The Anti-Room Film Club

I was trying for ages to come up with a cool enough post title to suit the new Anti-Room Film Club, and I failed miserably. Puns didn’t seem appropriate, and my usual smartarseisms a bit too flippant. I think this is a really snappy idea, and not just because I also write for the Anti-Room. Disclaimer out of the way? Here we go, then. The Anti-Room, in case you’ve been living down a well, is a site written by a fantastically slapdash bunch of ladies who cover everything from pop culture to politics. We love film, and we love a lively discussion over drinks, so we’re combining the lot in our monthly film club, which starts tomorrow night, Wednesday 6th, in the Workman’s Club on Wellington Quay, Dublin! We’ll be showing cult or classic films, and there is sombre promise of cake. I shall be missing for the inaugural screening, … There’s more

Free screenings of Moulin Rouge and Adventureland in Meeting House Square

It’s part of the Temple Bar Circus Festival but I think something as fantastic as this - something I’ve been waiting for for ages now - deserves its very own post. Ladies and gentlemen, they’re showing Moulin Rouge on Friday July 10 and Adventureland on Saturday 11 in Meeting House Square, and they’re both free events! If you haven’t seen Moulin Rouge, this is an ideal opportunity. If you have, and liked it, you’ll want to go again. The Circus Festival organisers have arranged a spectacular spectacular evening from 9pm, which, if the weather holds, will be one of the experiences of the summer: Roll up, roll up for a fantastic night of Moulin Rouge inspired entertainment! This outdoor event will kick off with an aerial show by the amazing Barren Carrousel from Northern Ireland, followed by a screening of Baz Luhrman’s Oscar winning movie Moulin Rouge (2001), the vibrant, … There’s more