monday night cinema
The Guardians
Mon 24 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ San Francisco Chronicle
★★★★ The Washington Post
This affecting human drama of love, loss, and resilience unfolds against the backdrop of World War I in rural France.
monday night cinema
C’est La Vie!
Mon 1 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ Seattle Times
A triumphant return for the Olivier Nakache/Éric Toledano directing team behind French-language smash The Intouchables, C’est la vie! is an ensemble comedy which revels in chaos.
monday night cinema
The Heiresses
Mon 8 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Variety
★★★★★ The Hollywood Reporter
★★★★★ Screen International
Paraguayan writer-director Marcelo Marinessi’s drama follows a privileged woman who must return to work after her same-sex parter ends up in prison on fruad charges.
monday night cinema
The Happy Prince
Mon 15 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Times
★★★★★ Wall Street Journal
★★★★ The Guardian
Centred on a captivating performance from writer, director and star Rupert Everett, The Happy Prince recounts the untold story of the last days in the tragic life of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde.
monday night cinema
Under the Tree
Mon 22 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Washington Post
Icelandic director Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson’s tense thriller follows family battling with their neighbours over a particularly shady tree.
monday night cinema
Leave No Trace
Mon 29 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★★ Wall Street Journal
★★★★ The Irish Times
Leave No Trace tells the story of a father and daughter who find themselves seperated and longing to return to the Oregon wilderness.
monday night cinema
Cold War
Mon 12 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ TIME
★★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★★ The Irish Times
The new film from Pawel Pawlikowski follows the passionate romance between musician Wiktor and beautiful young woman Zula, who meet in a post-war Poland.
monday night cinema
Apostasy
Mon 19 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Guardian
This semi-autobiographical debut feature from British writer-director Daniel Kokotajlo takes an intimate look at a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses in crisis.
monday night cinema
Lucky
Mon 26 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ San Francisco Chronicle
★★★★ TIME
This hilarious and poignant film features veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton’s final performance as a cantankerous, elderly atheist pondering the meaning of life.
monday night cinema
Wajib
Mon 3 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Digital Fix
A Palestinian father and his estranged son must travel to Israel to hand-deliver his daughter’s wedding invitations to each guest.
monday night cinema
The Rider
Mon 10 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Washington Post
★★★★★ Wall Street Journal
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy in the American Midwest undertakes a search for new identity.
monday night cinema
The Wife
Mon 17 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
In this film based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel, Joan (Glenn Close) finally confronts the husband she has spent four decades submitting to on the eve of his Nobel Prize win.