Category:

Arts and Culture

Event Details:

Rainbow Cinemas, Northumberland Mall
Sunday 11 May 2025, 3:30 pm
Synopsis

Wondrously adapted from the Claire Keegan's novel, Small Things Like These is a strong film, emotional, radical, deep. It explores the infamous Magdalene Laundries, the Irish Catholic institution where pregnant or "promiscuous" women could effectively be incarcerated for life.

The story is told through the kinder eyes of Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy), a dutiful father and coal wholesaler who, while delivering coal over Christmas 1985 discovers the shocking truth about the local convent. Bill's discovery forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the local Catholic church.

Directed By: Tim Mielants
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson, Clare Dunne, & Helen Behan.
Genre: Drama
Country/Language: Ireland/English
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 37m

Review by Graham

Set in 1985 and right before Christmas, Small Things Like These follows Bill Furlong. He is the local coalman and is a respected family man. During this time of year, he seems to be having trouble finding rest though. He awakes at night and stares out onto the street, remembering his youth with his mother. Then one day he comes across a girl in the coalhouse of the local convent and it sparks something in him.

Availability and Prices - Winter 2025

Singles: $10 -  Outlets (below) carry series tickets and tickets for "next" film.  Singles for all films are available at NFS Table at Mall at foot of the escalator.

Packages: $45 - ticket outlet sales available until 4 January or at NFS table at Mall on 5 January.

Note: All Tickets are sold as General Admission - more choices for seating are available for early arrivals.

Sales are cash only.

For information on tickets (or anything else), please contact us here

Sales Locations

Table at the Mall
As usual, tickets for all movies will be available starting an hour before the movie starts - that's at 2:30 pm on Movie Sundays.
Cash and cheque only please. 

Ticket Outlets (Cash only)

Cobourg

Rainbow Cinemas Box Office - at any time box office is open - Packages only

 Readers' Nook 29 King Street West, Cobourg
Open 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesday through Saturday

Port Hope
Bibelot
56 Walton Street, Port Hope 905-885-9682
Open seven days a week
Monday through Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday - 11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Another Cinema Option for Northumberland via The Toronto International Film Festival's Film Circuit.

We are a group of film lovers dedicated to offering access to a diverse range of films not otherwise available at local cinemas.

We choose our films from the current TIFF FILM CIRCUIT Release Schedule which is comprised of a selected list of films with Canadian distributors and a limited theatrical release pattern.

As part of the Northumberland arts community, NFS aims to present films of high quality which serve to entertain, inform and offer perspectives from the world of contemporary Canadian and International cinema, with a focus on stories and story-telling.

We are a not-for-profit group. We will periodically make contributions to Northumberland County organizations when a cash surplus permits.

Films are screened at Rainbow Cinemas at Northumberland Mall in Cobourg on Sunday afternoons.

Event Location:

Rainbow Cinemas, Northumberland Mall

Name of Event Organizer:

Jody and Ken Forsyth