DIFF Award Winners to Date – Discoveries unveiled, Volta awarded

DIFF Award Winners to Date – Discoveries unveiled, Volta awarded

As the Dublin International Film Festival rolls on, they have announced the winners of a number of their awards, as well as officially handed this year’s Volta recipient their dues. The 21st Dublin International Film Festival today announced the recipients of a selection of their awards: the 5 Lamps Discovery Award, Short Film and Documentary…

St. Vincent mockumentary The Nowhere Inn is March’s Bigger Picture at IFI

St. Vincent mockumentary The Nowhere Inn is March’s Bigger Picture at IFI

The Irish Film Institute’s Bigger Picture always offers an intriguing eye into an alternative film canon. In the monthly programme, the IFI presents a film introduced by a special guest offering their selection, and March’s entry is an exciting offering for alt music heads. Pillow Queens’ Sarah Corcoran will introduce an underseen film by another…

Interview with a Cocaine Bear – Barra O’Connor on the effects behind an ursine addict

Interview with a Cocaine Bear – Barra O’Connor on the effects behind an ursine addict

Cocaine Bear is a film title that can’t help but capture your attention. Inspired by a real story of a black bear that overdosed on a bag of cocaine dropped by smugglers in 1985, the movie is directed by Elizabeth Banks and will feature performances by Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Alden Ehrenreich and more,…

Dublin International Film Festival returns across the fair city of film, 23 Feb – 4 Mar

Dublin International Film Festival returns across the fair city of film, 23 Feb – 4 Mar

Dublin’s premiere film festival launched its full programme this afternoon. With exciting Irish features, eagerly anticipated international movies, guests, events and the usual extensive selection of shorts, the Dublin International Film Festival is shaping up to be busier than ever this year. From the 23rd February to the 4th of March, the festival will spread…

Spielberg gets his non-union, coming-of-age equivalent in The Fabelmans

Spielberg gets his non-union, coming-of-age equivalent in The Fabelmans

Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, Seth Rogan, Judd Hirsch Running Time: 151 minutes Being a crowd pleaser can be a double-edged sword, a crowd’s capacity to be pleased not always equaled by their capacity to be sated. Steven Spielberg has known that at various times in his caree; being THE…