Director: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte Running Time: 96 minutes In Julieta, the latest film from prolific Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, guilt casts a cloud over everything. It dooms relationships from the beginning, causes dramatic upheavals and deep denials and causes rifts between mother and daughter that neither fully understand until its years too late. Adapting three short stories from…
Fingal Film Festival Schedule has arrived
The Fingal Film Festival was launched in September of 2012 and has run every year since. The festival endeavours to place a spotlight on local independent filmmaking by screening locally produced films, running workshops with some industry bigshots and celebrating the diversity of cinema by screening some national and foreign films. The schedule for this…
My Best Friend’s Birthday is the Tarantino Blueprint
Quentin Tarantino’s first film My Best Friend’s Birthday serves as a concentrated outline of the successful career he would go on to have. It’s episodic structure, hyperactive dialogue and great soundtrack are all distinctly Tarantino. Strangely, despite the fact that the director’s ventures into acting are notoriously lacking, Tarantino’s acting in his flagship film is actually a…
Brooks Hotel Screens Bill Cunningham New York In Style
In association with Dublin Fashion Festival, Brooks hotel is screening Richard Press’ documentary Bill Cunningham New York. Bill Cunningham is a fashion photographer, but unlike most he makes the streets of New York his studio, choosing to document street fashion above all else. Not much is known about the man behind the camera and this film…
These Fan Posters Of Quentin Tarantino Movies Are Too Deadly
If there’s one thing that Quentin Tarantino is known for (apart from his love of feet), it’s his ability to craft unforgettable imagery. Whether it’s a blood-splattered tableau or dancing in a diner, Tarantino and his cinematographers are always guaranteed to come together and make beautiful images that linger long in the memory. What’s more,…
Relive the Magic of Harry Potter
If the release of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ has reignited your love of the franchise or made you sorely miss how good Harry Potter used to be, you’re in luck. Movies @ Swords, Movies @ Dundrum, Movies @ Gorey and SGC Dungarvan are bringing the magic back to the big screen in the run-up to the…
Captain Fantastic or Mr Irresponsible?
Director: Matt Ross Starring: Viggo Mortensen, George MacKay, Frank Langella Running Time: 118 minutes Captain Fantastic is a road film with a difference. Viggo Mortensen plays Ben, a father of six who has misguidedly decided to raise his children in the woods with no formal education. When his wife Leslie dies, the bubble bursts and…
The Sugar Club Gets Inglourious For Tarantino Week
Popcorn is bringing Tarantino to Leeson Street, with a selection of the director’s films screening at the Sugar Club from the 29th to the 5th of September.
Never Stop Never Stopping Takes Popstar Mockery Up To 11
Director: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone Starring: Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone Runtime: 87 minutes Its almost impossible for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping to avoid comparisons with This Is Spinal Tap, the benchmark of musical mockumentary. When Spinal Tap was shown to the kind of rock stars it was lampooning, they sat stone-faced, with…
In The Light House, Everything Is Fine: David Lynch Season Is Coming
Good news for David Lynch fans in Ireland: That director you like is going to come back in style.