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film · Sunday 5 July 2026 · 3:45pm 
Marilyn Monroe 100: The Misfits at QFT Belfast
At Queen's Film Theatre · 20 University Square, Belfast, Co. Antrim
At Queen's Film Theatre · 20 University Square, Belfast, Co. Antrim
The Misfits is a rare thing - a film that feels like a farewell even on first viewing. John Huston directed it, Arthur Miller wrote it, and it brought together Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift in a Nevada desert drama that none of them would follow up. Both Monroe and Gable died within months of completing it. Seeing it restored to 4K on the big screen, as part of QFT’s Marilyn Monroe 100 centenary season, is the right way to watch a film that was always too big for television.
The Misfits (1961, PG, 2 hrs 5 mins) screens at Queen’s Film Theatre on Sunday 5 July at 3:45pm. This particular screening includes a live introduction by Hugh Odling-Smee from Film Hub NI before the film begins - giving some context on the production, the Monroe centenary, and the BFI’s restoration work.
The film itself follows a group of drifters and a recently divorced woman in the Reno badlands. Monroe plays Roslyn, a gentle, perceptive presence among men who can no longer fit anywhere. Gable’s ageing cowboy and Clift’s damaged rodeo rider circle around her in a story that is quiet, melancholy, and at times searingly good. The 4K restoration - carried out by the BFI - brings the black-and-white cinematography back to something close to how it looked in cinemas in 1961.
The screening is one of six films in QFT’s Marilyn Monroe 100 season, which runs through June and July 2026 and covers her comedies, musicals and dramatic roles. The Misfits is the closing film of the season and the most sombre - a fitting end to a programme that covers the full range of what she could do.
Queen’s Film Theatre sits at 20 University Square, Belfast, in a Georgian terrace beside Queen’s University. It is about a 15-minute walk from Belfast city centre along Botanic Avenue. Metro bus routes 7A, 7B and 7D all serve the university area from the city centre. If you are coming by train, Botanic station on the Bangor/Portadown line is a short walk away. Street parking is available around the university on Sunday, and the Botanic multi-storey on Chlorine Gardens is nearby for those driving.
From Dublin, the bus takes around two hours on the Translink Goldline or Bus Eireann services; trains run from Connolly to Belfast Lanyon Place. From Cork or Galway, the journey is longer but the train to Dublin with an onward connection works well.
The QFT sits in the university quarter, a good part of the city to spend an afternoon - there are independent cafes along Botanic Avenue and the Ulster Museum is a ten-minute walk away. There is more to see in Belfast and across Co. Antrim.
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