Irish documentary filmmaker Ken Wardrop is set to come to the IFI with his new film Mom and Me to participate in a live interview.

The IFI in Dublin is celebrating the creepier side of film with a season dedicated to Folk Horror in July.

The IFI Open Day is back for 2016, and that means more than a dozen free movie screenings for you!

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Critically acclaimed director Whit Stillman is coming to Ireland to present his latest film and to take part in a live Q&A at the IFI in Dublin.

MUSIC NEWS: Max Martin is Sweden’s greatest contribution to pop music since Abba, so it’s probably appropriate that some sort of Eurovision circle gets squared tomorrow when one of his songs is performed at the interval in Stockholm. 

The director of The Atlantic, a new Brendan Gleeson-narrated documentary about the struggle for resources in three Atlantic communities, has been launched with screenings on piers in Irish fishing villages.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest news from the world of showbiz

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Irish director Lenny Abrahamson's latest film Room has been earning incredible reviews, enthusiastic audience reactions and awards glory over the last few months, and he's finally bringing the film home.

Turbo Kid is a set in the incredible land of the 1980s where civilisation is at an end and only one kid on a BMX can save you!

Horrothon is back at the IFI in Dublin for 2015, and it’s celebrating its 18th birthday in style with five days of scream-tastic horror.

MUSIC NEWS: Netflix subscribers now have access to two worthwhile music documentaries: Keith Richards: Under the Influence, in which the Rolling Stones guitarist talks about his new solo album and the sounds that have inspired him over the years; and Time Is Illmatic, the film that tells of Nas’s classic 1994 album, and his background in New York that gave rise to it. 

All the latest news from the world of music, film and entertainment.

MUSIC NEWS: Apple Music, the new streaming music service gets a boost today with the release of Dr Dre’s Compton: A Soundtrack exclusively on that facility and the almost traditional format, iTunes. 

MUSIC NEWS: Perhaps it’s fortunate for the Glastonbury organisers that Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs isn’t on their bill this weekend. 

MUSIC NEWS: Don McLean is on his way to Ireland in June, and don’t be surprised if he’s in rather good form, considering he’s just sold the transcipt for his ‘American Pie’ song for $1.2m.

Plastik Festival, a new international festival of artists’ moving image is due to take place over three weekends in venues in Cork and Dublin during February.

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THOUGH she was hardly the first person to pick up on the lack of well developed roles for women in film, Alison Bechdel was instrumental in generating much needed debate and discussion around the issue.

MARQUEE REPORT: Over the next week performers at Live at the Marquee in Cork include the Coronas (tonight), Nathan Carter (Sunday), Bob Dylan (Monday) and Tom Jones (Thursday).

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MUSIC NEWS: Singer, opera composer and champion of African music, Damon Albarn can now add radio presenter to his list of talents.

MUSIC NEWS: Back in April, Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro told Rolling Stone magazine that his band Crazy Horse were too old to tour with Neil Young.

MUSIC NEWS: Nile Rodgers seems to be in so many places at the moment you shouldn’t be surprised if he pops his head out of your fridge when you reach for that cold drink later today.

GIG WISE: One of the big announcements this week was The Who bringing their tour to the O2 in Dublin on Saturday, Jun 8.

MUSIC NEWS: He hasn’t gone away, y’know.

MUSIC NEWS: Bruce Springsteen has sold out all his summer gigs in Ireland, and will spend some of the next few months helping on a documentary on himself.

Juliette Binoche’s attendance at the French Film Festival in Dublin is a major coup for the IFI, writes Padraic Killeen

MUSIC NEWS: While no Irish dates have been announced yet, the Stone Roses have confirmed they’ll be gigging into next year, and have lined up shows for London’s Finsbury Park on Jun 7-8, and Glasgow Green on Jun 15.

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Tickets for the Killers’ gig at the O2 in Dublin went on sale this morning.

MUSIC NEWS: Irish twin sister duo Heathers are probably best known for their ‘Remember When’ tune from the Discover Ireland ads.

MUSIC NEWS: Noel Gallagher managed to win his own gold medal for sibling wind-ups at last week’s Olympics closing ceremony.

MUSIC NEWS: Snow Patrol singer Gary Lightbody, below, is one of the busiest men in show business at the moment.