Living with father's legacy

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

FRENCH FILM, The House By The Sea, winner of the UNIMED Award at the 2017 Venice Film Festival, will be screened by the Galway Film Society at the Pálás Cinema.

The Hole In The Ground - a mother and son horror

Films Reviews Thu, Mar 07, 2019

SINGLE MOTHER Sarah has moved to an old farm house in the Wicklow mountains. Her son Chris is unhappy in his new school and misses his father. She does her best, but the isolation is clearly getting to her.

South Galway screening for a south Galway film

Thu, Mar 07, 2019

WHEN ALL Is Ruin Once Again, a poetic documentary filmed in and around Gort, which won Best Cinematography in an Irish Feature award at the Galway Film Fleadh, is to be shown at a charity screening next week.

Torn between ambition and family ties

Thu, Feb 28, 2019

ASPIRING WRITER Sinan returns home from college to find that his father's gambling addiction has brought the family to the brink of financial ruin.

Melissa McCarthy shines in Can You Ever Forgive Me

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 28, 2019

LEE ISRAEL is a once famous biographer who is struggling to sell her new book, a biography of Fanny Brice. When bills pile up she looks for things to sell. She has several letters from different celebrities and authors, and she can get a decent price for them.

FIRST LOOK AT EX-BANKER'S OFFICIAL MOVIE POSTER AHEAD OF CINEMAS RELEASE ON 5TH APRIL

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 28, 2019

Producer Tim Palmer (Into the West, Patrick's Day) gives us a first look at Artwork for the much anticipated 'The Limit Of' ahead of its cinema release on April 5th. NUIG graduate turned ex-banker is the writer-director behind new gripping psychological thriller, which features Cork-born singer Mick Flannery as the exclusive artist on the film's soundtrack. It stars the fast-rising Laurence O'Fuarain (Vikings, Black 47) and the stunning IFTA nominated actress Sarah Carroll.

Return of the handsome philanderer

Thu, Feb 21, 2019

A HANDSOME philanderer, a pining wife, and a sister who embodies the warning that 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions', are the stuff of French film, Return Of The Hero.

Afro-American life in the seventies

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 21, 2019

BASED ON the James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk is director Barry Jenkins follow up to 2017 Oscar winner Moonlight. It was surprising to see him adapting a book considering his screenplay for Moonlight was so well received, but after seeing this film I can see why he chose this text.

Soldiers, students, cops, and stressed out dads

Thu, Feb 14, 2019

THE CONTROVERSIAL Israeli film Foxtrot, three films from France, a Danish thriller, a Turkish story about family and home, and a Hungarian film dealing with anti-Semitism, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema during the Galway Film Society's Spring 2019 season.

Alita: Battle Angel - all good looks and no substance

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 14, 2019

SET IN a post apocalyptic, dystopian, future - is there any other kind? - Dr Ido Dyson finds the head of a robot girl while out scavenging, and brings it home to fire it up.

Galway Film Fleadh seeks short films

Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THE GALWAY Film Fleadh has opened i's short film submissions for the 31st festival, which runs from July 9 to 14. Entries in drama, documentary, live action, and animation are welcome.

Green Book - outstanding performances outweigh a flawed script

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 07, 2019

THE GREEN Book was a guide for black people in America who were traveliing south in the 1960s, containing names of hotels and restaurants that were friendly for the 'Negro Traveller'.

Bale is brilliant, but Vice is patronising and over stylised

Films Reviews Thu, Jan 31, 2019

WITH ALL the attention on the current White House administration, comes Vice, a full blown Hollywood blockbuster about Dick Cheney, the vice president of the USA from 2001 to 2009.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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