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Our monthly programme strand in which a key film is presented with an introduction from a guest in the context of a notional film canon.
PREVIOUS BIGGER PICTURE SELECTIONS:
April 2015 – Stalker (1979), dir: Andrei Tarkovsky, chosen by Donald Clarke
May 2015 – Persona (1966), dir: Ingmar Bergman, chosen by Lenny Abrahamson
June 2015 – Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), dir: Béla Tarr, chosen by Mark O’Halloran
July 2015 – The Tin Drum (1979), dir: Volker Schlöndorff, chosen by Neasa Hardiman
August 2015 – The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), dir: Carl Dreyer, chosen by Tony Tracy
September 2015 – The Cranes are Flying (1957), dir: Mikhail Kalatozov, chosen by Douglas Smith
October 2015 – Throne of Blood (1957), dir: Akira Kurosawa, chosen by Derek O’Connor
November 2015 – The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), dir: Luis Buñuel, chosen by David O’Mahony
January 2016 – Alien (1979), dir: Ridley Scott, chosen by Harvey O’Brien
February 2016 – The Spirit of the Beehive (1973), dir: Victor Erice, chosen by Michael Doherty
March 2016 – Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), dir: Robert Hamer, chosen by Kevin Coyne
April 2016 – Metropolis (1926), dir: Fritz Lang, chosen by Lynn Scarff
May 2016 – Roger and Me (1989), dir: Michael Moore, chosen by Donald Taylor Black
June 2016 – Desert Hearts (1985), dir: Donna Deitch, chosen by Una Mullally
July 2016 – Tokyo Story (1953), dir: Yasujirô Ozu, chosen by Paul Lynch
August 2016 – Blazing Saddles (1974), dir: Mel Brooks, chosen by Tara Flynn
September 2016 – Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), dir: James Foley, chosen by Annmarie Gray
October 2016 – Network (1976), dir: Sidney Lumet, chosen by Bryan Dobson
November 2016 – Sullivan’s Travels (1941), dir: Preston Sturges, chosen by Anna Taylor
January 2017 – Shadows (1959), dir: John Cassavetes, chosen by Zélie Asava
February 2017 – Magnificent Obsession (1954), dir: Douglas Sirk, chosen by Steven Benedict
March 2017 – Singin’ in the Rain (1952), dir: Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, chosen by Róise Goan
April 2017 – The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, chosen by Paul Duane
May 2017 – The Go-Between (1971), dir Joseph Losey, chosen by Sarah Glennie
June 2017 – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), dir Ronald Neame, chosen by Rory O’Neill
July 2017 – Children of Men (2006), dir Alfonso Cuarón, chosen by Ian Brunswick
August 2017 – Inside Out (2015), dir Pete Doctor, chosen by Trish Long
September 2017 – Titicut Follies (1967), dir Frederick Wiseman, chosen by Emer Reynolds
October 2017 – Saturday Night Fever (1976), dir John Badham, chosen by Ed King
November 2017 – La Regle du Jeu (1939), dir Jean Renoir, chosen by Paul Whitington
January 2018 – Ordinary People (1980), dir Robert Redford, chosen by Una Begley
February 2018 – The Sweet Hereafter (1997), dir Atom Egoyan, chosen by Stephen Boylan
March 2018 – Morvern Callar (2002), dir Lynne Ramsay, chosen by Willie White
April 2018 – A Taste of Honey (1961), dir Tony Richardson, chosen by Will St Leger
May 2018 – What’s Up, Doc? (1972), dir Peter Bogdanovich, chosen by Gráinne Humphreys
June 2018 – Jaws (1975), dir Steven Spielberg, chosen by Sinéad Gleeson
July 2018 – Victor/Victoria (1982), dir Blake Edwards, chosen by Bill Hughes
August 2018 – The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), dir Leos Carax, chosen by Paul Markey
September 2018 – Gates of Heaven (1978), dir Errol Morris, chosen by Ken Wardop
October 2018 – The Ascent (1977), dir Larisa Shepitko, chosen by Tara Brady
November 2018 – Mississippi Burning (1988), dir Alan Parker, chosen by Rónán Ó Muirthile
January 2019 – The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir John Ford, chosen by Dave Fanning
February 2019 – Red Dust (1932), dir Victor Fleming, chosen by Dr Megan McGurk
March 2019 – Come and See (1985), dir Elem Klimov, chosen by Frank Berry
April 2019 – Heartburn (1986), dir Mike Nichols, chosen by Emilie Pine
May 2019 – The Great Dictator (1940), dir Charlie Chaplin, chosen by Oliver Callan
June 2019 – Paris, Texas (1984), dir Wim Wenders, chosen by Hugh O’Conor
July 2019 – Iris (2001), dir Richard Eyre, chosen by Finghin Collins
August 2019 – No event
September 2019 – Fargo (1995), dir Joel and Ethan Coen, chosen by Esther McCarthy
October 2019 – Hero (2004), dir Zhang Yimou, chosen by Paul Markey
November 2019 – Blow Out (1981), dir. Brian de Palma, chosen by Brian Lloyd
January 2020 – Rebecca (1940), dir. Alfred Hitchcock, chosen by Mary Kate O’Flanagan
February 2020 – Brazil (1985), dir. Terry Gilliam, chosen by Rick O’Shea
May 2022 – A Short Film About Love (1988), dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, chosen by Colm Bairéad
June 2022 – Milk (2008), dir. Gus Van Sant, chosen by Leo Varadkar
July 2022 – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), dir. Sam Peckinpah, chosen by Pat Carty
August 2022 – The Queen of Katwe (2017), dir. Mira Nair, chosen by Taryn de Vere
September 2022 – Lone Star (1996), dir. John Sayles, chosen by Luke McManus
October 2022 – Return to Oz (1985), dir. Walter Murch, chosen by Aislinn Clarke
November 2022 – No event
December 2022 – No event
January 2023 – Beau Travail (1999), dir. Claire Denis, chosen by Marie-Pierre Richard
February 2023 – Heat (1995), dir. Michael Mann, chosen by Kevin McGahern
March 2023 – The Nowhere Inn (2020), dir. Bill Benz, chosen by Sarah Corcoran
April 2023 – The King of Comedy (1982), dir. Martin Scorsese, chosen by Anthony Remedy
May 2023 – Generation Wealth (2018), dir. Lauren Greenfield, chosen by Andrea Horan
June 2023 – The Birdcage (1996), dir. Mike Nichols, chosen by James Hudson
July 2023 – Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967), dir. Jacques Demy, chosen by Anna Carey
August 2023 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Directors Cut) (1977), dir. Steven Spielberg, chosen by Chris Wasser
September 2023 – Napoleon Dynamite (2004) + Wasp (short film; 2003), dir. Jared Hess/Andrea Arnold, chosen by Maria Doyle Kennedy
October 2023 – Girlfriends (1978), dir. Claudine Weill, chosen by Dr. Martha Shearer (UCD)
November 2023 – Mind Game (2004), dir. Masaaki Yuasa and Kōji Morimoto, chosen by Eimhin McNamara
December 2023 – No event
January 2024 – No event
February 2024 – Hairspray (1988), dir. John Waters, chosen by Louise McSharry
March 2024 – American Honey (2016), dir. Andrea Arnold, chosen by Aisha Bolaji
April 2024 – True Grit (2010), dir. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, chosen by Mary Kate and Rachel O’Flanagan
May 2024 – The Arbor (2010), dir. Clio Barnard, chosen by Tom Creed
June 2024 – Cowboys and Angels (2003), dir. David Gleeson, chosen by Colm Molloy
July 2024 – My Own Private Idaho (1991), dir. Gus Van Sant, chosen by Brendan Courtney
August 2024 – Out of Sight (1998), dir. Steven Soderbergh, chosen by Luke Dunne
September 2024 – Tampopo (1985), dir. Juzo Itami, chosen by the IFI Box Office Team
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