The Light House celebrates the Brenaissance with Brendan Fraser season

The Light House celebrates the Brenaissance with Brendan Fraser season

In the 1990s and early 2000s, American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser was a star of the big screen, enjoyed by audiences for his affable screen presence and emotional expression. In films like George of the Jungle and The Mummy, Fraser gave us happy-go-lucky Hollywood entertainment, without taking himself too seriously. In films like Gods and Monsters…

Subjective Cinema at the Light House’s Rashomon Effect Season

Subjective Cinema at the Light House’s Rashomon Effect Season

A season of films that bring to mind the Rashomon Effect will be screening at the Smithfield cinema in January. At least, that’s the way they tell it. Akira Kurosawa’s hugely influential 1950 historical drama is returning to cinemas in January; an unconventional, interesting and radical film that has rippled out into many great films…

Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back live this December

Dublin International Comedy Film Festival back live this December

The third iteration of the Dublin International Comedy Film Festival is coming soon to Smithfield. The Generator Hostel will be host to a fully live edition of DICFF, bringing short and feature films and live comedy performances to patrons over three days from Dec 2 – 4th. The brainchild of writer and director Maureen ‘Mo’…

Cork International Film Festival kicks off this week

Cork International Film Festival kicks off this week

Over 80 Irish premieres will be taking place at Cork’s biggest film festival. CIFF 2022 begins this Thursday, with 200 films over 10 days. The latest films by Ireland’s own Frank Berry and Lorcan Finnegan are included in this year’s programme. Frank Berry’s Aisha will be kicking off the Festival this week on the 10th of November…