The Irish Film Institute’s annual all-ages festival is a great opportunity for parents to encourage their kids’ interest in arts, storytelling and animation, take in family films from other parts of the world, and get a few cinema screenings in at the tail end of the summer. The 2023 edition of the IFI Family Film…
Directed by: Greta Gerwig Runtime: 114 minutes Starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, America Ferraira, Ariana Greenblatt This Barbie is having an existential crisis. Greta Gerwig creates a breathtaking baby-pink world filled with Barbies blissfully moving through their simplistic existence; waking up in their dream houses, getting dressed in killer…
EXHIBIT. EDUCATE. PRESERVE. POPCORN. The IFI announced yesterday a long awaited addition to the Institution. The Dublin cinema will now be offering popcorn and concessions at the box office. New visitors to the Temple Bar cinema have been surprised over the years at the lack of traditional concessions on offer, but now in addition to…
This October will see Red Umbrella Film Festival take place as Ireland’s first-ever sex worker film festival. Taking place 19th – 22nd October 2023 in Dublin, RUFF is organised by a collective of current and former sex workers and aims to be a celebratory as well as informative festival, with films, workshops, panel discussions, and…
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…
Apocalypse Clown – not the name your ex is under on your phone, but the upcoming comedy that’s sold out its premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh – has a release date across the UK and Ireland this autumn. Vertigo Releasing and Wildcard Distribution have announced that George Kane’s end of the world clown comedy…
KinoD are hosting an international filmmaking event across Dublin on August 11-20. With years of experience in bringing people together in a festival environment to make film, documentary, music, and art, they’ll be celebrating an anniversary edition at the end of the summer for their International Filmmaking Kabaret. KinoD expect up to 150 participants from…
The improper management at RTÉ remains the hottest ticket at the box-office this week, with executives of the national broadcaster continuing to be grilled at the Oireachtas today. Public interest and upset remains high ever since the revelation that RTÉ failed to disclose €345,000 worth of payments made to former presenter Ryan Tubridy since 2017. The…
The Irish Film Institute has taken the nuclear option for programming this summer. Their Fallout season runs July 1st – 30th, with a selection of films providing an international perspective on arms ahead of Oppenheimer. This July, the Irish Film Institute has curated Fallout, a season of films and documentaries exploring the international perspectives on the subject…
Starting this summer, new programmers on the block Video Vista are hosting double-bill revival cinema events. See cult classics and old favourites screened in the fair city of film every month, as Daniel at Video Vista digs into the archive of VHS, Blurays and DVDs to present a wide vista of videos at these BYO…
