North Circular to have theatrical release in New York City

North Circular to have theatrical release in New York City

Luke McManus’ multi-award winning journey through Dublin’s history, working-class culture and unbreakable creative spirit will open in New York on Friday, 28th July at DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema. The festival favourite has been around the world recently, including a trip to China, and McManus and some of the musicians featured in the film will be in…

They shouldn’t have sent a poet in Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye

They shouldn’t have sent a poet in Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye

Director: Scott Cooper  Starring: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Timothy Spall, Robert Duvall  Runtime: 128 minutes As the director who landed Jeff Bridges his long-overdue Academy Award, Scott Cooper has made a name for himself as a real ‘actor’s director’. Since Crazy Heart landed Cooper on the map, big stars have been…

Vicky Krieps shows the atrophy of royalty in Corsage

Vicky Krieps shows the atrophy of royalty in Corsage

Director: Marie Kreutzer Starring: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Jeanne Werner Running Time: 112 minutes Most of us know well enough on this side of the Irish Sea that there’s something mortifying about monarchy, a stifling drag performance of power. Corsage literally opens with a royal struggling to breath under the weight of it all, Vicky…

Na’vigating second album syndrome in Avatar The Way of Water

Na’vigating second album syndrome in Avatar The Way of Water

Director: James Cameron Starring: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Kate Winslet, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Cliff Curtis Running Time: 192 minutes Was Avatar notably un-notable or un-notably notable? That’s been the conversation about the highest grossing movie of all time since before it was even out of cinemas in 2009. Where once the divide was between…

A tour through Dublin as it is, was and can be in North Circular

A tour through Dublin as it is, was and can be in North Circular

Director: Luke McManus Featuring: Lisa O’Neill, John Francis Flynn, Séan Ó Túama, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Ian Lynch, Gemma Dunleavy Running Time: 80 minutes “Those in power write the history, those who struggle write the songs”. North Circular quotes Frank Harte’s assertion, and in its journey through the length of the North Circular Road, stopping off…

Honest, engaging, eyes-open answers to How to Tell A Secret

Honest, engaging, eyes-open answers to How to Tell A Secret

Director: Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne Starring: Shaun Dunne, Robbie Lawlor, Lady Veda, Jade Jordan, Eva-Jane Gaffney, Lauren Larkin Running Time: 101 minutes Breaking a stigma is about removing walls. In How To Tell A Secret, performance and interview are interwoven. Stories of living with HIV pass through acting, re-enacting and interview, from performance to…

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’…