Film

DU Film Festival is Fostering Relationships Between Irish Students and Filmmakers

Ahead of their closing event tomorrow, Grace Meagher speaks to organiser of Dublin University Film Festival, Susannah Hunt, about the speakers, screenings and showings that are involved in this week’s festival.
By Grace Meagher

Fake Oscars and Envelope Hiccups: The Academy Awards

Despite the debacle of the Best Picture award, the night provided a great reminder of the talent of creativity of this year's nominated films.
By Jennifer Wilson

Politics, Selfies and Low Blows: The Trends of Oscar Hosts Through the Years

With the Oscars taking place tomorrow, Jennifer Wilson looks back on the sometimes fabulous, sometimes disastrous hosts of Academy Awards past.
By Jennifer Wilson

For Your Consideration: Politics and the Oscars

Ahead of the Oscars this Sunday, Dara McWade examines the politics of the Academy and how a winning "narrative" is created for a film.
By Dara McWade

Jim Sheridan Commands the Stage at ADIFF’s Prestigious Gala

Sheridan’s film, The Secret Scripture, explores the tendency of Irish people to brush troubles under the rug and stars Vanessa Redgrave and Rooney Mara.
By Jennifer Wilson

Ryan and Wine: Light House Cinema Hosts Valentine’s Ryan Gosling Movie Marathon

From La La Land to Drive, the Lighthouse brings you a day filled with crazy, stupid love and the man of the hour, Ryan Gosling.
By Lucia Grijpink

Irish Cinema Presented on International Stage at Dublin’s Audi Film Festival

The film festival will run over a period of 10 days across the city and will be joined by the likes of Vanessa Redgrave and Cillian Murphy.
By Eoghan O’Morain

We’ll Always Have Film Fatale: Casablanca Comes to Dublin

This week, Film Fatale offers the opportunity to dress as Elsa or Rick, and bask in a full Casablanca experience in Number Twenty-Two.
By Lucia Grijpink

From Bright Lights to Fading to Black, the Effect of Celebrity Deaths

As our generation endures the deaths of childhood idols, Dara McWade looks at how these deaths affect us and why they'll always matter.
By Dara McWade

Moonlight: A Glistening Opus of Subtlety

While the Oscars seem enraptured with La La Land's love letter to it, Moonlight shines with an unheard of cast and instantly classic tale of hardship and hope
By Eoghan O’Morain