Now on Netflix, free-diving documentary The Deepest Breath has captured viewers with its high stakes storytelling and emotional turns. Ireland’s own Laura McGann, whose previous feature was the roller derby doc Revolutions, directs the film, which through word-of-mouth has become one of the most sought-out films currently streaming. Graham Day spoke with Laura about the…
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Nolan builds & burns Oppenheimer’s Pro-Me Thesis
Director: Christopher Nolan Starring: Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Bennie Safdie, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich, David Krumholtz, Tom Conti Running Time: 180 minutes The mega-blockbusters of Christopher Nolan have always been works of ambition, and contradiction. Cold crowd pleasers, IMAX on…
IFI Family Film Festival 2023 will be a before-back-to-school blast
The Irish Film Institute’s annual all-ages festival is a great opportunity for parents to encourage their kids’ interest in arts, storytelling and animation, take in family films from other parts of the world, and get a few cinema screenings in at the tail end of the summer. The 2023 edition of the IFI Family Film…
It’s Barbie’s World Now
Directed by: Greta Gerwig Runtime: 114 minutes Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, America Ferraira, Ariana Greenblatt This Barbie is having an existential crisis. Greta Gerwig creates a breathtaking baby-pink world filled with Barbies blissfully moving through their simplistic existence; waking up in their dream houses, getting dressed in killer…
Popcorn at the Irish Film Institute – Everything you need to know
EXHIBIT. EDUCATE. PRESERVE. POPCORN. The IFI announced yesterday a long awaited addition to the Institution. The Dublin cinema will now be offering popcorn and concessions at the box office. New visitors to the Temple Bar cinema have been surprised over the years at the lack of traditional concessions on offer, but now in addition to…
Ireland’s first sex worker film festival is currently fundraising
This October will see Red Umbrella Film Festival take place as Ireland’s first-ever sex worker film festival. Taking place 19th – 22nd October 2023 in Dublin, RUFF is organised by a collective of current and former sex workers and aims to be a celebratory as well as informative festival, with films, workshops, panel discussions, and…
North Circular to have theatrical release in New York City
Luke McManus’ multi-award winning journey through Dublin’s history, working-class culture and unbreakable creative spirit will open in New York on Friday, 28th July at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema. The festival favourite has been around the world recently, including a trip to China, and McManus and some of the musicians featured in the film will be in…
It’s the end of the world as they nose it – Apocalypse Clown in cinemas September
Apocalypse Clown – not the name your ex is under on your phone, but the upcoming comedy that’s sold out its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh – has a release date across the UK and Ireland this autumn. Vertigo Releasing and Wildcard Distribution have announced that George Kane’s end of the world clown comedy…