Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 30/11/2012

  • AFTERNOON TALK: IRELAND IN THE NEWSREELS

    The era of the cinema newsreel in the first half of the 20th century coincided with an era of seismic shifts in social and political life in Ireland. Dr. Ciara Chambers of the  University of Ulster, author of recent book... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.00

  • AMOUR

    Director Michael Haneke explores the meaning of love in this deeply affecting character drama which deservedly won the 2012 Cannes Palme d’Or. Police break in to a central Paris apartment uncertain what awaits them, and the story behind these tragic... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.00|20.40

  • DEATH OF A SUPERHERO

    There will be a Q&A with director Ian Fitzgibbon hosted by Newstalk’s Philip Molloy following the 18.20 screening of his film on November 30th.

    Shown to fantastic audience response as the Closing Gala of this year’s Jameson Dublin International Film... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.10|18.20

  • LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

    In celebration of the film’s 50th anniversary, this new digital print from the original 70mm negative allows us a fresh look at the most intelligent epic ever to grace the screen. You can’t help but marvel that a 227-minute film... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.10

  • SIGHTSEERS

    If the confrontational Kill List placed Ben Wheatley among British cinema’s most incendiary new talents, this latest exercise in ultra-black comedy and squirm-inducing social observation certainly confirms it. If the idea of blending, say, Mike Leigh’s Nuts in May with... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10|20.50

  • THE HUNT

    He’s played a Viking warrior in Valhalla Rising, a revolutionary physician in A Royal Affair and even set about 007’s gentlemanly parts in Casino Royale; clearly, there are few limits to Mads Mikkelsen’s abilities, and winning the Best Actor Award... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.10|20.40

  • THE MASTER

    Following the elemental There Will be Blood was always going to be a challenge for writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, so this latest drama operates on a more intimate scale, yet with hardly less expressive intensity.

    America, post-WWII, and traumatised ex-sailor... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.10

  • WILD STRAWBERRIES: THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

    Wild Strawberries is our bimonthly film club for over 55s.

    Brighten up those November days in the company of this lively group of British retirees who move to a newly-restored hotel in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Convinced by the promotional brochures that... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 11.00

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