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Hubert Butler: Witness to the Future
Writer, humanitarian and market gardener, 'Ireland's Orwell' is given due recognition for his years-ahead endeavors in this detailed documentary -
NI Thriller Set for Sundance Premiere
Bad Day for the Cut, the feature debut from Six Mile Hill Productions, will screen at the world famous film festival held each January in Utah -
Festive Film Guide
Put down that copy of Radio Times and get into the holiday spirit with these Christmas classics screening all around Northern Ireland -
Foyle Film Festival Unveils 2016 Programme
Over 50 feature films including national premieres and exclusive previews will take cinema-goers on a big screen adventure from November 16 - 20 -
Killer of Sheep
With its truthful depiction of racial issues in 1970s America, Charles Burnett's long-lost indie trailblazer is the perfect primer for BFI Black Star -
NI Celebrates Black Cinema
Two month season of events shines a light on the versatility and achievements of screen icons including Forest Whitaker, Richard Pryor and Muhammad Ali -
Belfast Film Festival Offers Something Strange This Halloween
There's thrills and chills with a night of drive-in classics in Bangor while the Black Box dresses up for a scary movie marathon -
Bronagh Gallagher Hails Pulp Fiction Triumph
Derry actress featured in Tarantino's Palme d'Or winning film delighted for its big screen return after winning 30 Under 30 poll -
Anthropoid
Jamie Dornan and Cillian Murphy excel as Czech army agents in a tense and compelling account of one of the Second World War's less heralded moments -
Cinemagic Launches 2016 Festival
Film organisation for young people unveils packed programme of Hollywood premieres, international cinema and industry guests in Belfast next month -
Stories of the Cleenish Island Soldiers
A new film shines a light on the First World War veterans whose hardships were fatally prolonged by a remote Co Fermanagh resettlement -
The 400 Blows
François Truffaut’s pioneering French New Wave classic signals an encouraging start to a season of films to see before you're 30 -
U.S. Coup for NI Graffiti Film
Short documentary Together in Pieces, which charts political change through murals and street art, will screen at the Hip Hop Film Festival in New York -
Belfast Film Festival Beams with Pride
Special series of screenings planned as part of this year's LGBT celebration including the UK premiere of a new feature length documentary -
Cinemagic Celebrates Roald Dahl on Film
Belfast helps mark 100 years since the children's author's birth with screenings of his much-loved adaptations and more special events in September -
Belfast Film Festival Summer Programme
Two-month series of screenings promises to transform sites across the city with magical movie experiences, whatever the weather -
Shakespeare on Film: A Dramatic Account
Queen's University lecturer and theatre practitioner David Grant on the Bard's lesser known adaptations and our changing approach to his timeless texts -
Foyle Film Festival to Host Big Lebowski Bash
Special cinema screening, bowling competition and prize trip to Iceland lined up for dedicated night themed around the Coen brothers' cult favourite -
NI Celebrates Shakespeare on Film
Cinemas up and down the country continue to explore the Bard's impact on the big screen with a wealth of special events still to come before September -
Cinemagic Goes To Hollywood
Young people behind the film charity's Christmas feature-length touch down in Tinseltown for dream LA premiere -
Cinema in Belfast - December 2015
The Force Awakens in Belfast this month with Northern Ireland premieres, special events and more -
Foyle Film Festival Launches 2015 Programme
Derry's long-running celebration of cinema returns with exclusive premieres, top industry guests and a filmmaking conference from November 18 - 22 -
Cinema in Belfast - November 2015
Anniversary screenings, film festivals and special events for movie lovers across Belfast this month -
Cinema in Belfast - September 2015
Blockbuster movie releases, independent film screenings and more in picture houses across Belfast -
Remembering Jack MacGowran
Beckett Festival and Nerve Centre come together to honour iconic actor Jack MacGowran -
Shooting for Socrates
We may not be Brazil, but with its see-through 'period setting' and wafer-thin plot James Erskine's chronicle of Northern Ireland's 1986 World Cup fails to even suspend disbelief -
I Am Here
David Holmes' directorial debut is a personal, poetic film born of bereavement following the death of his brother – watch the full film now -
Register for Free VlogIT Summit
Aspiring vloggers can learn how to build online followers, go professional and make money at one-day North West Regional College event on June 11 -
Three-Eyed Ravens Swoop Down on Belfast
Tourism Ireland marketing campaign brings otherworldly Game of Thrones creatures to City Hall, while signposts point fans to prime Westeros locations -
The Monday Club
New feature film written and directed by Brian Mulholland is a love letter to his home city. 'The Belfast psyche is peculiar. We slag each other out of love. That's worth celebrating' -
Criminally Good Classics at Strand
Strand Arts Centre and Belfast Film Festival present summer season of the best crime and gangster films ever made – watch trailers of Goodfellas and more and books tickets now -
Stephen Rea Wins BAFTA
Belfast-born actor picks up the award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in BBC political drama The Honourable Woman -
Rosewater
Satirist Jon Stewart's directorial debut tells the remarkable story of one journalist's interrogation at the hands of the Iranian government after appearing on The Daily Show -
Jon Stewart Discusses 2015 UK General Election
Outgoing host of America's most successful satirical programme, The Daily Show, comments on UK electorate's ability to accomplish 'terrible results' in record time -
Relapse Pictures Release Coco Short Film
Seán Murray's hilarious story of an out of work Belfast clown ends with a timely twist on election day – watch the full film, parental guidance recommended -
The Survivalist
Stephen Fingleton’s tense, hypnotic and masterful debut, shot in and around Ballymoney, is a mesmerising dystopian tale -
Shooting for Socrates
Screenwriter Marie Jones tells the epic story of Northern Ireland's meeting with Brazil at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. 'It's about normal people fighting against the odds' -
Unsung Superheroes
As DC's Suicide Squad arrive on the big screen, John Higgins makes a case for some of the lesser famed crime fighters deserving of the blockbuster treatment -
The Survivalist at Belfast Film Festival
Oscar-nominated writer/director Stephen Fingleton on helming the 'anti-science fiction' feature he wanted to be 'the best thing ever shot in Northern Ireland' -
Mark Cousins: I Am Belfast
'Did we really do that? Were we that inhuman? Yes, we were.' Auteur on exploring the past, present and future of his birthplace in a special, UK-wide film programme -
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Brett Morgen's artful documentary uses home movie footage and Kurt Cobain's extensive journals to reveal the man behind the music -
How I Became a Voiceover Actor
Gráinne Maguire on signing to an agency, finding work and how best to keep your voice in rude health. 'Avoid alcohol, caffeine and milk' -
Filmmakers Find Online Success With Farr
Four part Belfast-set crime series among the most popular programmes available on RTÉ Player – director Aiden Largey and actor Shaun Blaney on making it through the Storyland commissioning process -
Robot Overlords
Carrickfergus and Donaghadee provide the backdrop for this bland sci-fi that could yet find an audience as an inadvertent cult comedy -
Cinderella
Director Kenneth Branagh's straight adaptation of the familiar fairy tale is a witty visual spectacle that will charm well beyond the stroke of midnight -
Run All Night
Liam Neeson's latest action flick is an unexpectedly engaging take on the Irish-American mafia narrative in which he cements his position as this generation's Charles Bronson -
Boogaloo and Graham
Michael Lennox's BAFTA-winning, Oscar-nominated short took on the world and won the hearts and minds of millions – read our review ahead of two screenings at Queen's Film Theatre -
Liam Neeson's Five Best and Worst Movies
We appraise the Ballymena-born Hollywood heavyweight's five best and five worst films. Agree or disagree? -
Still Alice
When her mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia and Parkinson's disease, our critic's life was turned upside down – she reviews the low-budget, Oscar-winning film that reflects her real world experience -
It Follows
Fright fans, remember the name – David Robert Mitchell channels his inner John Carpenter in a gripping feature stalked by an unseen, unknown spectre -
Kenneth Branagh Premieres Cinderella in Belfast
Director to attend charity screening of Disney movie starring Cate Blanchett at Dublin Road Movie House Cinema in aid of NICVA and Into Film -
Good Luck 'Boogaloo and Graham' at the Oscars!
Star Martin McCann on being part of a 'special Belfast film' and why screenwriter and school teacher Ronan Blaney is 'one of the best writers in Ireland today' -
Birdman
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's satire on life for the 21st century artist is a complex, concentrated work that just might earn Michael Keaton a first Academy Award for Best Actor -
Selma
Northern Ireland's own Bloody Sunday is foreshadowed in Ava DuVernay’s civil rights drama featuring an Oscar-worthy central performance by British actor David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr -
Meet the Director of U2's 'Every Breaking Wave'
Aoife McArdle on being given free reign by Bono to create 'something emotional' as a vehicle for his band's newest single and choosing unknown actors from Belfast to help tell her story -
How I Became a Film Composer
Graeme Stewart on recording with the Ulster Orchestra, why John Williams' 'Jurassic Park' score is peerless, and the process of writing music for the moving image – listen to exclusive tracks from his debut feature 'A Nightingale Falling' -
Fifty Shades of Shame
Joanne Savage on why she will be avoiding cinemas this weekend as Sam Taylor-Johnson's steamy adaptation of the EL James book starring Jamie Dornan hits theatres -
Game of Thrones Season 5: A Day in the Life
Three countries, hundreds of cast and crew, one epic day – watch a 26-minute HBO special as the GoT roadshow shoots in Belfast, Croatia and Spain -
Inherent Vice
Queen's Film Theatre screen Paul Thomas Anderson's trippy noir starring Joaquin Phoenix -
A Most Violent Year
Passed up in every major category at the Academy Awards, JC Chandor's period drama is a powerful, complex picture
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