We finish out our 2025 film programme with the poignant French comedy drama The Marching Band (12A). It screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Dec 9th, at 7.30pm. Full details in our latest newsletter; bit.ly/Mar_band
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"A brilliant political allegory in the form of a psychological thriller, Michael Haneke's Hidden achieves the remarkable, building power on both fronts as it proceeds."
Sheri Linden, Boxoffice Magazine
Hidden (16) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7.30pm.
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"It's an indecently gripping movie, undeniably about colonial guilt and the legacy of the Algerian War. But, equally, by the film’s closing credits multiple questions remain."
Kevin Maher @thetimes.com
Hidden (16) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7.30pm.
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Twenty years after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, Hidden (Caché) has cemented its status as a modern classic. Read all about it in our latest newsletter; bit.ly/Hidd_en
Hidden (16) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7.30pm.
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"★★★★ Deaf takes an intimate, incisive look at the all-too common challenges of new parenthood, while presenting circumstances that are fascinatingly specific. Affecting and enlightening, it’s a powerful piece of cinema."
@emmasimmonds.bsky.social
@thelistuk.bsky.social
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Our autumn film programme resumes in Garter Lane Arts Centre
on Tuesday, Nov 18th, with Deaf (12A) In the meantime, you can catch Abode (15A) in Movies@Dungarvan and the upcoming Waterford International Film Festival. Get full details in our latest newsletter; bit.ly/D_eaf
#wffa2025 #Deaf #Sorda
"A stunning, emotionally satisfying adventure tale, built on rock-solid source material."
Peter Debruge @variety.com
The Count of Monte Cristo (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Oct 28th at 7.30pm. Advance booking available in-person, online & 051-855038.
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"★★★★ The Encampments proves essential as an exposé on wild distortion of messaging and the betrayal of institutions’ promoted values."
JOSH SLATER-WILLIAMS, LITTLE WHITE LIES
@lwlies.com
The Encampments (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Oct 14th at 7.30pm.
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"An eye-opening, timely and provocative human rights documentary. A powerful protest for truth, justice and democracy, and a protest against war, hatred and fascism."
AVI OFFER, NYC MOVIE GURU
The Encampments (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Oct 14th at 7.30pm.
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Beat the Lotto is a terrific yarn, with plenty of humour and drama as a group of ambitious schemers look back at their effort to best a national institution.
Beat the Lotto (G) will be introduced by Director Ross Whitaker in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Sept 30th at 7.30pm.
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"★★★★★ Vermiglio is exquisite. There’s a rough, earthy tenderness to the picture and a kinship with other recent examples of Italian folk cinema."
@wendyide.bsky.social
@theobserveruk.bsky.social
Vermiglio (PG) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Sept 23rd at 7.30pm.
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'He's getting the band back together, whether they like it or not.' The Ballad of Wallis Island (PG) is a winning crowd-pleaser with a perfect mix of humour and poignant character work.
Get full details of our autumn film programme by clicking on this link; bit.ly/autumn_25
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The Ballad of Wallis Island (PG) opens our autumn film programme in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, Sept 16th, at 7.30pm. Advance booking available online, in-person and 051 855 038.
#tbowi #WallisIsland #TimKeay #TomBasden #CareyMulligan #HerbMcGwyer
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'Torres deserves her Oscar nod. She gives a wonderful performance as Eunice, whose stoicism even after she and one of her daughters are also carted off, whose pride in her identity and determination to protect her kids, drive the rest of the film.'
@vinerbrian.bsky.social @dailymail.co.uk
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'There’s an ethereal quality to Jolie’s performance that matches Callas’ legendary persona, and despite the deep sense of melancholy that pervades the film like a ghostly veil, this is still a love story – and one where the heroine lives forever.'
@hannahstrong.co.uk @lwlies.com
#Maria #wffa2025
'★ ★ ★ ★ La Divina, Jolie-style, is as much a performance as a person – a diva who never encountered a rococo staircase she couldn’t imperiously sweep down.'
@wendyide.bsky.social @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Maria (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, June 3rd, at 7.30pm.
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'★ ★ ★ ★ La Diva Eterna lives in Jolie, with a performance as towering as it is understated: sad and soulful and heartbreaking. She has never been better. Brava!'
@thenuge.bsky.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social
Maria (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on June 3rd, at 7.30pm.
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“A gruelling but ultimately rewarding experience, this is Leigh at his most confrontational, devastating and humane”
@lauravenning.bsky.social @empiremagazine.bsky.social
Hard Truths (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre this evening at 7.30pm.
#MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffa2025
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A knotty, rough-hewn marvel.”
@donaldclarke.bsky.social
@irishtimes.com
Hard Truths (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tues, May 27th, at 7.30pm. Further details in this week's newsletter; bit.ly/H_Truths
#HardTruths #MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste #wffasummer25 #wffa2025
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★ … a stunning film full of heart and compassion.”
@carynjames.bsky.social BBC.com
Featuring a titanic performance from Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, May 27th, at 7.30pm.
#HardTruths #MikeLeigh #MarianneJeanBaptiste
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'the sound is consistently fantastic and the energy is electric.'
@peterhowellfilm.bsky.social @thestar.com
Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) promises to test the full sonic capabilities of the sound system in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Friday, May 16th.
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'★★★★ For those who never saw Led Zeppelin live, the early concert footage alone is worth coming to see.'
James Mottram, NME
Becoming Led Zeppelin (PG) explores the origins of this iconic group. See it on the big screen in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Friday, May 16th, at 7.30pm.
#wffa2025 #waterford
We have two contrasting films coming up next week; Flow occupies our regular Tuesday slot, followed by Becoming Led Zeppelin on Friday 16th. Read more in this week's newsletter; bit.ly/Fl_ow
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'A wildly entertaining, modern-day screwball comedy set in 2018 that barrels through New York and Las Vegas.'
@wendyide.bsky.social
@screendaily.com.web.brid.gy
Catch Sean Baker's Oscar winning Anora (16) in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, April 29th, at 7.30pm.
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'No part of the audience believes in the reality of their love, and yet it is nonetheless wonderful to see them fool themselves so ecstatically.'
Megan Nolan @newstatesman.com
Catch Sean Baker's Oscar winning Anora (16) in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, April 29th, at 7.30pm.
#anora #wffa2025
We're delighted to announce details of our summer season, running from the end of April until early June in Garter Lane Arts Centre.
Our programme opens on Tuesday, April 29th, with Sean Baker's Anora (16).
Get full details in our latest newsletter; bit.ly/sum_25
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'(Director, Sinéad) O’Shea and editor Gretta Ohle weave the writer’s life into an enthralling portrait that gives O’Brien the recognition she deserves.'
@david-rooney.bsky.social @thr.com
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre TONIGHT at 7.30pm.
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'A fitting tribute to a trailblazer'
John Maguire @businesspost.bsky.social
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7.30pm. Advance booking available online, in-person and 051 855 038.
@breakoutpictures.bsky.social
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'a fitting tribute'
Catherine Bray @variety.com
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tues, April 1st, at 7.30pm. Advance booking available online, in-person and 051 855 038.
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'An arresting portrait of what makes an author'
Fionnuala Halligan @screendaily.bsky.social
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story (12A) screens in Garter Lane Arts Centre on Tuesday, April 1st at 7.30pm. Advance booking; online, in-person and 051 855 038.
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