Cinema review: Creed

Films Reviews Mon, Jan 18, 2016

THE IDEA of a return to the Rocky saga for a seventh film after the disaster of Rocky V and the awkward embarrassment of Rocky VI is a surprise. The franchise is a bit antiqued, especially with how cheesy it became in later installments. But this is the first Rocky movie not written by Sylvester Stallone and that is a very good thing.

Bizet's The Pearl Fishers at The Eye

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

GEORGES BIZET'S Les Pecheurs de Perles - aka The Pearl Fishers - featuring one of opera's best known and loved duets, 'Au Fond Du Temple Saint', will be performed in New York's Metropolitan Opera.

French film to open GFS season

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

IN THE Courtyard, starring French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve, opens the Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2016 season, in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

New season of world cinema in Indreabhán

Thu, Jan 14, 2016

INDREABHÁN FILM Club's new season of world cinema in Seanscoil Sailearna, starts this Thursday evening at 8.15 with the French thriller, The Connection.

Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2016 season

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

GRUMPY OLD men, bizarre love triangles, singers with stage fright, and American anti-capitalism will be the stuff of the cinema screen at The Galway Film Society's winter/spring 2016 season runs at the Town Hall Theatre from January 17 to March 20.

Amy director to speak in Galway

Thu, Jan 07, 2016

ASIF KAPADIA, the director of Amy, the critically and commercially successful documentary on the life of singer Amy Winehouse, will attend Talking Documentary, the Galway Film Centre’s annual Film and TV seminar.

Christmas In Connecticut

Thu, Dec 10, 2015

THE GALWAY Film Society's annual Christmas film screening family event will see a screening of the Christmas In Connecticut in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 3pm.

Eye to screen major Goya documentary

Thu, Nov 26, 2015

THE SPANISH artist Francisco Goya created some of the most memorable and in his Disasters Of War and Dark Paintings series, some of the most disturbing, images in western art.

French Film Festival at Town Hall Theatre

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

IN THE week following the horrific attacks in Paris, a timely reminder of the resilience of French culture, and the joy it brings to world, comes to Galway through next weekend's French Film Festival.

Alban Berg’s opera Lulu at The Eye

Thu, Nov 19, 2015

LULU, ONE of opera's greatest and most dangerous femme fatales, will take audiences on a wild journey of love, obsession, and death when the eponymous opera by Alban Berg is screened in Galway.

An old samurai gets a second chance

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

JAPANESE FILM Uzumasa Limelight, is based around the experiences of the talented extras who featured in chanbara, the Japanese sword-fighting films and TV dramas.

Shakespeare and opera at IMC Cinema

Thu, Nov 12, 2015

SHAKESPEARE'S THE Winters Tale, starring Dame Judi Dench, will be screened live from London to the IMC Cinema Galway, on Thursday November 26 at 7.15pm.

Junior Galway Film Fleadh animation workshops

Thu, Nov 05, 2015

THE JUNIOR Galway Film Fleadh, which celebrates its 21st anniversary this year, will hold workshops, including classes in animation, to inspire, educate, and entertain young Galwegians who love film.

Middle Eastern film to start November

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

NOVEMBER BEGINS for Galway film enthusiasts with Theeb, which offers a very different take on the Arab revolt against the Ottomans from those normally seen by Western audiences.

Wagner's Tannhäuser at The Eye

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

RICHARD WAGNER has often suffered from bad press, what with Adolf Hitler being a big fan and philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche such a stern critic, but the quality of his music continues to enrapture audiences.

Wild Tales tonight in Indreabhán

Thu, Oct 29, 2015

ARGENTINIAN FILM Wild Tales, featuring six stories, both funny and scary, will be screened this evening at 8.15pm in Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán.

A film-maker's family problems

Thu, Oct 22, 2015

ITALIAN FILM Mi Madre, about a director struggling to make a new film while her family enters crises, will be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 8pm.

Silent Moves - a modern silent comedy film

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

SILENT MOVES, a film inspired by the silent comedies of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and Harold Lloyd, and starring actors with intellectual disabilities, will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre on Tuesday October 20 at 8pm.

Otello and Henry V live @ The Eye

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

TWO WORKS by Shakespeare - one by the man himself, another an operatic adaptation by Giuseppe Verdi, being performed in different countries - one in England, the other in the USA, will both be shown at The Eye Cinema.

Entries sought for junior film fleadh script competition

Thu, Oct 15, 2015

GALWAY TEENS interested in writing and who love film are being sought by the Junior Galway Film Fleadh to enter its sixth annual Story Pitching Competition in association with Galway Film Centre and SpunOut.ie.

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