Cinema review: Whiplash

Films Reviews Mon, Jan 19, 2015

A CLAUSTROPHOBIC, unrelenting, tense, but maybe slightly unrealistic take on a tired formula, Whiplash is still gaining Oscar buzz week on week.

The world is on screen

Thu, Jan 15, 2015

FAMILY DRAMAS, WWII, gender identity, comic adventures, and examinations of Australian and Russian society will be played out on-screen as part of the Galway Film Society’s winter/spring season of films at the Town Hall Theatre.

Akumakon 2015 - Galway’s celebration of Japan and manga

Tue, Jan 13, 2015

YUTAKA YAMAMOTO, the Japanese animator and director who created a cartoon series set in Galway, will discuss how and why the city was such an inspiration to him, when he attends this year’s Akumakon festival.

Cinema review: Foxcatcher

Films Reviews Mon, Jan 12, 2015

ANOTHER HOTLY tipped awards favourite is released this week as we enter the best time of year for going to the cinema. With its central themes of sports, fraternal relationships, and patriotism, Foxcatcher has all the makings of an Oscar winner.

Palm D’Or winning Turkish film to be screened next week

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

WINTER SLEEP, the Turkish film The Guardian described as a “compelling drama” and a “powerful meditation on guilt”, will be shown in Galway this weekend.

Who’s that girl?

Thu, Jan 08, 2015

IT IS one of the most famous works in Western art and the most widely known work of 17th century Dutch painter Jan Vermeer. It is Girl With A Pearl Earring.

The Nutcracker @ The Eye Cinema

Thu, Dec 18, 2014

THE NUTCRACKER, one of ballet’s greatest and best loved works, will be performed in Moscow by Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet, but Galway audiences can see it as well.

Cinema review: The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies

Films Reviews Mon, Dec 15, 2014

AFTER 13 years, six films, and 1,031 minutes finally we have come to the end of Peter Jackson’s incredible Middle Earth saga. Even if you are not a fan of the movies you must respect how Jackson has handled the immense project.

The Little Cinema’s 12 Days of Christmas

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

THE LITTLE CINEMA is hosting a series of events entitled 12 Days Of Christmas, which involves film screenings, music and comedy, a Galway twist on Celebrity Mastermind, and a games night.

Olaf Tyaransen film to be shown on RTÉ 2

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DON’T YOU Know Who I Am? the acclaimed rock‘n’roll short film written and produced by award-winning Galway author Olaf Tyaransen, will be screened on RTÉ 2.

A comedy opera by Wagner

Thu, Dec 11, 2014

DIE MEISTERSINGER von Nürnberg, a comedy-opera by Richard Wagner is being staged at New York’s Metropolitan Opera and will be broadcast live to The Eye, Wellpark.

Cinema review: St Vincent

Films Reviews Mon, Dec 08, 2014

A BILL Murray movie is always time for celebration. Certainly one of the most beloved actors of all time, when he has a movie out you always have to see it - and he has been on an decent run lately, mainly thanks to his collaborations with Wes Anderson.

White Christmas on the big screen

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

THE FILM that gave the world one of the best loved of all Christmas songs will be shown in the Town Hall Theatre this Sunday at 3.30pm.

Free screening of Jimmy’s Hall

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

KEN LOACH’S FILM Jimmy’s Hall, which the director has declared will be his last, will be screened by the Liam & Tom O’Flaherty Society tomorrow.

The Crucible and NT Live’s JOHN @ The Eye

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

TWO VERY different theatre events, one a classic play, the other a mix of interview and spoken word, are being broadcast to The Eye Cinema.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Thu, Dec 04, 2014

IMC GALWAY continues its Live Cinema Season with a performance from the Royal Opera House of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on Tuesday December 16.

Bob Quinn to be celebrated at An Taibhdhearc tomorrow

Thu, Nov 27, 2014

BOB QUINN, the Connemara based film-maker, will be celebrated through song, music, and film at a special event in An Taibhdhearc tomorrow [Friday November 28] at 8pm.

Cinema review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Films Reviews Mon, Nov 24, 2014

DESPITE REALLY enjoying the first two Hunger Games films I was apprehensive about this one. The third Hunger Games book is by some distance the worst of the trilogy and with the end of this incredibly lucrative franchise in sight the makers have taken the, no doubt purely artistic, decision to split the final book into two films.

The Barber of Seville @ The Eye

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

THE BARBER Of Seville, one of opera’s best known and loved works, will be broadcast live from The Met in New York to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark, this Saturday at 6pm.

Marion Cotillard on-screen at Galway Film Society

Thu, Nov 20, 2014

MARION COTILLARD, one of France’s best known actresses, stars in the Belgian film, Two Days One Night, which is to be screened by the Galway Film Society in the Town Hall Theatre on Sunday November 30 at 8pm.

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