Downton Abbey: A New Era and a complimentary glass of Prosecco this weekend only at Pálás!
Fri, Apr 29, 2022
The highly anticipated Downton Abbey sequel opens this Friday at Pálás. To celebrate the return of the Dowager and extended Crawley family to the big screen, Galway Advertiser readers will receive a complimentary glass of Prosecco with the purchase of a ticket across the opening weekend in Pálás. You can collect your glass of prosecco at the refreshed box office to enjoy in screen or relax in the bar* before or after the film.
Read more ...St Patrick’s Day marks birthday celebrations for EYE Cinema
Wed, Mar 16, 2022
ON ST Patrick’s Day, The EYE Cinema in Wellpark will mark its 17th birthday, and to celebrate, tickets to all shows will be €7 from Thursday March 17 to Sunday 20.
Read more ...Film review: Red Rocket
Films Reviews Wed, Mar 16, 2022
RED ROCKET is the new film from Sean Baker, who broke through with his hugely successful second feature, Tangerine, which was shot mainly on an iPhone 5s.
Read more ...Film review: Here Before
Films Reviews Wed, Feb 23, 2022
WINNER OF Best Film at the 2021 Galway Film Fleadh, Here Before is now on general release, and it is a great time of year for a modern noir-ish film.
Read more ...A Brass Eye night at the Pálás
Thu, Feb 17, 2022
BRASS EYE was a British comedy series which parodied current affairs shows. Running for seven episodes on Channel 4 from 1997 to 2001, it featured such writers as Arthur Mathews, Charlie Brooker, and David Quantick.
Read more ...Galway Film Society to screen Petite Maman
Thu, Feb 17, 2022
EIGHT-YEAR-old Nelly is exploring the woods outside her grandmother’s house when she meets a girl her own age, with whom she seems to have a remarkable amount in common.
Read more ...Film review: Death On The Nile
Films Reviews Wed, Feb 16, 2022
A SEQUEL to the remake of Murder On The Orient Express, a mild hit in 2017, Kenneth Branagh is back directing and starring as Hercule Poirot for what I can only assume is the nice pay day which allowed him to make a more personal project like Belfast.
Read more ...Azor - GFS to screen acclaimed Argentinian thriller
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
AZOR, THE Argentinian film which The Guardian has called “eerie conspiracy thriller about the complacency of the super rich”, will be screened by the Galway Film Society.
Read more ...Phillip Pullman's The Book Of Dust @ The Eye
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
THE BOOK Of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, the prequel to Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials epic, is being brought to the stage by Britain’s National Theatre.
Read more ...Galway Film Fleadh seeks short film submissions
Thu, Feb 10, 2022
THE GALWAY Film Fleadh is now accepting short film submissions for its 2022 festival, accepting all genres of short film under 40 minutes, as well as picture-locked rough cuts.
Read more ...The Dance - capturing a work from start to finish
Thu, Feb 03, 2022
THE DANCE, the new film by Pat Collins, exploring the staging of a new dance work by choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan, is coming to the Pálás Cinema.
Read more ...Film review: Doineann
Films Reviews Wed, Feb 02, 2022
SET ON the Aran Islands, Doineann (Irish for storm) centres around a husband searching for his missing wife. It debuted last year at the Galway Film Fleadh and is now on general release.
Read more ...A feel good movie from Galway Film Society
Thu, Jan 27, 2022
DREAM HORSE, a “heart-warming, feel-good and family friendly” film, according to the Sunday Independent, is the next Galway Film Society screening.
Read more ...Club Scannán Sailearna new film season
Thu, Jan 27, 2022
LEADING DANISH actor, Mads Mikkelsen, stars in Another Round, which will be screened by Club Scannán Sailearna.
Read more ...Deadline extended for young filmmaker competition
Thu, Jan 27, 2022
THE DEADLINE for entry to Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022 has been extended to Friday February 4.
Read more ...Film review: Nightmare Alley
Films Reviews Wed, Jan 26, 2022
THIS IS the best time of year film-wise, we are getting all the Oscar contenders and every week there is a new movie worth seeing in the cinema.
Read more ...Theatre and ballet at The Eye
Thu, Jan 20, 2022
TOM STOPPARD’S latest play Leopoldstadt, and the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of Jewels will be on screen at the Eye Cinema this month.
Read more ...Film review: Belfast
Films Reviews Wed, Jan 19, 2022
WE ARE beginning to see some films coming out now that have been written and produced during the lockdowns. The first genuinely interesting one - to me anyway - is Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical Belfast.
Read more ...Galway filmmaker wins prize at literary award
Thu, Jan 13, 2022
AMY-JOYCE Hastings, the County Galway actor and filmmaker, won third prize for her script, Perspective, in the screenplay category of the 2021 Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize, awarded by the University Centre Grimsby.
Read more ...Film review: Licorice Pizza
Films Reviews Wed, Jan 12, 2022
PAUL THOMAS Anderson has a new movie out. Which is the best news. I do not think any director working in the English language is as constantly interesting as he.
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