The Souvenir - a unsettling depiction of an abusive relationship

Films Reviews Thu, Sep 05, 2019

JULIE IS a film student in London in the late 1980s. She is trying to escape her life of privilege, but lives in her parents' flat in Knightsbridge. Yet, her attempts to make a film in Sunderland about a working class family are honest and admirable.

Enjoy afternoon tea at Downton Abbey

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

ENJOY AN afternoon tea that Mr Carson would be proud of at the Pálás cinema for the opening weekend of the highly-anticipated Downton Abbey movie.

Margaret Atwood at The Eye cinema

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

TO MARK the publication of The Testaments, Margaret Atwood’s highly anticipated sequel to her seminal work, The Handmaid’s Tale, the Eye will screen a public interview with the great Canadian author.

Dinner and a classic movie at the Pálás

Thu, Aug 29, 2019

THE PÁLÁS Supper Club, the cinema's monthly event in its restaurant involving food and a classic film, will see screenings of The Guard and The Quiet Man in September.

Good Boys - not a great movie, but a funny movie

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 29, 2019

MAX, THOR, and Lucas, are three best friends about to enter their teenage years. They struggle with hormones and growing up. They know lots of grown up words but not exactly what they mean: “She’s a nymphomaniac, it means she has sex on land AND on water."

Almodóvar's new film to open Galway Film Society's new season

Thu, Aug 22, 2019

PAIN AND Glory, the new film by the great Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz, will open the Galway Film Society's autumn 2019 season of screenings.

Tarantino's indulgent love letter to Sixties Hollywood

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 22, 2019

ONCE UPON A time in Hollywood is the ninth film from Quentin Tarantino, and if he is to be believed, it is his penultimate movie. He maintains that no director has directed a good film after his tenth. To that I say, what about Claire Denis, Akira Kursowa, or Stephen Spielberg?

Blinded by the Light

Thu, Aug 15, 2019

Based on the life story of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, Blinded by the Light tells the story of young Pakistani teen Javeed, coming-of-age in Luton in Thatcher's UK. Javeed is struggling with his cultural identity. When a classmate introduces Javeed to the music of Bruce Springsteen his life is altered. He hears his own story mirrored in The Boss’s songs and it inspires him to become a writer.

The Current War - not exactly electrifying

Films Reviews Thu, Aug 01, 2019

THIS IS the story of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and their competition to bring electricity to America. Westinghouse working with Alternating Current and Edison working with Direct Current.

Quentin Tarantino retrospective at Pálás Cinema

Thu, Aug 01, 2019

OUTRAGEOUS, OVER the the top, always boasting an A-List cast, a brilliant soundtrack, and witty (and sometimes politically incorrect) dialogue, Quentin Tarantino has a formula, but it works a treat.

Get singing at the Pálás

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

SING ALONG to classic Elton John hits as his life story unfolds before your eyes; see The Cure play their greatest songs in London; eat from a menu inspired by Pulp Fiction - that will be a Royale with Cheese then.

Watch André Rieu’s Maastricht concert

Thu, Jul 25, 2019

ANDRÉ RIEU'S annual Maastricht concert, featuring his 60-piece Johann Strauss Orchestra, will be screened by The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday [July 27] at 7pm with an encore screening on Sunday at 3pm.

The Lion King - a film that feels like a cover song

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 25, 2019

THE LION King is the latest Disney movie to get the live action treatment, but it is not live action. No lions were filmed for this. It is entirely computer generated. So it is animation?

Galway made westerns continue with Never Grow Old

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 18, 2019

IT HAS become almost a tradition now that the Galway Film Fleadh closes with a western. Being one of my favourite genres I have no problem with that, but Never Grow Old has a lot to live up to after last year's Black 47 and 2017's An Klondike.

A fleadh film with a Brendan Bowyer connection

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

CLODAGH BOWYER, daughter of legendary Irish singer Brendan Bowyer, will star in The Ferry, which premieres at the Galway Film Fleadh tomorrow at 11.45am in the Town Hall Theatre.

Peter Parker grapples with a post Endgame world

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 11, 2019

IN A post-Avengers: Endgame world we catch up with Peter Parker who is back in school and who is trying to come to terms with the death of his mentor, Tony Stark.

Galway's Rayleen Kenny gets lead role in Wrath

Thu, Jul 04, 2019

RAYLEEN KENNY, a 13-year-old who is a second year pupil at Coláiste Éinde, will take the lead role in Wrath, a Screen Ireland and Bear Print Media short film, which premieres on Sunday July 13 at the Town Hall Theatre.

Yesterday - imagine if Black Mirror was upbeat and fun

Films Reviews Thu, Jul 04, 2019

YESTERDAY IS a kind of a positive feature length episode of Black Mirror - a pretty basic surreal concept but some pretty exciting talent behind the camera in director Danny Boyle, and writer Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill).

A film about Big Tom's statue

Thu, Jul 04, 2019

A FILM about the creation of the statue to the late, legendary, Irish country singer, Big Tom, will be screened at the Galway Film Fleadh, and it is a documentary with Galway connections.

Escaping East Germany in a balloon?

Thu, Jun 27, 2019

IN THE summer of 1979, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families want to escape East Germany to defect to the West, and they plan to do so via a self-constructed hot air balloon.

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