It’s here and it’s perfect. This ain’t your grandad’s Irish Film Institute anymore. They serve popcorn. They serve style. This week the IFI have launched a new tote bag. Just in time for Christmas, they have a perfect gift all set up for the film fan in your life (which, if you’re reading this, is…
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A VOLTA for Huppert and more DIFF 2024 highlights
The biggest event in the calendar in the fair city of film, the Dublin International Film Festival will take place in 2024 from Thursday 22nd February to Saturday 2nd March. In advance of announcing the full programme in January, the Festival like to announce early programme highlights before Christmas, and today they have revealed that screen legend…
Sweetly conventional confectionary in Wonka
Director: Paul King Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Colman, Tom Davis, Paterson Joseph, Hugh Grant Running Time: 116 minutes The Willy Wonka of the Chocolate Factory film as played by the late, great Gene Wilder had bitter notes that would pair perfectly today with a Fair-Trade cacao confection. Odd and acerbic, Wilder’s…
KNEECAP TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Première domhanda Kneecap ag féile scannán Sundance. The boys from Belfast are heading to one of the world’s most famous film festivals. Rich Peppiatt’s Kneecap will have its world premiere at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Utah next month where it will screen on the opening night on Thursday 18th January. Based on the origin…