What we’re about
Are you sick of your Sunday mornings passing by in a haze of laziness? Do you wish them to be ever so slightly less lazy? OR are you a super active Sunday morning person who secretly craves to be a whole lot lazier? Do you find yourself compulsively addicted to the cinema, most especially at preposterous and improbable hours of the day? Do you feel dormant and rebellious reservoirs of your soul light up with glee at the thought of sneaking contraband food into the cinema? If you find yourself nodding along enthusiastically (or even nonchalantly) then The Cinema Breakfast Club might be for you.
Those of us who regularly indulge in this irregular habit would compare it to arising early of a morning and sitting on a mountaintop to watch the sunrise…although instead of the sun you have a darkened screen and instead of being immersed in nature you are ensconced in a manmade McCinema monstrosity…besides that though it’s pretty much exactly the same…ahem…anyway we decided to share the best keep secret in cinema-going with all of you: cheap ticket prices, no big queues, no (or at the very least, few) screaming children or chatty teens, your choice of seats and an all round relaxing movie experience. So join us for sex, adventure, laughs, tears, spaceships, monsters and mayhem*!
(*please note: these can only be guaranteed to occur on screen)
Our meetups will take place fortnightly on a Sunday morning in Cineworld, Parnell Street. If you have a Cineworld Unlimited card you’re plain sailing but if you don’t you are still in luck, as ticket prices before 12PM are at the bargain price of €8.60 (or €7.81 if you book online). Movie times will be between 10 and 11:30 depending on scheduling. Those who care to, can meet in the bar area before the film so they can sit together inside but we will meet for a proper sit down and discussion after the movie. The dates will be posted weeks in advance and the movie title confirmed on the wednesday before the meetup. We are at the mercy of the Cineworld Scheduling Gods so movie titles and times will change from time to time, do keep an eye on updates.
For the especially bedbound of our cohort, we will on occasion venture into brunch territory on a Saturday afternoon (which will of course necessitate a temporary name change from "Brekkies" to "Brunchies"). Such meetups will be announced from time to time or on demand and may involve boldly going to cinemas we haven't gone to before e.g. The Lighthouse in Smithfield
So grab yourself tea and a muffin, indulge in a popcorn breakfast or bring whatever other breakfasty delight you care to smuggle in (there’s no judgment here) and be a part of Dublin's one and only (eh...we think) Cinema Breakfast Club.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- THE BRUTALIST (70mm) at the IFI @7pmIFI- Irish Fim Centre, Dublin 2
Hi everyone,
I don’t want to miss the opportunity to see this movie in the cinema - it premiered and won Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival and is enjoying widespread critical acclaim. It’s opening in both IMAX and 70mm and, while a very long 3hr 35mins (with a further intermission of 15mins), I think 70mm is the only way to see it. And we’re lucky that the only location in the country with a functioning 70mm projector is our own beloved IFI.
We’ll go to the 7pm showing - hopefully this will allow you to catch public transport afterwards. I will be in the foyer from 6:15pm and will post a Comment when I arrive. We’ll catch up and chat before and after, if there’s time. I won’t organise any food for this Meetup due to the movie length.
My seat is L-9, but sit where you wish.
The Brutalist | Official Trailer
“In 1947, architect László Tóth (Adrien Brody) flees persecution in Budapest for the US; initially forced to toil in poverty, circumstances thrust him into the orbit of Harrison van Buren (Guy Pearse), a millionaire businessman who comes to recognise the spark of revolutionary genius in the Hungarian’s innovative contemporary designs, and engages him to build a spectacular structure in honour of van Buren’s recently deceased mother, a sprawling project that will consume both men as their tumultuous relationship grows ever more co-dependent. With ambition to match that of his protagonist, Brady Corbet has fully realised the potential he displayed with his first two films, The Childhood of a Leader, and Vox Lux; shot and presented on 70mm, The Brutalist, though modernist in its sensibilities, is redolent of epic event pictures of old. This is enthralling, maximalist, exhilarating cinema.
There will be a 15 minute intermission during all screenings of The Brutalist.”
