Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Alfie Williams, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell Running Time: 115 minutes There are few more defining images of popular cinema in the new millennium than that of Cillian Murphy’s Jim, freshly out of a month-long coma, wandering the vacant streets of a London ravaged by disaster as the…
The Irish Film Institute’s Bigger Picture is a must-see event every month in the fair city of film. They pick some of the island’s best and brightest (and me), so that they can pick out some of their favourite films to screen and celebrate. Through these selections, and the introductions from their guests, the IFI…
The Bloomsday Film Festival, the most literary film festival in Ireland, announces its programme of events from Wednesday 11th to Sunday 16th June. Highlights this year include a magical pre-cinematic wonder ‘Ulysses: A Magic Lantern Show’ with live music, Eanna Hardwicke and Olwyn Fouré as part of a special poetry showcase, a live performance from…
The summer is starting but the IFI is keeping you inside with another great season of classic cinema scheduled. The second half of their David Lean season is winding down, and coming up next two of cinema’s all-time great divas get their turn in the spotlight. This June, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo are coming…
Ireland’s most literary film festival returns this summer, promising another celebration of cinema, literature, and artistic innovation, inspired by the long reaching arm of Ireland’s Father of modernism, James Joyce. The Bloomsday Film Festival is the cinematic branch of the wider celebrations every year of the iconic author. For 2025, they have a high profile…
One of this year’s most anticipated films comes early across Ireland this month. To celebrate Pride month, MUBI & GAZE Film Festival are delighted to present special preview screenings of Crossing, a heartfelt vision of forgiveness from acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced, Sweden’s 2019 Academy Award® entry). Audiences can enjoy an exclusive first look of…
A new strand at the Irish Film Institute will bring back the fun of film serials this summer. It’s a bowl of blockbuster breakfasts on offer this June and July with the IFI’s Saturday Serial. In the first decades of cinema, serial series would keep audiences coming back to the cinema week after week, eager…
Joyce fans rejoice. Ireland’s most literary film festival returns to the fair city of film next week. The festival aims to encourage artistic innovation within the medium, artists who do things their own way, and films that seek to push the craft forward, as Joyce did so greatly within his own craft of literature. They’ll…
A series of 10 films starring the big screen legend Bette Davis will be shown at the Irish Film Institute this June. All month long some of the greatest works by Davis will have new eyes on them, as Fasten Your Seatbelts: The Films of Bette Davis takes place at the IFI, 8 – 26 June.…
D8 events avenue Hen’s Teeth are partnering again with Abhainn Studio to host an evening ideal for the indie film heads out there in Dublin. This summer, their latest Bring Your Own Art Art Show will have an A24 they’re inviting artists to submit works inspired by the indie darlings’ ouevre. Bring Your Own Art…
