Screening the perfect summer movie, ‘Marley’, in The Model Cinema
May 29, 2012 at 11:34 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a comment
Just over three decades on from his untimely demise, the global popularity of reggae icon Bob Marley remains undimmed. While the rebel songs and dreadlocked image are part of our cultural consciousness however, the man’s life story is rather less familiar, which makes Kevin Macdonald’s expansive biographical portrait all the more valuable.
The Marley estate’s own treasure trove of family photos and home movies lends an unparalleled authenticity and intimacy to this in-depth traversal of Robert Nesta Marley’s journey from dirt-poor rural Jamaica to his ascendance as the third world’s first superstar. Shaped around interviews with those who knew him every step of the way, and boasting dynamic live footage, the result certainly isn’t some safe PR-job, delving into sensitive subject areas like his mixed-race parentage and the energetic womanising of a far from ideal husband and father.
Absorbing, entertaining and informative, this will appeal to rabid fan and neophyte alike. Marley is a defining account of a truly inspirational talent.
‘Kevin Macdonald’s detailed portrait of Bob Marley grapples with the last king of reggae’s philosophical and religious convictions.’ Andrew Pulver, The Guardian
Also there will be a special ‘Stroll-in Cinema’ for babies and parents or minders on 7th June at 12.30pm.
Screening times: 30 & 31 May at 8.15pm and Friday, 01 June at 6.15pm. Sunday, 03 June at 3.15pm. 06 & 07 June at 8.15pm. 08 June at 6.15pm. Sunday, 10 June at 3.15pm. 13, 14 June, 8.15pm and Sunday, 17 June, 6.15pm
Buy tickets online for this screening at the reduced price of €7.00 at www.themodel.ie/film
Cartoons at the Model Fun for all the Family this summer
May 29, 2012 at 11:27 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a comment
For the summer months of June and July, The Model will be inviting all the family to two magical days of cartoon filled fun at our Big Screen. Presenting the animated feature Surf’s Up on Sunday June 17and the riotous Muppets Take Manhattan on Sunday July 29, family tickets for these two events are just €15 for two adults and two children.
Surf’s Up kicks off the cartoon bonanza on Sunday, 17 June at 12.30pm and is a behind-the-scenes look at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship, and its newest participant, up-and-comer Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf). The voice of Jeff Bridges is easily recognisable as Cody’scantankerous mentor and ex-surfing legend Big Z. With some encouragement from the Island lifeguard, Lani (Zooey Deschanel), they give hope to this tuxedo-clad wave twister in snatching victory!
On Sunday, July 29 at 12.30pm, The Muppets Take Manhattan (94 mins) comes to The Model Cinema. With endearing musical numbers, involving a cast of hundreds and on-scene locations in New York City, this fabulous and fantastic show is one of the best Muppet films ever made! Join Miss Piggy and Kermit as they try to get a musical on to Broadway and to really get into the spirit of it and we invite you to come dressed up as your favourite muppet, with prizes for best costumes on the day.
Films that are funny, touching and great fun for all the family. Don’t miss out!
Sunday June 17 12.30pm
Surf’s Up
Children’s animation, USA, 85 mins
Sunday, July 29 at 12.30pm
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Puppet Feature, USA, 94 mins
For full information and booking Tel. The Model, 071 914 1405 or see www.themodel.ie.
Marathon Cinema Sessions for Film Lovers at The Model
April 15, 2012 at 3:20 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a commentNext week The Model will be treating all film buffs and cinema enthusiasts to an array of visually stunning foreign films both cutting edge and internationally acclaimed. With an impressive combined running time of 295 minutes (2.5hrs each), the award-winning In Darkness and Once Upon A Time in Anatolia will run in high definition at The Model Cinema’s big screen from 18-22 of April. If you are a real film lover why not challenge yourself to see two in the one night!
Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film in 2012, In Darkness is a breathtaking yet harrowingly cramped vision of the Second World War .It has bee described as an uncompromising vision of perseverance and the power of human connection in the worst of times. Once Upon A Time Anatolia is a rigorous and beautifully captured murder mystery. Winner of the Grand Prix award at the 64th Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or award is it described as, “an exhilarating masterpiece.” The Guardian.
Brothers and directors Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne who have achieved the feet of winning the prestigious Palme D’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival twice are back with the deeply moving The Kid With a Bike. This beautiful film was also a Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix and is one of the most compelling spectacles you will see this year.
The Model Cinema
Listings Sligo
Apr 18, 19 & 20 6.15 pm
Apr 22 at 3.15pm
In Darkness
€8/€6 Dir: Agnieszka, Hol/Pol/Ger/Can 2011, subtitled, 145 mins.
A true story of Leopold Soha, a thief and burglar who hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov. Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film 2012..
Booking Tel. (071) 914 1405 / http://themodel.ie/film/
Apr 18 & 19, 8.45pm
Apr 22, 6.15pm
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia( Bir zamaniar Anadolu’da)
€8/€7/€6 / Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Turkey/Bosnia, 2011, subtitled, 150 mins.
Murder mysteries rarely run as deep as this long, dark night of the soul. Winner of the Grand Prix award at the 64th Cannes Film Festival,
Booking Tel. (071) 914 1405 / http://themodel.ie/film/
Apr 25, 26 & 27. 6.15pm
Apr 29. 3.15pm
The Kid with a Bike (La Gamin au Velo)
€8/€7/€6 / Dir: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne Belgium-France-Italy, 2011, Subtitled, 87 mins
Eleven year-old Cyril tries to find his father, who has abandoned him to a care home, and retrieve his precious bicycle- rework of modern classic The Bicycle Thieves. Winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix.
Booking Tel. (071) 914 1405 / http://themodel.ie/film/
Apr. 25 & 26, 8.15pm
Apr 29, 6.15pm
May 02 & 03. 8.15pm
06 May at 6.15pm
This Must Be The Place
€8/€7/€6 Dir: Paolo Sorrentino. Italy-Ireland-France, 2011, 118 mins,
Starring Sean Penn as a bored, retired rock star who sets out to find his father’s executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal, a refugee in the U.S. Partly shot in Ireland, also starring budding actress Eve Hewson.
Booking Tel. (071) 914 1405 / http://themodel.ie/film/
May 02, 03 & 04
May 6.15pm May 3.15pm
Tiny Furniture
€8/€7/€6 Dir: Lena Dunham. USA, 2010, 98 mins
Aura returns home from college to her artist family’s loft with nothing to show but a film studies degree, a failed relationship and a lack of direction. Tiny Furniture’s star/writer/director Lena Dunham, who at 23 won SXSW’s narrative feature prize and has since been commissioned to write a series for HBO.
Book your tickets online at: www.themodel.ie/film
April Rules: Current and upcoming Films at The Model
March 30, 2012 at 11:12 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentTags: Cinema, sligo, The Model
To accompany the fine weather of late, The Model continues to cheer us up with its rich film choice – beginning this week with the superb cult hit Martha Marcy May Marlene. This uncomfortable yet enthralling thriller has developed a huge cult following and won Irish-American filmmaker Sean Durkin a Best Director prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The famous Olsen’s twin’s sister Elizabeth Olsen acts out a damaged woman who has fled an abusive cult. Not to be missed.
‘a quietly devastating central performance by Elizabeth Olsen’ Tara Brady, The Irish Times ****
Martha Marcy May Marlene
01, Apr., 3.15pm
04, 05 & 06 Apr., 6.15pm
08 Apr., 3.15pm
Dir: Sean Durkin, USA, 2011, 102 mins.
No 6.15pm screening on 01 Apr.
Another highlight this week is the launch of the provocative and brilliant Margaret. This film gives a modern insight into the upended life of a teenage girl since she witnessed a fatal bus accident. Matt Damon returns to the big screen alongside heroine Anna Paquin of True Blood fame and the talented Mark Ruffalo. Margaret, a title taken from a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem, resonates with loss felt deeply by New Yorkers in the shadow of 9/11, another reason to visit The Model this week!
“a brilliant, sprawling drama of modern life”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian *****
Margaret
04 & 05 Apr., 8.15pm
08 Apr., 6.15pm
Dir: Kenneth Lonergan, USA, 2011, 150 mins.
Film Club Screening.
Advance online bookings are just €7. Tickets €8/€6.
Full programme information is available at www.themodel.ie.
Ugandan Film Screening at The Model
March 28, 2012 at 11:00 am | Posted in Film | Leave a comment
In Aid of St. Judes Orphanage in North Uganda, Pink Lime Videos are screening their new short film UNDER THE MANGO TREE showcasing life in the orphanage and the will to survive and thrive. This film was co-directed by Caroline (formerly Clancy) and her husband Mark Minshall.
Under the Mango Tree will be followed by a 2007 Academy Award Nominated Documentary feature film WAR DANCE which is also set in Northern Uganda, and won a Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival.
Tickets are €10 per person, which includes automatic entry into our raffle, and there will be sponsored spot prizes to give away!
All funds raised from this event go 100% DIRECTLY to St. Judes, and their building of Stennys Storehouse this Summer. The storehouse is being built by Irish Volunteers led by Mairead Clancy & Barnes Murphy. For more information about this, St. Jude’s and Sligo’s support for this orphanage please visit www.stjudesdonate.com.
Michael Fassbender Returns to The Model’s Big Screen
March 18, 2012 at 11:00 am | Posted in Film | Leave a comment
The Model is delighted to present the first screening of the hugely engrossing A Dangerous Method on March 21st next at 8.15pm. With it comes the welcome return of Oscar nominated Micheal Fassbender to The Model’s big screen, last seen here in his pitch perfect performance in the popluar ‘Shame’.
Also starring Viggo Mortensen, the film looks at the intense relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and is the third collaboration between Director David Cronenberg and Mortensen who worked together on A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. The film also features a touching performance from Kiera Knightley.
A Dangerous Method runs March 21 until Mar 30.
Advance online bookings are just €7. Tickets €8/€6.
Full programme information is available at www.themodel.ie.
There is also still time to catch Young Adult, starring Charlize Theron, which continues its run at The Model Cinema Wednesday Mar 21 and Thursday Mar 22.
Coming soon is Martha Marcy May Marlene which won Irish-American filmmaker Sean Durkin Best Director at last year’s Sundance Film Festival – 28 March until 08 April 2012.
Film: Help us ‘Fund It’ and create a love story in Slollywood
February 25, 2012 at 7:39 pm | Posted in Arts, Film | Leave a comment
Jonah like’s Bella and Bella like’s Jonah but they face many obstacles along the way. Will you help tell our story of African boy meets Irish girl?
“Encounter”, a short romantic comedy set in Sligo is a collaborative project by ‘Sabona Community Productions’ and local filmmaker Sinead Dolan from Loch Bó Films. Bringing together a diverse group of international and Irish people who live in Sligo the script reflects real-life experiences incorporating themes of difference, cross-cultural issues and identity but is first and foremost a romantic comedy.
We have a cast and crew ready, willing and able to bring this story from script to screen. Shooting “Encounter” is also an opportunity for participants to gain experience and put their new skills into practice. We have commitments from a range of professionals in the area who are willing to share their skills and time, but we will need transport, some crew and equipment to realise the project and that’s where we need your help!
‘Encounter’s’ Fundit Campaign runs until Sunday 4th March, www.fundit/project/encounter.
We are just over 70% funded with 70 funders and 10 days to go! If we don’t reach our target, we won’t receive any of our pledges.
And it’s easy to be a supporter. With pledge amounts starting at just €5 and up to €300, in return for helping to fund the project contributors will receive a fantastic reward such as original artworks by local Artist Joe Dibbs.
Join our community as funders on www.fundit.ie/project/encounter and help tell a Sligo love story!
Find Us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Encounter.AshortfilmsetinSligo
Film: Award-Winning The Artist and The Descendants at The Model
February 16, 2012 at 7:08 pm | Posted in Arts, Film | 1 CommentNew from Feb 29 – Double Screenings at The Model
The Model is delighted to announce its Cinema programme for March 2012!
Featuring Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning sensations The Artist and The Descendants, The Model’s cinema programme for March includes screenings of Roman Polanski’s new black comedy, Carnage, Young Adult starring Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortenson in A Dangerous Method, exploring the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud.
The Model are also launching Double Screenings, with two screenings daily every Wednesday and Thursday at 6.15pm and again at 8.15pm and matinees on Sundays at 3.15pm and 6.15pm from February 29.
To celebrate they are hosting a drinks reception in The Model Atrium on February 29 at 5.30pm, followed by a screening of The Artist and The Descendants and all are encouraged to come along. Put it in your diary!
Full programme details are available at www.themodel.ie/film.
New Screening Times:
Wednesday – Thursday: 6.15pm & 8.15pm
Friday: 6.15pm
Sunday: 3.15pm & 6.15pm
Advance online tickets are just 7.00 – www.themodel.ie/film
The Artist
22, 23 & 24 Feb. at 8pm. 25 and 26 Feb. at 3pm 29 Feb, 01, 02 March at
6.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 3.15pm.
STROLL-IN CINEMA: Thursday, Mar 01 at 12.30pm
(For Parents/ Minders & Toddlers – Bring your baby or toddler and stroll in
and out as you need.)
Dir: Michel Hazanavicius, Fra/Bel. 201, 100min.
***** THE IRISH TIMES
The Descendants
29 Feb. at 8.15pm. 01, 02 at 8.15pm. 03 & 04 March at 6.15pm. 07 & 08 March at 8.15. 11 March 3.15pm.
Dir: Alexander Payne. U.S.A.,2011, 115 min
‘‘He [Alexander Payne] bagged an Oscar for Sideways (after refusing George Clooney a lead role). Now he’s back with The Descendants (and this time Clooney made the cut).’THE GUARDIAN
‘packs a wicked, classy punch.’ Tara Brady
THE IRISH TIMES****
Carnage
Dir: Roman Polanski, France –Ger- Poland – Spain, 79 mins. 2011
07, 08, 09 & 11 March at 6.15pm. 14, 15 March at 8.15pm and 18 March 3.15pm
‘Polanski’s adaptation of Yasmina Reza’s play, rapturously received in Venice, is a pitch-black farce of unbearable tension’
**** Xan Brooks, THE GUARDIAN
Young Adult
14, 15, 16 March at 6.15pm. 18 March at 6.15. March 21 and 22 March at 6.15pm
Dir: Jason Reitman. U.S.A, 2011, 94 min.
‘Smart, honest, sickeningly funny and supremely well judged in the writing,
direction and acting.’ EMPIRE ****
A Dangerous Method
21, 22 March at 8.15pm. 23 March at 6.15pm. 28, 29 March at 8.15 and 30 March at 6.15pm.
Dir: David Cronenberg, UK – Ger. – Canada – Switz., 2011, 100 min.
‘In this erotic mind-bender from director David Cronenberg, talk isn’t cheap,
it’s what helped birth modern psychiatry at the start of the 20th century.’
ROLLING STONE
Encounter – a short film set in Sligo Fundit Campaign
February 14, 2012 at 11:00 am | Posted in Film | Leave a commentTags: Crowdsourcing, Encounter, Film, Fundit, sligo
Since September 2011, Sligo based community group ‘Sabona Community Productions’ (meaning “hello” in Zulu) have been working with local filmmaker Sinead Dolan on a collaborative project “Encounter”, a short romantic comedy set in Sligo; African boy meets Irish girl.
Bringing together a diverse group of international and Irish people who live in Sligo the script, which is the product of Create’s Artist in the Community scheme reflects real-life experiences incorporating themes of difference, cross-cultural issues and identity but is first and foremost a romantic comedy.
Jonah visits Sligo from South Africa but finds himself falling for Irish girl, Bella. He quickly realizes that the ways of Sligo are quite different to home and has to learn what makes an Irish girl tick.
They have a cast and crew ready, willing and able to bring this story from script to screen. Shooting “Encounter” is also an opportunity for participants to gain experience and put their new skills into practice. They have commitments from a range of professionals in the area who are willing to share their skills and time, but the group will need transport, some crew and equipment to realise the project.
So they need a little help, and that’s where you come in! Join their community as funders on www.fundit.ie/project/encounter where they have just launched our crowd funding campaign. You can fund as little as €5.00 so they can get ready to shout “Lights.Camera.Action!”
“LOLS, this is one of our favourite project films to date! Made in ‘Slollywood’, this is community film-making at it’s best!” fundit team
The Model screen new Irish documentary ‘Bernadette: notes on a political journey’
January 25, 2012 at 9:21 pm | Posted in Film | Leave a commentThis new documentary from director, Lelia Doolan, Bernadette: notes on a political journey will be screened in The Model Cinema from Wednesday, January 25th at 8pm (screenings also on Thursday, 26th January at 8pm and Saturday & Sunday at 3pm).
Described as the ‘Roaring Girl’ from Derry and an Irish Joan of Arc, Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey was also patronisingly called a mini-skirted Castro. In 1969, she won the mid-Ulster by-election, survived an assassination attempt in 1981 and to this day remains a radical socialist republican.
Made over a period of nine years, this documentary is the first major insight into McAliskey’s life since 1969 and features the campaigner reflecting movingly on her early life and her prominent role in the republican struggle.
The story of Bernadette Devlin McAliskey’s remarkable political life is told in Lelia Doolan’s inquisitive documentary, which combines remarkable archive footage with intimate interviews conducted with its subject over the last ten years.
A member of the People’s Democracy movement in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s, Bernadette Devlin was elected MP for Mid-Ulster when she was 21 years-old and still a student, and briefly rattled the Wilson government and the Westminster establishment. She witnessed the Bloody Sunday massacre, and went on to co-found the Irish Republican Socialist Party, only to leave it soon afterwards.
She survived an assassination attempt while campaigning for the H-Block hunger strikers in the early 1980s and her family suffered harrassment for years beyond that. The archive footage presents her as a firebrand with a gift for public speaking, derided as ‘Castro in a miniskirt’ by one opponent. Now into her sixties, she remains just as articulate and uncompromising, critical of the Good Friday Agreement while still deeply passionate about – and engaged in – community politics. Doolan’s film acknowledges a unique, formidable figure in the Irish civil rights movement. This is an engrossing, humbling and possibly divisive documentary.
‘The patronising media quips about “Castro in a miniskirt” are particularly delicious.’- Donald Clarke, THE IRISH TIMES ****
Buy tickets online for this screening at the reduced price of €7.00 at www.themodel.ie/film
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