monday night cinema
Girl
Mon 27 May, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Independent
The moving and intense story of 15-year-old Lara, an aspiring ballet dancer in the midst of gender reassignment.
monday night cinema
The Kindergarten Teacher
Mon 3 Jun, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Irish Times
Lisa Spinelli, a Kindergarten Teacher who inadvertently discovers her five-year-old student, Jimmy is a gifted prodigy.
cinema
Van Gogh & Japan
Wed 5 Jun, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen takes a look at Van Gogh & Japan, an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum that provides a detailed insight into the profound influence of Japan on the artist and his work.
monday night cinema
Ash Is Purest White
Mon 10 Jun, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Film Stage
The latest from critically acclaimed writer/director Zhang-ke Jia (A Touch of Sin, 13) is a crime melodrama about China’s aspirational gangster classes.
cinema
Romeo & Juliet (Live Screening)
Tue 11 Jun, 7.15pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Independent
Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers encounter passion and tragedy in Kenneth MacMillan’s 20th-century ballet masterpiece.
monday night cinema
Wild Rose
Mon 17 Jun, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Skinny
Kerry native Jessie Buckley stars a single mother of two, fresh out of jail, whose dream is to leave Glasgow and make it as a country singer in Nashville.
cinema
The Merry Wives of Windsor (Live Screening)
Thu 20 Jun, 7:20pm
Broadcast live from Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Merry Wives of Windsor is the only comedy that Shakespeare set in his native land, and with its witty mix of verbal and physical humour, the play celebrates a tradition that reaches right down to the contemporary English sitcom.
cinema
The Audience with Helen Mirren (Encore Screening)
Fri 21 & Fri 28 Jun, 7.30pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ The Times
Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Tony Award-winning production of The Audience by Peter Morgan.
monday night cinema
Yuli
Mon 24 Jun, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The List
An engaging biopic based on the true story of Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta.
monday night cinema
Eighth Grade
Mon 1 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Rolling Stone
★★★★ The Guardian
Bo Burnham’s painfully accurate portrayal of teendom in the late 2010s follows 13-year-old Kayla as she attempts to put the life lessons of her own YouTube videos into action.
monday night cinema
All is True
Mon 15 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Guardian
Kenneth Branagh puts a fresh twists on the final days in the life of playwright William Shakespeare in this tender drama.
monday night cinema
Woman at War
Mon 22 Jul, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Washington Post
A funny, moving and utterly unique Icelandic film following a seemingly mundane woman who lives a double life as a notorious eco-terrorist.
cinema
The Lehman Trilogy (Live Screening)
Thu 25 Jul, 7pm
★★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
The story of a family and an investment bank that changed the world, in an all-star production directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall).
just announced
Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas
Tue 10 Sep, 7.30pm
To celebrate the publication of The Testaments, author Margaret Atwood talks about her remarkable career and why she has returned to her Handmaid story, 34 years later.
The event includes an interview with the author, audience Q&A and exclusive readings by special guests.
cinema
Leonardo: The Works
Thu 7 Nov, 8pm
On Sale from Fri 31 May.
Exhibition on Screen takes a look at Leonardo da Vinci, the world’s favourite artist. Exhibition on Screen presents every single attributed painting in Ultra HD Quality, never seen before on the big screen.