Director: Ciaran Creagh Starring: Zara Devlin, Eileen Walsh, Ian Beattie, Senna O’Hara, Frank O’Sullivan, Joe Mullins and Sean T. O’Meallaigh Running Time: 100 minutes It’s an important endeavour to use art to try and reckon with your country’s past, particularly when your country is intent on ignoring it. For decades Ireland’s attitude to abortion was…
The sight of Michael Keaton back in the batsuit in the trailers for The Flash is an instant ticket seller for, I guess, millions of people. It would be unserious to describe it as bleak, there are many things much worse in our world than an elderly actor taking an easy paycheque, an act as…
One of Ireland’s most established directors will have a season devoted to his films at the Irish Film Institute next month. For decades Joe Comerford’s films have aimed to explore social conditions and commentaries in Ireland. From May 13th – 20th, the IFI will be showcasing the career of Comerford, one of Ireland’s foundational independent…
For the next several months, Dublin’s Irish Film Institute will be digging into the archives and giving back to cinema lovers across the island. As part of their commitment to preserve and promote Ireland’s film heritage, the IFI are setting off on tour, presenting local films sourced from their archive back to the communities that…
The festival have confirmed the Irish whiskey as new sponsors ahead of the 4th edition of the Bloomsday Film Festival in June 2023. The cinematic leg of the annual celebration of one of Ireland’s greatest authors will benefit from the support for their upcoming festival this summer. The Bloomsday Film Festival enters its fourth year…
Ireland’s national film festival, the Japanese Film Festival expands Japanese culture across the island through the Asian country’s best cinema. In April 2023,the Embassy of Japan in Ireland and access>CINEMA are presenting the Japanese Film Festival for its 14th edition. The festival includes screenings of powerful drama A Man, which recently won eight awards –…
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Starring: Léa Seydoux, Melvil Poupaud, Pascal Greggory, Nicole Garcia Running Time: 112 minutes Grief is an emotion unbound by tense and time. One can grieve something that hasn’t fully happened yet, or something in the moment of inevitable motion, just as strongly as the pains of the past. Léa Seydoux’s Sandra in One Fine…
This day next week will see art and film collide in Dublin at a collaborative effort between aemi and the Irish Film Institute. The experimental arts org an the IFI will be presenting The Sun Gives Without Asking, curated by Sean Lynch on Wednesday 19th April at 6.30pm. The upcoming screening programme is curated by…
BY HOW WEIRD IRELAND WOULD BE ABOUT THEM VISITING Folks, we love a US President visiting don’t we? From Ryan Tubridy’s unsettling JFK fixation to the unwaking fever dream of Barack Obama Plaza, Ireland has a long and proud history of not being normal when it comes to previous POTUSes. President of the United States…
Director: Lee Cronin Starring: Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Morgan Davies, Gabrielle Echols, Nell Fisher Running Time: 97 minutes Taking over a horror franchise is no tall order. The pressure, the expectations and the potential pitfalls could understandably make a young director nervous, stepping in to look after somebody else’s baby. Like Craven to Nightmare and…
