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WHAT'S ON - 10/08/2024

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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BOOK NOW Times: 11:10
AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS: RIVER OF GRASS

In the thirty years since this debut feature, Kelly Reichardt has created a body of work she herself describes as “just glimpses of people passing through”. Her films tend to focus on those living in society’s margins, and though they... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 16.10
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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BOOK NOW Times: 14:00
RADICAL

In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a sixth-grade teacher tries unorthodox methods to break through his student’s apathy and motivate them to think for themselves. The setting is 2011; Sergio Juarez Correa (Eugenio Derbez) is... Read More

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BOOK NOW Times: 15:00, 20:10
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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BOOK NOW Times: 17:40
THE SATURDAY SERIAL: THE DARK KNIGHT

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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BOOK NOW Times: 11.00