monday night cinema
The Guilty
Mon 28 Jan, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
A pulse-pounding Danish thriller set entirely in an emergency response centre as a lone agent must deal with an impossible situation.
monday night cinema
1945
Mon 4 Feb, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ RTE
A sharp drama of suspicion and intrigue set in the immediate aftermath of WWII, when two strange Jews arrive in a Hungarian village wracked with guilt and shame.
monday night cinema
Return of the Hero
Mon 11 Feb, 5pm & 8pm
An uproarious French comedy about a no-good, philandering soldier who receives an undeserved hero’s welcome when he returns home.
monday night cinema
The Wild Pear Tree
Mon 18 Feb, 4pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Guardian
Returning home from college to his Turkish village, aspiring writer Sinan discovers that his father has a gambling addiction that has brought the family to the brink of financial ruin.
monday night cinema
Just to be Sure
Mon 25 Feb, 5pm
★★★★★ Le Parisien
★★★★ The Sydney Morning Herald
A tender, humane French drama about a no-nonsense everyman who goes through a series of family crises which turn his world upside down.
monday night cinema
The Merger
Mon 25 Feb, 8pm
★★★★ FILMINK
A lighthearted Australian comedy about a small-town football team that must recruit local refugees in order to stay viable, taking the community on a journey of change.
monday night cinema
The Captain
Mon 4 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Observer
★★★★ Time Out London
In the final weeks of WWII a German deserter finds a Nazi captain’s uniform and becomes dangerously absorbed in impersonating its former owner.
monday night cinema
Colette
Mon 11 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ Radio Times
★★★★ The Guardian
Keira Knightley stars as Sidonie-Gabrielle Colettee, the daring and brilliant French novelist whose provocative debut became the toast of Paris in the 1900s.
monday night cinema
Burning
Mon 25 Mar, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★ The Guardian
A South Korean mystery thriller about obsession, unrequited love and alienation starring The Walking Dead’s Steven Yeung.
monday night cinema
The Favourite
Mon 1 Apr, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Financial Times
★★★★★ BBC
An outrageous 18th-Century period comedy with an all-star ensemble cast - nominated for ten awards at Oscars 2019.
monday night cinema
Capernaum
Mon 8 Apr, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Telegraph
★★★★★ The Irish Times
A powerful Lebenese drama chronicling the beleaguered life of 12-year-old Zain, who sues his own parents for giving birth to him.
monday night cinema
Happy as Lazzaro
Mon 15 Apr, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ Time Out London
★★★★★ The Film Stage
A Cannes favourite following a carefree young farm worker’s travails in rural Italy, depicted in Alice Rohrwacher’s signature magical realist style.
monday night cinema
Beautiful Boy
Mon 22 Apr, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ Entertainment Weekly
Steve Carrell stars in this heartbreaking and inspiring story of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
monday night cinema
Foxtrot
Mon 29 Apr, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★★ The Playlist
★★★★ The Guardian
A troubled Israelii family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son’s desolate military post.