The Bloomsday Film Festival announces their programme of events from Monday 12th to Friday 16th June including a number of very special screenings in association with the Irish Film Institute. The Bloomsday Film Festival is run in partnership with the Bloomsday Festival and the James Joyce Centre, offering a unique festival experience blending film and…
The National Film School, IADT is showcasing the talents of the class of 2023 at the Lighthouse Cinema, Smithfield on Tuesday, 30th of May from 10am to 1pm. The screening includes seven graduate short films, a graduate multicam lifestyle television production and a Kino Eyes masters short film. After the event there will be drinks…
Ireland’s national film festival, the Japanese Film Festival expands Japanese culture across the island through the Asian country’s best cinema. In April 2023,the Embassy of Japan in Ireland and access>CINEMA are presenting the Japanese Film Festival for its 14th edition. The festival includes screenings of powerful drama A Man, which recently won eight awards –…
Spring is very nearly almost here, January is mercifully drawing to an end at long last, the birds and bees are gearing up to do their thing for one more year at least before the spectre of climate changes consumes all…could it be that love is in the air? Listen, it’s complicated. There’s magic in…
Director: Laura Poitras Featuring: Nan Goldin Running Time: 113 minutes So much art aims to say something big, the trick is having the means and motive to find something truly worth saying. The bigger trick still might be for the artist to expand beyond the belief that once the work is done, their work is…
In the 1990s and early 2000s, American-Canadian actor Brendan Fraser was a star of the big screen, enjoyed by audiences for his affable screen presence and emotional expression. In films like George of the Jungle and The Mummy, Fraser gave us happy-go-lucky Hollywood entertainment, without taking himself too seriously. In films like Gods and Monsters…
Hollywood Babylon are some of the best in the fair city of film for sharing the love of cult hits. Frequently found at the Light House Cinema, their selective screenings showcase movies of yesteryear that are fun, wild and should never be forgotten. They’re kicking off their 2023 offerings this Saturday 21st January with a…
A season of films that bring to mind the Rashomon Effect will be screening at the Smithfield cinema in January. At least, that’s the way they tell it. Akira Kurosawa’s hugely influential 1950 historical drama is returning to cinemas in January; an unconventional, interesting and radical film that has rippled out into many great films…
If you’re heading to Smithfield for cinema this month, you’ve likely been taking in some of the Christmas classics of this year’s Naughty or Nice season at the Light House. There’s one final programme for the cinema to fit in before 2022 is out however, with a selection of some of their favourite films of…
The Light House Cinema have announced this year’s special season for Halloween. Going back to the roots of horror, they’re showing classics from October 15 – 31st for Silver Scream. From the 30s to the 50s, Universal Studios were a graveyard smash in the horror genre, using some of the most famous ghouls and goblins…
