Naughty Or Nice 2025
Naughty or Nice returns to Light House this December with plenty of festive favourites to help everyone find Christmas cheer.
It simply isn’t Christmas-time at Light House without cheering on John McClane in DIE HARD, counting the polo necks in LOVE ACTUALLY, and singing along with Kermit & Co in THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. And in a year where the world said goodbye to Diane Keaton, there won’t be a dry eye in the house during The Family Stone.
As always, timeless titles include Frank Capra’s It’s A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (double billed with Nora Ephron’s remake YOU’VE GOT MAIL) and Ingmar Bergman’s family chronicle FANNY and ALEXANDER. Modern classics all firmly added to the Light House collection include Sean Baker’s TANGERINE, Todd Hayne’s CAROL and Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers.
Audiences can enjoy special one-off events such seasonal editions of Ali Plumb’s Untitled Christmas Film Quiz Project and Solve-Along-A Murder She Wrote, as well as a live-streamed presentation of the Royal Ballet’s production of THE NUTCRACKER. Adding a vampy element to Naughty or Nice, the now annual TWilight marathon returns, on December 20th.
No plans for New Year’s Eve? No problem, LA comes to Smithfield with a double bill of Billy Wilder’s iconic SUNSET BOULEVARD and Kathryn Bigelow’s timely STRANGE DAYS.
On planning the season, Light House Cinema Programmer David Kelly commented:
“Certain Christmas films are set in stone each year, but this year the programme is rounded out with the first-time screenings for Light House of the hugely influential 70’s slasher BLACK CHRISTMAS, Local Hero director Bill Forsythe’s charming COMFORT AND JOY and Kathyrn Bigelow’s dystopian NYE odyssey STRANGE DAYS.
It’s a joy to programme the Christmas Season and even more so this year with the addition of so many new titles and events to accompany all your festive favourites, and revisit personal favourites, TANGERINE, TOKYO GODFATHERS, DIE HARD and of course, THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL.”
This year Light House will proudly be supporting Focus Ireland’s No Child Without A Home Campaign by playing the short film ahead of all of this year’s Christmas films. The film is directed by Zoe Gibney and produced by Jo Halpin at Charmer Pictures.
More information on the campaign can be found at No Child Without A Home - Focus Ireland.