Pavilion Theatre presents
Monday Night Cinema: Autumn/Winter 2026
15 Weeks of World-Class Film
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Pavilion Theatre is proud to present the 15-film line-up for Monday Night Cinema from 8 September until 15 December, featuring an unmissable selection of titles from revered directors and exciting newcomers.
You can expect Jodie Foster and Ian McKellen in their best dramatic roles in years, an Oscar-nominated Japanese kabuki theatre epic, an adventure down the Amazon, the latest from veteran directors Gus Van Sant, Steven Soderbergh and Almodóvar, Paul Rudd in an Irish wedding band, and a selection of deeply emotional tales from Spain, France and India - plus much more besides.
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Please scroll down for the full film line-up.
5pm screenings with an asterisk* include Open Captions for d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, displaying subtitled dialogue and other information not conveyed in speech.
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The Christophers
Mon 7 Sep, 5pm* & 8pm
English (*Open Captions) | 15A | 100mins
★★★★★ "Terrifically exhilarating and funny"The Guardian
Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel star in in Steven Soderbergh’s slick and playful black comedy about a reclusive artist whose children hire a forger to secretly finish his most famous series.
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A Private Life
Mon 14 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
English | 15A | 104mins
★★★★ “Foster is a (French-speaking) marvel” The Times
A Hitchcockian psychological thriller starring Jodie Foster (speaking fluent French) as a struggling psychiatrist who secretly investigates the death of one of her patients.
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Power Ballad
Mon 21 Sep, 5pm* & 8pm
English (*Open Captions) | 15A | 94mins
★★★★ "[A] warm, charming film” The Irish Times
Irish director John Carney’s (Once, Sing Street) delightful new film stars Paul Rudd as a wedding singer whose song is turned into a hit by Nick Jonas’s ex-boyband heartthrob - without giving any credit.
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Cactus Pears
Mon 28 Sep, 5pm & 8pm
English | 15A | 112mins
★★★★ "Quiet queer romance... puppet[s] heartstrings" The Irish Times
Writer-director Rohan Kanawade provides a fascinating insight into funeral traditions and cultural practices in rural India, alongside a sensitive exploration of loss, class and forbidden love.
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Rebuilding
Mon 5 Oct, 5pm* & 8pm
English (*Open Captions) | PG | 96mins
★★★★ "One of the best films of the year... Tender and lyrical, unsentimental but uplifting" Irish Examiner
A heartfelt portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of a wildfire in the rural US, starring The Crown’s Josh O’Connor alongside Meghann Fahy and Amy Madigan
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Primavera
Mon 12 Oct, 5pm & 8pm
Italian | 15A | 110mins
★★★★ "Soulful Venetian drama" The Times
World-renowned opera director Damiano Michieletto dramatises Antonio Vivaldi’s time as resident composer and violin teacher in Venice, from the perspective of a gifted female student.
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Familiar Touch
Mon 19 Oct, 5pm* & 8pm
English (*Open Captions) | 12A | 92mins
★★★★ “Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in [this] subtle, sensual memory loss drama” The Guardian
Sarah Friedland’s elegant, gentle and surprisingly funny debut feature follows Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), an older woman experiencing the onset of dementia who is moved to a care facility.
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Kokuho
Mon 26 Oct, 3.30pm & 7.30pm (note earlier start times)
Japanese | 15A | 175mins
★★★★ "[A] heartfelt and muscular epic” The Guardian
The highest-grossing Japanese live action film of all time, Kokuho is an epic drama about friendship, love and the often punishing cost of fame and ambition in the cutthroat world of elite kabuki theatre.
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Dead Man's Wire
Mon 2 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
English | 15A | 105mins
★★★★ "Bill Skarsgård is mesmerising" The Times
The new thriller from Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting) dramatises a real-world kidnapping incident from 1977, with an all-star cast including Bill Skarsgård, Colman Domingo and Al Pacino.
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Romería
Mon 9 Nov, 5pm* & 8pm
Spanish & Catalna (*Open Captions) | 15A | 111mins
★★★★ "Dazzling coming-of-age tale" FinancialTimes
Acclaimed Spanish director Carla Simón (Summer 1993) once again brings her distinctive style to this intimate, intelligent and compelling coming-of-age drama, set on Spain’s Atlantic coast.
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Pressure
Mon 2 Nov, 5pm* & 8pm
English (*Open Captions) | 12A | 100mins
★★★★ "Terrifically tense" Time Out
This tense, intelligent wartime drama revisits one of the most pivotal moments in World War II, the D-Day landings and the role of meteorologist Gp Capt. James Stagg (Andrew Scott) in planning them.
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Nino
Mon 23 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
French | 15A | 97mins
★★★★★ "You’ll believe every funny, awkward step in this tender, understated drama" Irish Independent
This accomplished film from Pauline Loquès is a thoughtful and empathetic drama following a young man reckoning with a cancer diagnosis as he roams Paris meeting friends, family and strangers who are unaware of his news.
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The Blue Trail
Mon 30 Nov, 5pm & 8pm
Portugese | 15A | 86mins
★★★★ "A minor masterpiece" The Irish Times
Part adventure film, part dystopian sci-fi and part coming of (old) age story, The Blue Trail is the vibrant and playful new film from acclaimed Brazilian filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro (Neon Bull, Divine Love).
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Just An Illusion
Mon 7 Dec, 5pm & 8pm
French | PG | 119mins
★★★★½ "Moving and nostalgic" Le Figaro
Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, the directors of the hit comedy-drama The Intouchables, return with this funny and charming study of family life in 1980s Paris.
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Bitter Christmas
Mon 14 Dec, 5pm* & 8pm
Spanish (*Open Captions) | 15A | 111mins
★★★★"Darkly compelling" Financial Times
With his new film, Pedro Almodóvar appears to have made one of his most candid and self-reflective works yet… or has he? Another delightfully twisty and playful addition to the Spanish master’s oeuvre.