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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

Juliet, Naked

Thu, Nov 08, 2018

Annie and Duncan are a reasonably happy couple in their late thirties living in a seaside town in England. Duncan has an obsession - he hosts a fan page for nineties musician Tucker Crowe. Crowe is a kind of Jeff Buckley like singer who disappeared after recording one great album - Juliet, Naked.

Volunteers needed for Junior Film Fleadh

Thu, Nov 01, 2018

THE 24th Junior Film Fleadh is accepting volunteer applications. Applicants must be over 18 and available to work any, all or some days, between 9.30am and 3.30pm from Tuesday November 6 to Saturday 10.

One man and his dog

Thu, Nov 01, 2018

MARCELLO IS a dog-groomer who runs his own parlour in a run-down seaside town. However his peaceful existence is disturbed when he is terrorised by violent former boxer Simone.

What we do (and see) in the shadows...

Thu, Oct 25, 2018

TAIKA WAITITI and Jemaine Clement’s comedy-horror mockumentary, What We Do In The Shadows, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema as part of the Vodafone Comedy Carnival Galway.

First Man - the space race without the American jingoism

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 25, 2018

FIRST MAN is an adaptation of the book by the same name by James Hansen. A biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, it tells the story of his personal life leading up to the Apollo 11 mission.

What happens when you try and fail to be Pulp Fiction

Films Reviews Thu, Oct 18, 2018

BAD TIMES At The El Royale is the second film from director Drew Goddard, his first was the brilliant Cabin In The Woods, the hilariously meta horror movie from 2012.

'The Season of The Witch' descends on the Pálás

Thu, Oct 18, 2018

"DOUBLE, DOUBLE toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble" said the witches in MacBeth, and there will be much witching activity in the Pálás Cinema with its Season Of The Witch films for Halloween.

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