monday night cinema
Photograph
Mon 21 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
Indian director Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) returns to Mumbai for this bittersweet romance between a struggling street photographer and a sheltered university student.
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Balloon
Mon 28 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ Radio Times
★★★★ The Sun
Based on true events, Michael Herbig’s thrilling Cold War drama recreates the incredible story of how two East German families planned to flee to the West in a homemade hot-air balloon.
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Frankenstein (Encore Screening)
Thu 31 Oct, 7.30pm
National Theatre Live
★★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Telegraph
Filmed live in London, this thrilling production of Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller is back on our big screen this Halloween!
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Encore Screening)
Sun 3 Nov, 7.30pm
National Theatre Live
★★★★★ Observer
★★★★★ Daily Telegraph
★★★★★ Evening Standard
Shakespeare’s most famous romantic comedy will be brought to life in an immersive staging where the theatre becomes a forest. Directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones).
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Papi Chulo
Mon 4 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ RTÉ
★★★★ The Irish Times
Dublin writer/director John Butler (Handsome Devil) delivers this uplifting comedy about a heartbroken weatherman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a middle-aged Latino migrant.
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Leonardo: The Works
Thu 7 Nov, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
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.
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Mozart’s Don Giovanni (Encore Screening)
Fri 8 Nov, 7pm
Royal Opera House
★★★★★ The Independent
Mozart’s engaging masterpiece follows Don Giovanni, the women he serially seduces, and the vengeance that finally catches up with him.
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Never Look Away
Mon 11 Nov, 4pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Irish Independent
★★★★ The Guardian
An Oscar nominated drama loosely based on the formative years of the world-renowned painter Gerhard Richter - from Nazism through to the Cold War - from German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others).
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The Piano
Sun 17 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
Director Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning romantic masterpiece about a musically gifted mute woman’s rebellion in a newly colonised, Victorian-era New Zealand returns to the big screen for its 25th anniversary.
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Sometimes Always Never
Mon 18 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Times
Bill Nighy is a Scrabble genius in this offbeat comedy-drama. Called to identify his long missing son, he and his other son head off on a road trip to the morgue - stirring up old grievances and some deadly wordplay.
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Missing Link
Sun 24 Nov, 2pm
★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Guardian
The latest family adventure from stop-motion champions Laika (Coraline, Kubo & the Two Strings) follows a Bigfoot in search of his family, with the voices of Zach Galifianakis, Hugh Jackman, Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson.
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Donizetti’s Don Pasquale (Encore Screening)
Sun 24 Nov, 5pm
Royal Opera House
Royal Opera favourite Bryn Terfel heads a star cast for this new production of Donizetti’s comedy of domestic drama across two generations.
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Pain & Glory
Mon 25 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ London Evening Standard
★★★★ The Irish Times
Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz reunite with award-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta) in his most personal film to date, a semi-autobiographical tale of artistic crisis.
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Apollo 11
Thu 28 Nov, 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★★ The Guardian
With never-before-seen 70mm footage and unheard audio recordings, Apollo 11 takes us straight to the heart of NASA’s most celebrated mission - the one that first put men on the moon, and forever made Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin into household names.
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The Greatest Showman Sing-Along
Sat 30 Nov, 4pm & Sat 7 Dec, 5pm
★★★★ RogerEbert.com
The world is singing along with the most entertaining musical of recent years – featuring hits like This is Me, The Greatest Show and From Now On - and now you can too with our special sing-along screening!
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One Man, Two Guvnors (Encore Screening)
Sat 30 Nov, 7.30pm
National Theatre Live
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ Sunday Times
Featuring a Tony Award-winning performance from James Corden, the hilarious West End and Broadway hit returns to cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
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Renoir: Revered and Reviled
Sun 1 Dec, 8pm
Exhibition on Screen
With access to the impressive Renoir collection at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, this documentary examines the influential French Impressionist and his late-career change in style which caused controversy.
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The Souvenir
Mon 2 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ Time Out
Writer/director Joanna Hogg re-imagines some of her own real-life experiences coming of age in 1980s London, exploring art, memory and love. Featuring a trio of incredible performances by Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton.
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Sunset
Mon 9 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Irish Times
★★★★ The Guardian
From Oscar-winning Hungarian director László Nemes (Son of Saul), Sunset is a mysterious, dreamlike period drama of secrets, threats and deceit in 1913 Budapest.
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The Shiny Shrimps
Mon 16 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
An Olympic swimmer must make amends for a homophobic outburst by coaching an gay water polo team in this feel-good French comedy about acceptance, humanity and understanding.