The official trailer has been released today for Cardboard Gangsters, a gritty film about Dublin’s ganglands by director Mark O’Connor.
Production Begins On Tristan Heanue’s A Break In The Clouds
Rising Irish talents will be coming together in Galway this weekend, as production begins on a new short directed by Tristan Heanue, winner of Best First Short Drama at last year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
The Fellowship journeys to Smithfield for an Extended Lord of the Rings Marathon
One of the most popular events every year at the Light House Cinema returns this June. If you’re a Lord of the Rings fan it’s time to gather up your fellowship and begin your journey to Smithfield, as the cinema will be hosting their annual celebratory marathon of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Saturday 17th June.
Movie Memories: Rick O’Shea on Dublin’s long-gone cinemas and bad book adaptations
Rick O’Shea is a familiar name to anyone regularly tuned into the Irish airwaves. A radio presenter with RTÉ 2FM since 2001, Rick also regularly introduces movie premieres in Dublin and has conducted public interviews at the Dublin International Film Festival for the last few years with the likes of Richard Dreyfus, Danny DeVito, Michael Madsen…
Coming to the IFI: The Chinese-Language Film Festival Ireland
If you know where and when to look in Dublin you can find a film festival showing the finest cinema of almost any region or culture in the world. Frequently the where is the Irish Film Institute and coming soon for the when is this May, as this year the IFI will be hosting the…
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2: Entertaining Sequel Aims Big But Falls Short Of Greatness
Director: James Gunn Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, and Kurt Russell Running Time: 136 mins Living up to the first Guardians Of The Galaxy was always going to be a daunting task. Based on a largely unknown bunch of characters from the…
A Questionable Love Story Squanders The Promise
Director: Terry George Starring: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale Running Time: 134 minutes Between 1915 and 1923, the Ottoman government systematically murdered 1.5 million Armenians, massacring men and/or working them to death in forced labour while deporting women, children and the elderly into death marches through the desert. It was a genocide that to this day, the…
We’re gonna need a bigger DeLorean for Retro Drive-In this Summer
Retro Drive-In Movies is bringing Jaws and Back to the Future are coming to Dublin Port as part of the Port’s River Fest this June.
Check out the full schedule of Dublin’s Sci-Fi Film Festival
Ireland’s newest genre film festival is coming to Dublin from the 5th-7th May. Dublin Sci Fi Film Festival’s inaugural programme features Irish premieres of The Winter Soldier (from Blue Valentine screenwriter, Joey Curtis), The Untamed (Winner of the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion) and Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex; indie gems such as She’s Allergic…
Special Screenings for Lady Macbeth
Special Q&A screenings of Lady Macbeth will be held in Cinema Killarney on the 22nd of April and Light House Cinema Dublin on the 28th of April to mark the film’s Irish release. The only connection to the Shakespearean figure seems to be murder.