Director: Frances O’Connor Starring: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead, Alexandra Dowling Running Time: 130 minutes The short life and enduring works of Emily Brontë make her an understandable target for biopic fare. Work backwards from Wuthering Heights and you can build the story as it suits, about women, about the authorship and ownership of…
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Awash on Holy Island
Director: Robert Manson Starring: Connor Madden, Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle, Dermot Murphy Running Time: 89 minutes When a film presents itself as more abstract and ambiguous, it could be considered a matter of good faith and good manners not to blithely assume that the interpretation you land on as a viewer is obviously and entirely…
Award winning documentary Lyra gets Irish cinema release
A film highlighting the life and work of Lyra McKee is coming to screens this autumn. The award-winning Irish documentary Lyra will open in Irish and UK cinemas on Friday 4th November. Directed by BAFTA-winning Alison Millar and executively produced by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions, Lyra is a beautiful and heartfelt film about the life and death of the…
An Cailín Ciúin passes the €1m mark
There’s been nothing quiet about the success of one of the finest Irish films in recent years. It was confirmed today that An Cailín Ciúin, Colm Bairéad’s emotional and immersive Irish language film, has passed €1 million at the Irish/UK box office. Since picking up the Audience Award and Dublin Film Critics Circle’s Best Irish…
Super Gairdín 7th exhibition of our Pallas Projects/Studios2022 AIP programme
Pallas Projects/Studios will be presenting work by Cóilín O’Connell and Michelle Doyle—Super Gairdín the seventh exhibition of their 2022 Artist-Initiated Projects programme. A not-for-profit artist-run organisation dedicated to the facilitation of artistic production and discourse, via the provision of affordable artists studios in Dublin’s city centre, and curated projects. Collaborating with artists, curators and writers to…
The Boring Sneering of The Banshees of Inisherin
Director: Martin McDonagh Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan Running Time: 114 minutes The McDonagh brothers have always been hopeless miserabilists, and it’s proven to be a lucrative lot in life for them on stage and screen alike. Martin the Younger has drawn many plaudits for his ability to draw from the…
Frights, friends and films – IFI Horrorthon 2022
The Horrorthon is the Irish Film Institute’s extended love letter to spooky season. A massive selection of horror films from all over the world are curated at the IFI every October, and 2022 is no exception. This year’s IFI Horrorthon takes place October 27 – 31st, with over 30 feature films set to screen over…
It’s a Monster Mash-Up this month at the Light House
The Light House Cinema have announced this year’s special season for Halloween. Going back to the roots of horror, they’re showing classics from October 15 – 31st for Silver Scream. From the 30s to the 50s, Universal Studios were a graveyard smash in the horror genre, using some of the most famous ghouls and goblins…
Strength, Power and Purpose in The Woman King
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood Starring: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, John Boyega Running Time: 135 minutes Learning that the Dora Milaje in Marvel’s Black Panther were inspired by real women warriors, the Agojie of the West African kingdom of Dahomey, was one motivation for director Gina Prince-Bythewood to work on The Woman King.…
The programme is out now for the 2022 Kerry International Film Festival
KIFF 2022 have also announced the recipient of their honorary Maureen O’Hara award. The Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) have this morning launched their 2022 film festival program. Celebrating its 23rd edition, the long running festival will take place this year 20 – 23 October 2022 across a series of venues throughout Killarney, Co. Kerry, as…