The best box sets to watch on Netflix and Amazon
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
WHILE I do love watching movies, sometimes when the nights are particularly long, having a TV show to binge on can be an enormous comfort. We have all watched a lot of these shows, such as Breaking Bad or Mad Men, so here are a few which maybe you have not seen yet.
Read more ...What to watch on Netflix and Amazon during the lockdown
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
WITH THE CINEMAS closed, and Ireland in lockdown generally, we need distractions, good things to do, and stuff that will raise spirits, and this is where Netflix and Amazon come in.
Read more ...Galway Film Society Season postponed
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
THE GALWAY Film Society screenings at the Pálás Cinema have been postponed until further notice in the interest of customer safety.
Read more ...Wilderland Film Festival makes Galway debut
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
THE WILDERLAND Film Festival is "special because it gives audiences unparalleled insight into some of the world’s most incredible wildlife”. So said Scottish wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, best known for The Polar Bear Family & Me.
Read more ...Connemara premiere for new thriller Arracht
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
ARRACHT, the new Irish language feature film from Tom Sullivan, starring Dónall Ó Héalaí, Seán T Ó Meallaigh, and Pádraic Breathach, will receive a special pre-release screening in Indreabhán.
Read more ...A night at the opera, at The Eye
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
TWO OPERAS - Der Fliegende Holländer, starring Bryn Terfel, and Fidelio, starring Jonas Kaufmann - will be broadcast live from New York and London, to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.
Read more ...Book club and Mother's Day at the Pálás
Thu, Mar 12, 2020
MOMMIE DEAREST by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford, is the book and film for the next meeting of the Pálás Cinema's book club, on March 31.
Read more ...Calm With Horses - Galway shot film out next week
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
CALM WITH Horses, the new film from the BAFTA and Sundance Festival award nominee Nick Rowland, shot at numerous locations around Galway city and county, opens in cinemas on Friday March 13.
Read more ...Europe's largest film jury needs you
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
GALWAY FILM Fleadh, in association with Galway 2020 and the Pálás Cinema, is partnering with the European Film Academy to take part in the EFA’s Young Audience Award.
Read more ...A film about what makes Galway 'Galway'
Thu, Feb 27, 2020
CUMAR: A Galway Rhapsody, Aodh Ó Coileáin's acclaimed and award winning documentary on Galway's artistic community, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema on Sunday March 1.
Read more ...Sensory screening of Emma at the Pálás
Thu, Feb 27, 2020
EMMA, THE latest screen adaptation of Jane Austin's 1815 novel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy, will have a sensory screening in the Pálás on Sunday March 1 at 10.30am.
Read more ...Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff
Thu, Feb 20, 2020
GALWEGIANS WHO consider themselves knowledgeable about all things film will have a chance to prove it at The Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff Late Bar on Thursday February 27.
Read more ...The Godfather II starts 'I Can't Believe You Haven't Seen...' screenings
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
THE GODFATHER II is a classic of American cinema, and also that very rare thing - a sequel which surpasses the original, and there will be a rare chance to see it on the big screen next week.
Read more ...Opera and musicals at the Pálás
Thu, Feb 06, 2020
AN ARRAY of opera masterworks and popular musicals will be broadcast and screened at the Pálás Cinema, including La Bohemé, Don Giovanni, and the world premiee of Marson and Scarlett.
Read more ...Galway Film Society - new season
Thu, Jan 30, 2020
FRENCH FILM La Belle Époque, starring Daniel Auteuil (Jean de Florette) and Fanny Ardant (Paris, Je T'Aime), will open the new season of screenings from the Galway Film Society at the Pálás Cinema.
Read more ...Pálas to hold charity film screening for Australian Red Cross
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
THE ADVENTURES Of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, the much loved 1994 Australian comedy film, will be screened at the Pálás Cinema to raise funds for the Australian Red Cross.
Read more ...Anne Frank documentary to be screened for Holocaust Remembrance Day
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST Remembrance Day will be marked in Galway with the screening of the documentary, Anne Frank: Parallel Stories, in The Eye Cinema, from Monday January 27.
Read more ...The environment in focus at the Night of Ideas
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
DEMAIN, THE French documentary, where two film-makers travelled the world to investigate concrete solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss, will be screened at the Pálás Cinema next week.
Read more ...Oscars table quiz at the Pálás
Thu, Jan 23, 2020
THE 92ND Academy Awards - the Oscars - will take place on Sunday February 9 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and that evening Galway films buffs have a chance to test their Oscars' knowledge.
Read more ...Dublin Murders event for Galway
Thu, Jan 16, 2020
THE CREATOR and producer of Dublin Murders, the thrilling BBC/RTÉ series which gripped audiences last year, will give a public talk about the series at Galway's annual FÍS TV Summit.
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