All posts in November 2016

Grindhouse Dublin is committed to serving up a selection of classic or rarely screened films. Taking place on the last Friday of the month every month at the Light House Cinema, Grindhouse Dublin has shown the likes of Carrie, Big Trouble in Little China and more classics this year alone. This month’s selection by Dublin’s long-running cultivators of cult hits is Rocky…

The IFI and Kinopolis Polish Film Festival returns for its 11th season from December 8th to 11th with one of its strongest programmes yet. The festival aims to bring the culture of one of the largest minorities living on the island to the forefront through their films. Director Tomasz Wasilewski’s United States of Love will open…

Directed by: David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Colin Farrell Running Time: 133 mins For those not in the know Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is the latest installment in J.K. Rowling’s highly successful and ever expanding wizarding world – a spin…

Director: Tom Ford Starring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhall, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Running Time: 116 minutes A family on a road trip is run off the road by a car of dangerous, drunk men. The score goes deathly silent. There are many voices, but everything is shot in darkness and we don’t know half of the characters and everyone is…

Last Friday saw the 4th annual Dublin Doc Fest, a showcase of the short documentary format, hosted at the Teeling Whiskey Distillery. Providing a platform for an under-served type of film, the festival continues to grow. Choosing from submissions from all over the world, thirteen films were screened this year, from Ireland to Israel to Zimbabwe.…

Showing in Movies@Dundrum later this month, Cathal Kenna’s documentary Coming Home is described as ‘an intimate portrayal of the experiences of Irish emigrants’ that explores the concept of home and its meaning to different kinds of people. Ahead of the screeings in Dundrum from November 18-24, Film In Dublin spoke with Cathal about his motivations and experiences…

Luc Besson is back, returning to big budget science fiction for the first time in 20 years. That film, The Fifth Element was charming, bright and ridiculous, like a comic book come to life. Owing more to Flash Gordon than Star Wars, the film offered jaw-dropping visuals coupled with quirky performances elevating it above the…

The Irish Film Board has announced that IFB funded documentaries In Loco Parentis and Forever Pure will be shown at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, which runs from November 16 – 27.

Apropos of nothing, it is quite possible that a number of people who have left Ireland-those in say, the United States of America-may have gotten a sudden urge to return home today. Though you could call that an impulse, the desire to return to the homeland is one that many who have left the island…

  Now in its third year, Dublin’s own Feminist Film Festival has a simple mission: Promoting and celebrating women in film. Whether it’s the characters on the screen or the directors working behind it, women remain disproportionately represented, with a quick look at the festival’s own website revealing some very damning statistics. Taking place from Nov 18-20…