Brad Bird's best animated family films

Thu, Jun 21, 2018

FROM HIS days with The Simpsons, to writing and directing with Pixar, Brad Bird has been at the forefront of animation for the past 30 years, and the Pálás Cinema is celebrating the man with a season of his films.

The Belly Of The Whale to open Galway Film Fleadh 2018

Wed, Jun 20, 2018

THE BELLY Of The Whale, the debut film from director Morgan Bushe, and starring Michael Smiley, Pat Shortt, and Game of Thrones' Art Parkinson, will open this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Cinema review: Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom

Films Reviews Thu, Jun 14, 2018

THE ORIGINAL Jurassic Park is, in my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. Based on the best selling Michael Crichton novel, it was an all-star team of great actors, with director Steven Spielberg at the absolute top of his game.

Cinema review: DeadPool 2

Films Reviews Thu, May 24, 2018

DEADPOOL IS mourning the loss of the love of his life and, despite several attempts at suicide, due to his healing mutant power he cannot seem to be reunited in the afterlife with her.

A Scottish adventure - written by a Galwaywoman - to be shown at The Eye

Wed, May 23, 2018

OPENING THIS weekend at the Eye Cinema is Edie, scripted by Galway writer Elizabeth O'Halloran and starring Sheila Hancock. Set in Scotland, it features Hancock in the performance of her career, as Edie, a cantankerous mountain climber.

The dark lord on-screen - a season of Nick Cave

Thu, May 17, 2018

IF YOU cannot make it to Nick Cave's concert with Patti Smith in Kilmainham in June, you can enjoy a week of concert films and documentaries on the Australian genius at the Palás Cinema.

Cinema review: Revenge

Films Reviews Thu, May 17, 2018

JEN IS a young American socialite brought by her married lover, Richard, for a weekend away in a desert villa. When Richard's friends turn up early - the day before she’s supposed to leave - things start to go wrong for Jen.

Banff Mountain Film Festival 2018

Thu, May 10, 2018

ADVENTURERS ON mind-blowing journeys of courage and endurance, in the most remote, spectacular, and extreme corners of the globe, will be be on screen at the Town Hall Theatre when the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2018 returns to Galway.

Cinema review: The Delinquent Season

Films Reviews Thu, May 10, 2018

THE LIVES of two middle-class married couples in Dublin are thrown into disarray when two of the group begin an affair in the new Irish film, The Delinquent Season.

Macbeth to be screened at The Eye

Thu, May 03, 2018

MACBETH, SHAKESPEARE'S dark and violent drama of political ambition, betrayal, murder, assassination, corruption, and greed, is being staged by Britain's National Theatre, and will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema.

Film review: Avengers: Infinity War

Films Reviews Thu, May 03, 2018

FINALLY, IT'S here, has already broken records, and has the chance to be the highest grossing blockbuster of all time, finally surpassing 1997's Titanic. This is a movie that is easy to take for granted, but the scale of the story telling is a lot more impressive than any of the CGI.

Cendrillon - from The Met to The Eye

Thu, Apr 26, 2018

CENDRILLION, A sumptuous new take on the Cinderella story, is being staged by The Met Opera, and will be broadcast live to The Eye Cinema in Wellpark, this weekend.

Film review: The Cured

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 26, 2018

SET IN Dublin a few years after a zombie outbreak, The Cured finds the world is relatively stable again. Subverting the genre before the credits even end, a cure has been found. Happy days.

Cinema review: Rampage

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 19, 2018

RAMPAGE OPENS in space. An off-planet research ship is breaking apart and three vials of genetic altering substance falls to earth. One of them lands in a San Diego wild life reserve run by Davis Okoye, played by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.

Galway Film Society - new season, new location

Thu, Apr 12, 2018

THE GALWAY Film Society has moved to a new location to screen its new season of films. The Pálás Cinema will now host screenings of the society and Galway can look forward to a diverse range of films from Japan, Switzerland, Russia, France, Germany, and Australia.

Cinema review: A Quiet Place

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 12, 2018

A QUIET Place is directed by John Krasinski, who most people will know as Jim from The Office, but do not let that fool you - there are no fourth wall breaking smirks to the camera here.

Japanese Film Festival - eight days of cinema

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

EIGHT DAYS of the very best and latest films from Japan will be screened at both The Eye and Pálas cinemas, when the 10th annual Japanese Film Festival comes to Galway.

Cinema review: Isle Of Dogs

Films Reviews Thu, Apr 05, 2018

DIRECTOR WES Anderson is on a bit of a roll. His last two films, Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel, have been among his best work, but I was a little disappointed at his decision to step back into stop motion animation.

Preview screening of new French film at the Pálás

Thu, Apr 05, 2018

THE MARVELLOUS Juliette Binoche stars in Let The Sunshine In, the French film that will open the new Galway Film Society season and mark the society's move from the Town Hall Theatre to the Pálás Cinema.

You Were Never Really Here

Films Reviews Thu, Mar 29, 2018

AFTER A Terrence Malick like absence, one of Britain's finest directors, Lynne Ramsay, has a film back in the cinema, following up her 2011 masterpiece, We Need To Talk About Kevin, with another adaptation.

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