Irish Film Institute -Mystery Matinee

Mystery Matinee

This strand is the ultimate surprise film – it could be anything from the history of cinema and you won’t know until the lights go down and the title comes up!

Each monthly selection is overseen by Cinema Programmer Kevin Coyne, tickets €6.50 for IFI members, and €7.00 for non-members.

2024 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

21/01/2024 – The Big Heat (1953), dir. Fritz Lang

18/02/2024 – Steel Country (2018), dir. Simon Fellows

24/03/2024 – Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), dir. Dorothy Arzner, Roy del Ruth

26/04/2024 – Tiger Stripes (2023), dir. Amanda Nell Eu

26/05/2024 – The Witches of Eastwick (1987), dir. George Miller

30/06/2024 – My Man Godfry (1936), dir. Gregory La Cava

18/08/2024 – Sleep With Me (1994), dir Rory Kelly

22/09/2024 -My Old Ass (2024), dir. Megan Park

20/10/2024 – Phantoms (1998), dir. Joe Chappelle

1/12/2024 – ???????

 

2023 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

29/01/2023 – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022), dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp

19/02/2023 – To Leslie (2022), dir. Michael Morris

19/03/2023 –  The Last of Sheila (1973), dir. Herbert Ross

23/04/2023 – Hester Street (1975), dir. Joan Micklin Silver

21/05/2023 – War Pony (2022), dir. Gina Gammell & Riley Keough

18/06/2023 – Smoking Causes Coughing (2022), dir. Quentin Dupieux

09/07/2023 – Little Murders (1971), dir. Alan Arkin

27/08/2023 – To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), dir. William Friedkin

24/09/2023 – I Like Movies (2022), dir. Chandler Levack

22/10/2023 – Spooks! (1953) dir. Jules White followed by House of Wax (1953) dir. André De Toth (both films screened in 3D)

12/11/2023 – Fallen Leaves (2023) dir. Aki Kaurismäki

 

2022 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

29/05/2022 – Men (2022), dir. Alex Garland

26/06/2022 – Smile (1975), dir Michael Ritchie

24/07/2022 – Charade (1963), dir. Stanley Donen

21/08/2022 – All About Nina (2018), dir. Eva Vives

18/09/2022 – The Last Warning (1928) dir. Paul Leni

23/10/2022 – Ganja & Hess (1973) dir. Bill Gunn

14/11/2022 – Aftersun (2022) dir. Charlotte Wells

 

2020 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

12/01/2020 – Waves (2019), dir. Trey Edward Shults

23/02/2020 – And Then We Danced (2019), dir, Levan Akin

 

2019 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

20/01/2019 – Inherit the Wind (1960), dir. Stanley Kramer

10/02/2019 – Damsel (2018), dirs. David Zellner, Nathan Zellner

31/03/2019 – Styx (2018), dir. Wolfgang Fischer

21/04/2019 – November (2017), dir. Rainer Sarnet

26/05/2019 – Quality Time (2017), dir. Daan Bakker

23/06/2019 – Something Wild (1986), dir Jonathan Demme

21/07/2019 – One, Two, Three (1961), dir. Billy Wilder

18/08/2019 – Broadcast News (1987), dir. James L. Brooks

22/09/2019 – Coming Home (1978), dir. Hal Ashby

20/10/2019 – The Reflecting Skin (1990), dir. Philip Ridley

03/11/2019 – Home for the Holidays (1995), dir. Jodie Foster

 

2018 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

21/01/2018 – Lady Bird (2017), dir. Greta Gerwig

18/02/2018 – Mom and Dad (2017), dir. Brian Taylor

18/03/2018 – Green for Danger (1946), dir. Sidney Gilliat

22/04/2018 – Anon (2018), dir. Andrew Niccol

20/05/2018 – Citizen Ruth (1996), dir. Alexander Payne

24/06/2018 – The Party (1968), dir. Blake Edwards

29/07/2018 – The Lure (2015), dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska

12/08/2018 – The Long Goodbye (1973), dir. Robert Altman

16/09/2018 – The Little Stranger (2018), dir. Lenny Abrahamson

14/10/2018 – Carnival of Souls (1962), dir. Herk Harvey

04/11/2018 – Wildlife (2018), dir. Paul Dano

 

2017 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS

30/04/2017 – Berlin Syndrome (2017), dir. Cate Shortland

14/05/2017 – Snatched (2017), dir. Jonathan Levine

11/06/2017 – Beat the Devil (1953), dir. John Huston

30/07/2017 – A Ghost Story (2017), dir. David Lowery

13/08/2017 – Starman (1984), dir. John Carpenter

24/09/2017 – Gas Food Lodging (1992), dir. Allison Anders

22/10/2017 – Drácula (1931), dir. George Melford

12/11/2017 – Runaway Train (1985), dir. Andrei Konchalovsky

  • MYSTERY MATINEE DECEMBER 2024

    Join us for this month’s screening at 13.00 on Sunday, December 1st. The film chosen could be anything from throughout the history of cinema, from a silent classic to a preview of a hotly anticipated upcoming release.

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