Monday Night Cinema Autumn/Winter 2019

Our Autumn/Winter 2019 season of Monday Night Cinema is a cracker, with big stars like Julianne Moore and Bill Nighy, a new comedy directed by Dublin's John Butler and films from France, Germany, Spain, Hungary and Colombia! There's even a Christmas treat in the mix.

See all 16 (yes, 16!) for just €140 with a Season Ticket.

Here's a look at what's coming...

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Mon 9 Sep: Gloria Bell

★★★★ The Irish Times ★★★★ The Guardian

Julianne Moore stars in Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio’s faithful, elevated remake of his 2013 critical hit Gloria about finding love as an older woman.

Mon 16 Sep: Birds of Passage

★★★★★ The Irish Times ★★★★ The Guardian

Visually stunning and based on actual events, this breathtaking drama recounts how one indigenous family became involved in the Colombian drug trade.

Mon 23 Sep: In Safe Hands

A warm, human drama about the adoption system in France and the people it touches.

Mon 30 Sep: We the Animals

★★★★★ The Washington Post ★★★★ The Guardian

Based on Justin Torres’s semi-autobiographical novel, this coming-of-age drama follows the youngest of three brothers as he awakens to a world beyond that of his volatile family.

Mon 7 Oct: Transit

★★★★★ The AV Club ★★★★ Slant

Winner of Best Film at Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2019, this gripping thriller is a bold contemporary re-imagining of Anna Seghers’ WWII novel about a man escaping fascism under a false identity.

Mon 14 Oct: A Season in France

★★★★ The Guardian

After fleeting their war-torn homeland, a Central African family struggles to make ends meet in Paris as they seek political asylum. A tender yet stark portrait of how bureaucracy and humanity can collide.

Mon 21 Oct: Photograph

★★★★ The AV Club ★★★★ RogerEbert.com

Indian director Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) returns to Mumbai for this bittersweet romance between a struggling street photographer and a sheltered university student.

Mon 28 Oct: Balloon

★★★★ Radio Times ★★★★ The Sun

Based on true events, Michael Herbig’s thrilling Cold War drama recreates the incredible story of how two East German families planned to flee to the West in a homemade hot-air balloon.

Mon 4 Nov: Papi Chulo

★★★★★ RTÉ ★★★★ The Irish Times

Dublin writer/director John Butler (Handsome Devil) delivers this uplifting comedy about a heartbroken weatherman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a middle-aged Latino migrant.

Mon 11 Nov: Never Look Away

★★★★★ Irish Independent ★★★★ The Guardian

An Oscar nominated drama loosely based on the formative years of the world-renowned painter Gerhard Richter - from Nazism through to the Cold War - from German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others).

Mon 18 Nov: Sometimes Always Never

★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Times

Bill Nighy is a Scrabble genius in this offbeat comedy-drama. Called to identify his long missing son, he and his other son head off on a road trip to the morgue - stirring up old grievances and some deadly wordplay.

Mon 25 Nov: Pain & Glory

★★★★★ London Evening Standard ★★★★ The Irish Times

Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz reunite with award-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (Julieta) in his most personal film to date, a semi-autobiographical tale of artistic crisis.

Mon 2 Dec: The Souvenir

★★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★★ Time Out

Writer/director Joanna Hogg re-imagines some of her own real-life experiences coming of age in 1980s London, exploring art, memory and love. Featuring a trio of incredible performances by Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke and Tilda Swinton.