{"id":1022,"date":"2026-03-09T04:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:37:46","slug":"holy-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"Once Upon a Time in a Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wednesday September 7 at 4:00 and 7:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/OnceUponATimeInACinemaFilmPoster.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1069\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/OnceUponATimeInACinemaFilmPoster.jpeg 259w, https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/wp-content\/OnceUponATimeInACinemaFilmPoster-202x300.jpeg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in 1980s Ireland, the story follows Earl Clancy (Colin Morgan), the manager of a small-town cinema, as he navigates a chaotic Friday night filled with burst pipes, unruly customers, rodents, and aging equipment, all while contemplating the sale of his cinema to a shady politician<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Director\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1216554\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dancingontheelephant.com\/#castcrew\">David Gleeson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Writer\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dancingontheelephant.com\/#castcrew\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.dancingontheelephant.com\/#castcrew\">David Gleeson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stars\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2959880\/?ref_=fn_t_1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0565319\/\">Colin Morgan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm8208516\/?ref_=fn_t_1\">Calam Lynch,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0193657\/?ref_=fn_t_1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0193657\/?ref_=fn_t_1\">Niam Cusack<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ONCE UPON A TIME IN A CINEMA TRAILER | IN CINEMAS MAY 1\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V4g74xLfR0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsity.ca\/2025\/09\/14\/tiff-review-sktekmujuekatik-at-the-place-of-ghosts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thevarsity.ca\/2025\/09\/14\/tiff-review-sktekmujuekatik-at-the-place-of-ghosts\/\">REVIEW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear <em>Once Upon a Time in a Cinema<\/em> was made with a lot of passion and love. The location is a genuine cinema, The Royal Theatre, wonderfully adorned with film posters of the era such as Christine and<em> Ghostbusters<\/em>, it has an air of authenticity that a soundstage would struggle to match&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 <strong>RT\u00c9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA heart-warming nostalgic recreation of a time gone by, Once Upon A Time In A Cinema is a story to be dived into. Embrace the popcorn &#8211; and the moment &#8211; and sit back and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 Film Ireland Magazine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday September 7 at 4:00 and 7:00 Set in 1980s Ireland, the story follows Earl Clancy (Colin Morgan), the manager of a small-town cinema, as he navigates a chaotic Friday night filled with burst pipes, unruly customers, rodents, and aging equipment, all while contemplating the sale of his cinema to a shady politician REVIEW \u201cIt\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lunenburgfilms.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}