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Thursday 19 November in Belfast
Belfast times. Last refreshed Sat 11:03.
Showing Film only.
Thursday 19 November 8 listings
Afternoon 3
14:30
Outburst: Dry Ground Burning
Dry Ground Burning by directors Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós ( Once There Was Brasilia ) is a brilliantly provocative portrait of Brazil’s dystopian moment under Bolsonaro. Blending documentary with narrative fiction and gangster genre elements, it offers a unique vision of the country’s possible future and of cinema itself as a radical means of resistance. Just released from prison, Léa (Léa Alves Silva) returns home to the Brasilia favela of Sol Nascente and joins up with her half-sister Chitara (Joana Darc Furtado), the fearless leader of an all-female gang that steals and refines oil from underground pipes and sells gasoline to a clandestine network of motorcyclists. Living in constant opposition to Jair Bolsonaro’s fiercely authoritarian and militarised government, Chitara’s women claim the streets for themselves as a declaration of radical political resistance.
15:00
Wild Horse Nine
Martin McDonagh returns with another tragi-comic two-hander with a razor-sharp script and outstanding performances from a stellar cast. After the success of The Banshees of Inisherin , McDonagh has turned his attention to Chile in the 1970s, where two CIA men discuss morality and mortality during a dispatch to the vanishingly remote and metaphorically rich Easter Island. With John Malkovich as the ailing Chris, mentor to Sam Rockwell’s Lee, and idiosyncratic support from Steve Buscemi, Parker Posey and Tom Waits, the film is an accidental allegory for present-day politics with trademark bittersweet notes, sweeping landscapes and strategically-placed horses.
Tonight 5
17:45
Fjord
This searching, Palme d’Or-winning moral dilemma pits preaching conservative Christian parents against a holier-than-thou liberal system. An evangelical family move to a small Norwegian town. Their seemingly placid adjustment is shattered when suspicions around their children’s wellbeing place the parents under severe scrutiny. Cristian Mungiu ( 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days ) masterfully crafts an ambivalent social drama that raises fundamental questions and avoids easy answers, asking us to ponder how unbiased our own sense of empathy is.
18:00
GIANT - The Play
GIANT , the 5-star critically acclaimed play starring John Lithgow ( The Crown ) as Roald Dahl, comes to the big screen. Winner of 3 Olivier Awards including Best Play and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (John Lithgow), the production was filmed live in London’s West End ahead of its sold-out Broadway run. The stellar cast includes Aya Cash ( The Boys ), Elliot Levey ( Cold War ) and Rachael Stirling ( The Divine Mrs S ). A world-famous children’s author under threat. A battle of wills in the wake of scandal. And one chance to make amends... It’s the summer of 1983, The Witches is about to hit the shelves and Roald Dahl is making last-minute edits. But the outcry at his recent, explicitly antisemitic article won’t die down. Across a single afternoon at his family home, and rocked by an unexpectedly explosive confrontation, Dahl is forced to choose: make a public apology or risk his name and reputation. Inspired by real events, GIANT explores with dark humour the difference between considered opinion and dangerous rhetoric offering a complicated portrait of a fiendishly charismatic icon. GIANT - The Play contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
19:00
Zesty Mill Podcast Live Recording Launch
Join the live recording launch event of The Zesty Mill business podcast, with guest Martin Gilchrist. Free, Ormeau Labs, 19 Nov.
20:45
Primetime
Robert Pattinson continues his run of astonishing 2026 performances as he portrays the To Catch a Predator presenter Chris Hansen in this vivid and propulsive drama. It’s 2006 and despite its unconventional methods, To Catch a Predator is a US TV hit. When executives decide to move the show to a primetime slot, Hansen and his production team must up the ante to keep their audience, no matter the cost. Merritt Wever and Skyler Gisondo also impress in this absorbing narrative feature debut from documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim ( You Can See Everything ).
21:00