Film treats at arts festival

Over the past few years, the Ranelagh Arts Festival, which begins on Monday, has helped liven up autumn in that leafy corner …

Over the past few years, the Ranelagh Arts Festival, which begins on Monday, has helped liven up autumn in that leafy corner of south Dublin. This time the organisers have, as ever, dreamed up a number of diverting film events.

Next Thursday, novelist Pat McCabe and film-maker Neil Jordan, collaborators on

The Butcher Boy

and

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, will engage in a public conversation at Sandford Park School. On Tuesday, Robert Dornheim’s recent film of Puccini’s

La Bohème

will screen at Ranelagh Art Shop. And our old friends 3epkano will accompany a screening of the silent classic

Nosferatu

in Dartmouth Square on Friday, September 24th. There’s more besides. Details can be found at www.ranelagharts.org.

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke

Donald Clarke, a contributor to The Irish Times, is Chief Film Correspondent and a regular columnist