Irish Film Institute -

WHAT'S ON - 16/06/2012

  • A ROYAL AFFAIR

    A fascinating but little-known corner of the Enlightenment is brought to vivid life with this complex and engrossing historical drama from Denmark. Who knew that the Danes had their own revolutionary moment in the early 1770s, before the French and... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.50|18.10

  • ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME JUNE 2012: DOUBLE BILL

    Join us for free screenings from the IFI Irish Film Archive. Simply collect your tickets at the IFI Box Office when visiting.

    Continuing our annual Bloomsday celebration, we present an array of short films inspired by the work of James... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.10

  • COSMOPOLIS

    Hot on the heels of A Dangerous Method, his period piece about the early days of psychoanalysis and another of his explorations of the mind/body schism, David Cronenberg delivers his vision of Don DeLillo’s novel Cosmopolis. Although it met with... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 13.30|15.50|20.50

  • JOHN FORD: DREAMING THE QUIET MAN

    Released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of John Ford’s deeply cherished The Quiet Man, Sé Merry Doyle’s engaging and humorous documentary offers timely perspective on the film’s idealised vision of Ireland, the famed director’s personal and political motivations for... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.50

  • MONTHLY MUST-SEE CINEMA: PASSAGES FROM JAMES JOYCE’S FINNEGANS WAKE

    IFI’s Monthly Must-See Cinema showcases highlights from the Irish cinema canon which are now preserved in the IFI Irish film Archive.

    Our Must-See choice this month is something of an oddity: an American film with a screen play by Mary... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 14.00

  • POLISSE

    EXCLUSIVELY AT THE IFI

    Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes last year, this compellingly immersive procedural following the Paris police’s child protection unit marks a career breakthrough for actress turned writer-director Maïwenn. With some of her country’s best character... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 20.30

  • THE ANGELS’ SHARE

    Ken Loach delivers the most flat-out entertaining movie of his entire career with this absolute charmer about a bunch of Glaswegian ne’er-do-wells whose conversion to the delights of single malt whisky could prove their unlikely salvation. Newcomer Paul Brannigan is... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.30

  • THE DEAD

    John Huston’s magisterial adaptation of the James Joyce story is re-released to coincide with Bloomsday. Always the most literary and philosophical of the great Hollywood directors, Huston used the tale to furnish a portrait of his artistry as an old... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.40

  • THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS

    Inspired by author J.D. Salinger’s tales of the Glass family, Wes Anderson’s dramatic comedy about a dysfunctional family of troubled geniuses remains for many his crowning achievement to date.

    A gleefully larger-than-life Gene Hackman excels as disruptive paterfamilias Royal Tenenbaum,... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 16.10

  • WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY

    Granted unprecedented access to Woody Allen and his collaborators, this affectionate portrait captures the scale of his achievement while investigating the inner workings that sustain this most prolific of modern masters.

    A wealth of amazing archive material unearths Allen’s early... Read More

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    BOOK NOW Times: 18.30


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