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"This sensational true-life tale from director Walter Salles depicts the abduction of a congressman in military-occupied Brazil in 1970 – and fully deserves its three Oscar nods." @clarisselou @Independent I'm Still Here screens @garterlane, Tuesday, June 10th, at 7.30pm.

“★ ★ ★ ★ Based on a true story that spans four decades, this Brazilian drama is gorgeously well made, packed with earthy character detail that keeps it from turning melodramatic or sentimental.” Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall I'm Still Here (12A), June 10th, @garterlane

"Walter Salles’ superb factually-based film -- he was a real-life friend of the Paiva family as a teenager -- is an engrossing, affecting tribute to a formidable woman and her family." @wendyide @Screendaily I'm Still Here (12A) screens @garterlane on June 10th @AltitudeFilms

'Torres deserves her Oscar nod. She gives a wonderful performance as Eunice, whose stoicism even after she and one of her daughters are also carted off, whose pride in her identity and determination to protect her kids, drive the rest of the film.' Brian Viner @DailyMail

'There’s an ethereal quality to Jolie’s performance that matches Callas’ legendary persona, and despite the deep sense of melancholy that pervades the film like a ghostly veil, this is still a love story – and one where the heroine lives forever.' Hannah Strong @LWLies #Maria

'★ ★ ★ ★ La Divina, Jolie-style, is as much a performance as a person – a diva who never encountered a rococo staircase she couldn’t imperiously sweep down.' @wendyide @ObsNewReview Maria (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, June 3rd, at 7.30pm. #Maria #AngelinaJolie

'★ ★ ★ ★ More than half a year of vocal training was required for Jolie’s own singing voice to be blended in harmoniously with that of Callas – a task that contributes significantly to the exquisitely calibrated piece of filmmaking.' Laura Delaney @rte #Maria @garterlane

'★ ★ ★ ★ La Diva Eterna lives in Jolie, with a performance as towering as it is understated: sad and soulful and heartbreaking. She has never been better. Brava!' John Nugent @empiremagazine Maria (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, June 3rd, at 7.30pm. #wffa2025

“A gruelling but ultimately rewarding experience, this is Leigh at his most confrontational, devastating and humane” Laura Venning @empiremagazine Hard Truths (12A) screens in @garterlane this evening at 7.30pm. #HardTruths #MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025 #Waterford

“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A knotty, rough-hewn marvel.” Donald Clarke @IrishTimesCultr Hard Truths (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, May 27th, at 7.30pm. Further details in this week's newsletter; bit.ly/H_Truths #HardTruths #MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025

“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ … a stunning film full of heart and compassion.” @carynjames @BBC_Culture Featuring a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (12A) screens in @garterlane on Tuesday, May 27th, at 7.30pm. #HardTruths #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025

'it’s potent as hell and as excessive as Physical Graffiti, the 1975 album whose excess was pretty much inseparable from its power.' Steve Pond @TheWrap Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) explores the origins of this iconic group. It screens in @garterlane on Friday, May 16th.

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Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. It screens in @garterlane on Friday, May 16th. If you're making a night of it, we're co-hosting a Monsters of Rock DJ set in Downes' after the film

'Captivating, exhilarating and slickly edited' Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) screens in @garterlane on Friday, May 16th, at 7.30pm. If you're making a night of it, we're co-hosting a Monsters of Rock DJ set in Downes' after the film. #BecomingLedZeppelin

'★★★★ For those who never saw Led Zeppelin live, the early concert footage alone is worth coming to see.' @JamesMottram @NME Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) explores the origins of this iconic group. See it on the big screen in @garterlane on Friday, May 16th, at 7.30pm.

May 23, SpeakEasy Open Mic, Waterford with guest poet Mícheál McCann. Mícheál is from Derry City. His poems have been widely published. He holds a PhD from the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s. Devotion is his first collection, from Gallery Press.

'★★★★★ A survival epic full of mysteries and magic, it’s an animated epic worthy of Ghibli.' Philip De Semlyen @TimeOutFilm Is the post title gag a homage to Keaton or Chaplin? #Flow #GintsZilbalodis #oscarwinner #Oscars2025 #wffa2025 #wffasummer25 @garterlane

Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Bernard MacMahon's awe inspiring film stretches the full range of the sound system in @garterlane on Friday, May 16th, at 7.30pm. #ledzeppelin

'★★★★ Flow works beautifully as a heartfelt animation about a cat finding a new family. But as a call to solidarity and community in the face of horrendous destruction, it packs a mighty, timely punch.' Calum Cooper, Cinerama Film Flow (G) screens @garterlane on May 13th