Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa. Whether its Tropical Popical, that sci-fi movie with Paul Mescal we all agreed not to talk about, or a music video for a song released in 1977, Saoirse Ronan will show up in the most unexpected of places. On the latter, she appears this week in…
Vah Vah Films is proud to present With Compliments from the Gentlemen Across the Bar in Oman, a new comedy short starring Jack Gleeson (of Game of Thrones fame), Craig Reynolds, and Cameron Macauley. The premise is simple: two broke filmmakers recreate an iconic film trope in a beach bar in the Sultanate of Oman.…
Director: Jonathan Entwistle Starring: Jackie Chan, Ben Wang, Joshua Jackson, Sadie Stanley, Ming-Na Wen Running Time: 94 minutes I’ll be honest, I was skeptical when I heard that the Karate Kid franchise was getting yet another revival. At this stage, we all know the dance. There’s a certain exhaustion that creeps in every time a…
The Irish Film Institute’s Bigger Picture is a must-see event every month in the fair city of film. They pick some of the island’s best and brightest (and me), so that they can pick out some of their favourite films to screen and celebrate. Through these selections, and the introductions from their guests, the IFI…
The Bloomsday Film Festival, the most literary film festival in Ireland, announces its programme of events from Wednesday 11th to Sunday 16th June. Highlights this year include a magical pre-cinematic wonder ‘Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Show’ with live music, Eanna Hardwicke and Olwyn Fouré as part of a special poetry showcase, a live performance from…
The summer is starting but the IFI is keeping you inside with another great season of classic cinema scheduled. The second half of their David Lean season is winding down, and coming up next two of cinema’s all-time great divas get their turn in the spotlight. This June, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo are coming…
This June will see the second edition of the Queer Spectrum Film Festival, as they make their way to the Irish Film Institute on the 13th-14th June. A celebration of queer stories in motion, Ireland’s first film festival especially dedicated to LGBTQIA+ people of colour and immigrant voices, QSFF aims to highlight powerful narratives shaped by…
The 2025 International Literature Festival Dublin is soon taking place, and in this year’s packed programme there’s a number of interesting screenings for film fans to explore. Since 1998, the festival has celebrated the best of Irish and international fiction, and non-fiction authors, poets, lyricists, playwrights and screenwriters through a myriad of exciting events. This…
This May marks a landmark moment in Ireland’s LGBTQ+ history, with the 10-year anniversary of the YES vote for marriage equality. What better way to celebrate a landmark in May than with a movie? Outhouse LGBTQ+ Centre is partnering with the Irish Film Institute (IFI) to host a special screening of the documentary The 34th: The…
The Bleeding Pig Film Festival has spent the last few years bringing independent Irish film to the local community of Donabate. The festival returns this year on Monday 19th May through to Wednesday 21st May 2025, and their programme this year includes plenty of short films, as well as a fantastic Irish feature in Darren…
