The Rialto Cinema Club is returning from this autumn onwards under a new name. The Documentary Room does exactly what it says on the tin – this cinema night stored in the back room of The Circular is the only cinema night in Ireland exclusively dedicated to documentary and non-fiction film screenings. An extended season…
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The IFI Documentary Festival returns this week
This week sees the return of the IFI Documentary Festival for another year. Taking place from from September 21st to 25th, the Doc Fest will show some of the best new Irish and international non-fiction cinema. Screenings and Director Q&As alike will provide plenty of insight, with Irish premieres including All that Breathes, winner of the Golden…
Film Fan’s Guide to Culture Night 2022
The seventeenth edition of Culture Night is taking place next Friday 23 September 2022. Presented annually by the Arts Council; Culture Night is a national showcase for the artistry across Ireland, seeking to promote the belief a varied culture is alive, treasured and nurtured in people’s lives, today and every day. It is delivered nationwide…
It’s Jackie Brown – the thinking person’s Tarantino at 25
In his original review in 1997, the late, great Roger Ebert praised the patience and precision of Jackie Brown. The film’s ability to let a moment sit, to allow a character to reason out the story that’s playing out around them, is a talent that writer and director Quentin Tarantino has turned to plenty in…
Open Minds, Free Films, Can’t Lose at the IFI Open Day
The IFI Open Day was a long praised date in the Irish film fan’s calendar; an opportunity for the Irish Film Institute to highlight their hard work and share great films from their back cataglogue in the process. It’s been on a break for the last five years, but the Open Day returns this Saturday…
A quick but clipped gait in See How They Run
Director: Tom George Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Sam Rockwell, Adrien Brody, Ruth Wilson, David Oyewolo, Charlie Cooper, Harris Dickinson Running Time: 98 minutes The Mousetrap is an institution of the West End, an Agatha Christie murder mystery play that ran in London non-stop from the 1950s until a Covid-enforced pause. Murder mysteries can prompt curious contradictions…
Dónal Foreman answers The Cry of Granuaile
Dónal Foreman takes an unconventional approach to telling Irish stories. In his acclaimed doc The Image You Missed, Foreman cracks into the archives of his father’s own documenting of The Troubles, resulting in a deeply intimate encounter. In Out of Here, he improvised with young Irish actors for whom the film’s exploration of recession-hit Dublin hit hard…
Kid’s classics this September at the Outdoor Cinema Club
While the summer is over, the sunshine doesn’t look like it’s going away just yet. Families in the fair city of film can sit out and watch some classic kid’s movies together this September, as the new, free, ticketed, family-friendly event series, ‘Outdoor Cinema Club’ begins this month. Organised by Dublin City Council, screenings throughout…
Blackbird is the pathetic ego-stroking bollocks you always hoped it would be
Director: Michael Flatley Starring: Michael Flatley, Ian Beattie, Eric Roberts, Nicole Evans Riverdancing time: 90 minutes It was over four years ago now that word first went around about Blackbird, the spy thriller written by, directed by and starring Michael Flatley. Though he had no prior experience in filmmaking before this first feature, the Riverdance…
30, Filthy and Thriving at the 2022 GAZE International LGBTQ+Film Festival
See John Waters, Cheryl Dunye and new voices galore at the 30th anniversary special of Dublin’s biggest queer film festival. A leading light in the film festival calendar in the capital for decades, GAZE this year marks its anniversary by celebrating queer cinema classics, and uplifting emerging talents from Ireland and abroad. With a new…