Coming Home Comes To Dundrum

Apropos of nothing, it is quite possible that a number of people who have left Ireland-those in say, the United States of America-may have gotten a sudden urge to return home today. Though you could call that an impulse, the desire to return to the homeland is one that many who have left the island…

Providing A Voice: Feminist Film Festival Dublin 2016

  Now in its third year, Dublin’s own Feminist Film Festival has a simple mission: Promoting and celebrating women in film. Whether it’s the characters on the screen or the directors working behind it, women remain disproportionately represented, with a quick look at the festival’s own website revealing some very damning statistics. Taking place from Nov 18-20…

The Accountant Crunches More Than Numbers In Surprisingly Pulpy Action Flick

Directed by: Gavin O’Connor Starring: Ben Affleck, J.K. Simmons, Anna Kendrick, Jon Berenthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow Running Time: 128 mins The Accountant is a bit of an odd mixture of a movie. It sells itself as a smart, stylish, accounting based espionage thriller. Despite such lofty aspirations however, The Accountant is essentially just…

Choose To Watch The New Trainspotting Trailer

This morning saw the release of the latest trailer for T2, which is not a rerelease of the action-packed Terminator sequel but rather the follow up to Trainspotting, Danny Boyle’s breakout saunter through the lives of Scottish drug addicts. Once again Ewan McGregor’s Renton is recommending that we “choose life”. Life however, has changed in…

A Street Cat Named Bob Offers Feel-Fine Feline Thrills

Starring: Luke Treadway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head Director: Roger Spottiswoode Running Time: 103 mins While the history of cinema has a reasonably successful track record with feel-good movies of the canine variety; the same can’t really be said for our feline friends. A Street Cat Named Bob aims to change all that. Despite what the trailers would…

Draculist: 3 Unconventional Dracula Films

In celebration of Bram Stoker Festival, we here at Film In Dublin have another Draculist to sink your teeth into. Dracula has mesmerised audiences on the silver screen since cinema began and continues to hold our attention a century later. In view of this you’d be forgiven for thinking that once you’ve seen one Dracula…

Dublin Web Fest Coming Soon

Ireland’s sole web series festival Dub Web Fest has launched the schedule for its second year, featuring web series from every corner of the globe and workshops from a variety of film and media professionals. The festival will take place from the 18th to the 20th of November at Filmbase in Temple Bar. Budding creatives will have…