Review Round-Up: Galway Film Fleadh 2020

Getting to take part in an actual, factual film festival this month in the Galway Film Fleadh was a revitalising tonic in a difficult time. We can’t wait to attend cinemas again in person in the fair city of film and beyond, once it’s safe and secure for all staff and audiences to do so,…

The 8th outlines the raw recent history of Repeal

Directors: Maeve O’Boyle, Lucy Kennedy and Aideen Kane Running Time: 95 minutes ________________________________________________________________________________ The Galway Film Fleadh opened last night with the world premiere of Irish documentary The 8th. With subject matter so closely tied to the recent national psyche of the country, going as it does through the campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment which constitutionally banned…

The Breakout Role Podcast – Amy Adams Cruel Intentions 2, Junebug & Enchanted

In the latest episode of the Breakout Role Podcast, Luke and Jessica take a different approach, looking at a trio of early films from the early years of Amy Adams’ career. From the dispiriting, reductive and embarrassing Cruel Intentions 2 and the grind of a Hollywood machine that almost led Adams to quit acting altogether, to the…