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WHAT'S ON - 03/08/2024

ABOUT DRY GRASSES

An unsparing character study of an everyday misanthrope, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s engrossing film continues in the intellectually stimulating, leisurely, dialogue rich vein of Winter Sleep and The Wild Pear Tree. Art teacher Semet (Deniz Celiloglu) is trudging through his mandatory four year assignment... Read More

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ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: HOME TRUTHS (DOUBLE BILL)

Join us for free screenings of films from the IFI Irish Film Archive daily in July. Simply collect your tickets online (with a small booking fee) or at IFI Box Office.

PROGRAMME ONE

7 WINDOWS

Documentary portraits of seven... Read More

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CROSSING

In honour of her sister’s dying wish, retired history teacher Lia (Mzia Arabuli) has crossed the Black Sea from Batumi in Georgia to Istanbul in search of her trans niece Tekla who has disappeared. Chasing down a sketchy lead, she... Read More

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THE CONVERSATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY 4K RESTORATION

Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is the best known surveillance specialist in the business; paranoid, and antisocial, he lives a solitary, guarded life. When a mysterious client and his assistant ask him to spy on a young couple in a San... Read More

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THE SATURDAY SERIAL: BATMAN BEGINS

From Adam West’s 1960s television performance to Tim Burton’s gothic look, previous attempts at bringing Batman to the screen had left the character with a distinctly camp air. With this trilogy, Christopher Nolan reset this most mortal of superheroes, grounding... Read More

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WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES 4K

Béla Tarr’s mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigmatic, transcendent, philosophical, and mystical experience; coming six years after the epoch-defining work that was Sátántangó, the equally profound and plaintive Werckmeister Harmonies was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. Presented now... Read More

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