friendly brunch, a night at the ballet, and the latest Star Wars movie - it's all happening at the Pálás.

Knives Out - a great whodunit in the Agatha Christie mould

Films Reviews Thu, Dec 05, 2019

DIRECTOR RHIAN Johnson has made some of my favourite films of recent years, but while his last film was a Star Wars, his best work has always been his own scripts, particularly his spin on film noir with 2005’s Brick.

Elf and the Home Alone movies at the Omniplex

Thu, Nov 28, 2019

OMNIPLEX CINEMAS will be cranking up the nostalgia with seasonal big screen outings for three Christmas film favourites - Elf, Home Alone, and Home Alone 2 - as part of its #BringItBack classic movie screenings.

Powerhouse performance from Christian Bale in Les Mans 66

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 28, 2019

LE MANS 66 could easily be called The Myth of American Exceptionalism: The Movie. Usually in such Hollywood stories - this chronicles the clash between European Enzo Ferrari and American Henry Ford II - it is the other way around.

A break-up film that is a breath of fresh air

Films Reviews Thu, Nov 21, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY is a film about divorce. The obvious comparison is with Kramer versus Kramer but perhaps a better comparison is with Annie Hall - remember that movie starts with "Annie and I broke up” in Alvy’s monologue.

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.

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