Thursday, 23rd – 7.00 pm
Blood Coloured Moon
(Col. – 12 mins – 2009)
In rural Ireland, on a Good Friday night in 1967, a stranger arrives at an isolated pub and tries to persuade the woman of the house to run away with him by reciting a poem while her husband loads a shotgun to shoot him.
Directed by Marc-Ivan O’Gorman
The Dead
(Col. – 83 mins – 1987)
Gabriel Conroy and wife Greta attend a Christmas dinner with friends at Conroy’s spinster aunts’ house—an evening which results in an epiphany for both of them.
Directed by John Huston
Based on a short story by James Joyce
Friday, 24th – 7.00 pm
Circle of Friends
(Col. – 103 mins – 1995)
Set in 1950’s Ireland, the story focuses on Benny Hogan and her best friend, Eve Malone, as they enter student life at University College, Dublin. Here Benny and Eve reunite with their childhood friend, the ice-cool ‘college belle’, Nan Mahon, They also encounter the handsome and charming Jack Foley, for whom Benny quickly falls.
Directed by Pat O’Connor
Based on the novel by Maeve Binchy
Sunday, 26th - 7.00 pm
The Butcher Boy
(Col. – 110 mins – 1997)
Based on the Booker-shortlisted novel of the same name, The Butcher Boy is a tragicomic drama about Francis Brady, a 12-year-old boy who becomes a problem child due to his dysfunctional family, and displays uncontrollable brutality when he grows up. Presented in a first-person narrative and stream of consciousness style, this unique film won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berin Film Festival in 1998, and Variety called it Oscar-winner Neil Jordan's "most accomplished and brilliant film to date".
Directed by Neil Jordan
Based on the novel by Pat McCabe
A limited number of passes will be available for Members from the Box Office from February 9.
