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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.
2025 MYSTERY MATINEE SCREENINGS
19/01/2025 – Presence (2024), dir. Steven Soderbergh 23/02/2025 – ????????
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 – 12 Angry Men (1957), dir. Sidney Lumet
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
Join us for this month’s screening at 13.00 on Sunday, May 25th. 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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FOUR MOTHERS 13:50
FRÉWAKA 14:00, 18:30
HOLY COW 15:50
I’M STILL HERE 15:40
JULIE KEEPS QUIET 16:20, 20:45
THE PENGUIN LESSONS 20:45
THE RETURN 20:40
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