monday night cinema
The House by the Sea
Mon 20 May, 5pm & 8pm
★★★★ The Independent
★★★★ The Times
When their aged father suffers an irreversible stroke, his three adult children reunite to spend his final days together in this family drama.
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.
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.
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.
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.