Coming Soon Films

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove. When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing…

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From Academy Award® winning director Steven Soderbergh, BLACK BAG is a high-stakes mystery starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan...

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Cult hit event Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote returns to Light House with interactive screenings of classic Murder, She Wrote episodes. Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote is a unique and hilarious night featuring games, prizes and audience participation, with special permission from NBC Universal Television. Next Up: Paint…

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The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child...

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Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt. While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raúl…

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Joshua Oppenheimer, known for his groundbreaking documentary The Act of Killing (TIFF ’12), makes his fiction debut with this sombre musical about a family in denial at the end of the world, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, and…

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Sailor and Lula are two lovers struggling to remain together even when fate seems intent on keeping them apart. In this case, fate is Lula's mother, Marietta Fortune; a desperate woman who hates Sailor and will do anything to keep…

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In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him...

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An old man makes a long journey by lawnmower to mend his relationship with an ill brother...

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A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin...

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Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within...

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Sung in Italian with subtitles The beautiful but icy Princess Turandot will only marry a man who can correctly answer three riddles. Those who fail are brutally beheaded. But when an unknown prince arrives, the balance of power in Turandot’s…

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Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of sanity by the horrors lurking within...

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A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin...

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A film director gathers his favorite actresses, those he worked with and those he loved. He wants to make a film about women but he doesn’t reveal much: he observes them, takes cue, until his imaginary throw them into another…

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Vito and Carla separated a long time ago. They have three children. They loved each other desperately before hate replaced love. Now Vito has a new life and Carla too has a partner. Everyone feel like a tragedy that was…

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The story of three characters involved in the battles for the unification of Italy in the 19th century...

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Everyday digital devices are no longer just tools; they have become gateways to a new multi-layered reality, an exponentially growing augmented universe that we experience largely without a physical connection. As human beings made of flesh, we now spend most…

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Romantiche by Pilar Fogliati is a portrait of four young women very different from one another that, with their weaknesses, fears and desires try to find a place in the world. The movie is Pilar's first work as a director,…

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Please note, before the screening there will be a 25min Q&A starting at 19.45. The film will begin at 20.10. The long journey of Parthenope’s life, from her birth in 1950 till today. A feminine epic, devoid of heroism but…

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A unique take on a seminal time in the lives of one of music’s most famous couples, One to One: John & Yoko explores the eighteen months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early…

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Mathieu Kassovitz’s sensational second feature as a director changed the cultural landscape of French cinema when it landed at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995, winning the Best Director prize. It went on to become one of the defining films…

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An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession...

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Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster...

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From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece The Witch, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s...

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From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan…

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Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake...

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British progressive rock band Pink Floyd perform at the ancient Roman Amphitheater in the ruins of Pompeii, Italy in 1971. Although the band perform a typical live set from the era, there is no audience beyond the basic film crew...

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New Jersey. 2003. They’re discussing 9/11 memorials on the radio, Valentine’s Day is coming to a close, and Ponyboi, an intersex sex worker, is lonely in love. His john won’t let him talk during sex. His laundromat job is absolutely…

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Pushing trans film images beyond simple representation, this programme combines visual splendour with an experimental edge to explore art, performance, transformation, and the dangerous but alluring ways they often bleed together… Features a post-screening Q&A with filmmakers. This screening features…

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Sharing a space with other people can be as comforting as it is frustrating. But in the thick of the Irish housing crisis, the vast majority of trans people find themselves crammed together with friends and family, for better… or…

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Toronto’s queer nightlife is all sweat, clubs and glitter — but Julian, Otis and Tony are stuck on the fringes. Exuberant and rambunctious queer kids, the trio spend their summer break making mayhem together and not talking about the underlying…

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Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast led by American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever…

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How close can two people get before disappearing into each other? When does pain turn into pleasure? Is it better to have loved and lost, or should we just give up on dating cishet men? A little bit of heartbreak…

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In the greatest midnight movie of the year, sisters Sydney and Ingrid have their world upended after a malevolent cosmic entity throws them to opposite sides of America — forcing them to run for their lives, discover the supernatural powers…

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With a focus on dramatic storytelling, palpable chemistry, and tangible production, this programme has everything from heart-wrenching dramas to pulse-pounding thrills. Whether by bringing you comfort, making you sweat, or frying your circuits, these short films can’t just be watched…

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Thatcherite Britain, 1989 and transexuals are fighting back. Cabaret star Adele Anderson is facing a transphobic backlash after being cruelly outed by the press. Meanwhile in Manchester, Stephanie Anne Lloyd is a successful trans business woman selling gender affirming products…

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Documentaries about trans subjects have a long and heated history, reaching a boiling point in the era of exploitative talk shows and reality TV. But with nostalgic electro beats and Y2K visuals, TOPS bursts into the trans documentary canon as…

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Having cut ties with her family and moved to bustling Seoul, Myung has risen to the top of the city’s dance scene through flawless waacking. Winning her next competition will validate her commitment to her art, her estrangement from her…

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In the twilight of his twinkhood, Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s party house while caring for his bedridden nephew Bahlul, a 19-year-old model from Morocco. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the…

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Action sci-fi satire Starship Troopers is a hell of a good time on the big screen. Dutch filmmaker, Paul Verhoeven, is never one to shy away from controversial territory so his decision to turn Robert A Heinlen's notoriously pro-military book,…

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Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera. Conductor Joana Mallwitz, in her Met debut, takes the podium to conduct a stellar ensemble cast led by American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel as the clever…

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The Irish premiere of Rouzbeh Rashidi’s latest experimental feature film, Dreaming Is Not Sleeping (2025), will take place at Light House Cinema in Dublin on Saturday, May 3rd, at 7 PM. The project was made possible through the support of…

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We're excited to welcome Hundreds of Beavers star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews to Light House for a Q&A following a screening of this cult chaotic caper. He'll be joined by some friends for a celebration of one of the most…

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Sung in German with subtitles On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his…

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Met Music Director Yannick NézetSéguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. Starring soprano Elza van…

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Met Music Director Yannick NézetSéguin takes the podium to conduct Strauss’s one-act tragedy. Leading the company’s first new production of the work in 20 years, Claus Guth gives the biblical story a psychologically perceptive Victorian-era setting. Starring soprano Elza van…

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The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of…

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FOOL’S PARADISE Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created in 2007 for Wheeldon’s own company, Morphoses, and first performed in 2012 by The Royal Ballet. THE TWO OF…

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Denis Villeneuve directs Eric Heisserer's adaption of Ted Chiang's 1998 short story The Story Of Your Life into a thoughtful, meditative sci-fi drama about Earth's first communication with visitors from another world. At once a visual feast and a thought-provoking…

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In the final broadcast of the 24-25 season, Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett…

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In the final broadcast of the 24-25 season, Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Giacomo Sagripanti conducts Bartlett…

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