Category: Featured
Interview: Claire Dix, director of ‘Broken Song’
Anthony Assad chats to director Claire Dix about music, redemption and the struggle to find and articulate meaning in an often chaotic world.
Interview: Maurice O’Callaghan, director of ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’
Matt Micucci sat down with director Maurice O’Callaghan at the 58th Cork Film Festival to discuss his film ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’, which screened last weekend.
58th Cork Film Festival: ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’ & ‘Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’
Matt Micucci checks out 2 of the Irish films that screened as part of the 58th Cork Film Festival – Maurice O’Callaghan’s ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’ and Michelle Deignan’s ‘Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’.
Interview: Jeremy Lovering, director of ‘In Fear’
David Prendeville discovers what exactly is In Fear as he chats to Jeremy Lovering about his new film set in rural Ireland, which recently opened the IFI Hororthon and goes on general release on Friday.
58th Cork Film Festival: ‘Silence is Gold’ & ‘Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton’
Matt Micucci at the 58th Cork Film Festival reports on ‘Silence is ‘Gold & ‘Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton’.
Competition: Win tickets to Jameson Cult Film Club screening ‘Predator’
Thanks to the good people at Jameson, we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner.
Shooting a Feature Film on a Shoestring – Part V
Gerard Walsh continues his production blog as he sets out to shoot a feature film with €400, 6 days, a few friends and a cast of loyal actors.
58th Cork Film Festival: ‘Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction’ & ‘Becoming Traviata’
Matt Micucci at the 58th Cork Film Festival takes a look at ‘Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction’ and ‘Becoming Traviata’
Just “Like” Jesse James
Tony McKiver takes aim at the quest to revive ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ‘.
Cork Film Festival Competition: Win a Pair of Tickets for ‘All is Lost’ starring Robert Redford
Thanks to the fine people at the Cork Film Festival we have two pairs of tickets to see ‘All Is Lost’, which screens at the Cork Opera House.
The 58th Cork Film Festival: Nebraska
Matt Micucci begins his coverage of the 58th Cork Film Festival with a report from the festival’s opening film, ‘Nebraska’ by Alexander Payne.
IFI Ireland on Sunday Interview: Michelle Deignan, director of ‘Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’
Steven Galvin chats to Michelle Deignan director of ‘’Breaking Ground: the Story of the London Irish Women’s Centre’, a revealing exploration of the radical organisation founded in the early ’80s by women in order to represent and support generations of Irish women in London.
Interview: James Mullighan, Director of the Cork Film Festival
With the 58th Cork Film Festival kicking off this weekend, Glenn Caldecott sat down with the newly-appointed festival director James Mullighan to talk about what audiences can expect from Cork this year.
Short Film of the Week: Watch ‘Admit One ’ by Steve Woods
In ‘Admit One’, a dancer confronts a cinema.
From the Archive: Finding the Cinematic Story in History
Díóg O’Connell compares ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’ to ‘The Magdalene Sisters’, arguing that, in order to draw due attention to historical events, filmmakers must learn to subordinate factual accuracy to the creation of the emotional structure required by good storytelling.
What’s the Point of Film Festivals?
Director Ross Whitaker, who recently programmed this year’s IFI Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival, writes about the two experiences that reminded him why festivals are so special.
Preview of Irish Film at Cork Film Festival: The Lord’s Burning Rain
Adapted from the 2005 short story of the same name, the Irish feature, ‘The Lord’s Burning Rain’, will screen at this year’s Cork Film Festival.
BFI London Film Festival: ‘Abuse of Weakness’ & ‘Don Jon’
Matt Micucci checks out Catherine Breillat’s latest, ‘Abuse of Weakness’ and ‘Don Jon’, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s feature film debut.
What We Webbed
Things we loved on the web this week: A Lexicon of Neil Jordan’s The Company of Wolves; viral for the remake of a horror classic; Which horror film icon are you?
BFI London Film Festival: ‘B for Boy’ and ‘Good ‘Ol Freda’
Matt Micucci continues his reports from the 56th BFI London Film Festival with a look at ‘B for Boy’ and ‘Good ‘Ol Freda’.
… Halloween. Arghhhh – Screen Screams. Memories of Horror
In honour of Halloween, Film Ireland’s children of the night recall one of their favourite Horror Films.
The Horror comes to Filmbase
Two great nights ahead at Filmbase’s Halloween Spine-Shuddering Short Film Feast & Freaky Feature Frenzy.
Interview: Dânia Lucas, director of ‘Road to Revolution’
Film Ireland caught up with Portuguese director, Dânia Lucas, to find out more about the transmedia documentary ‘Road to Revolution’, produced by Ireland’s beActive production company.
BFI London Film Festival: ‘The Double’ & ‘Ida’
Matt Micucci continues his reports from the 56th BFI London Film Festival with a look at Richard Ayoade’s ‘The Double’ and Pawel Pawlikowski’s ‘Ida’.
Spotlight: Midnight Man
Paul O Sullivan watches ‘Midnight Man’ alone in the dark and chats to Irish director Rob Kennedy about his horror debut feature, which screens as part of this years IFI Horrorthon.
From the Archive: Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins: A Look at Bernard Herrmann
His career bridged Welles and Scorsese, taking in Hitchcock, Truffaut, and DePalma along the way. Lir Mac Cárthaigh explores the life and work Bernard Herrmann, one of the greatest film composers of all time.
Interview: Paul Duane, director of ‘Very Extremely Dangerous’
Film Ireland spoke to director Paul Duane to find out more about his compelling film and the “original rock and roll outlaw”.
