After commanding audiences as Gotham’s most menacing villain in THE PENGUIN, Colin Farrell found himself yearning for something fundamentally different. The HBO series had required three hours of daily prosthetics and makeup to transform him into one of Batman’s most notorious foes, immersing him in what he describes as a world consumed by “trauma and its various articulations and calcifications.” When the opportunity arose to step into A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY alongside Margot Robbie, Farrell embraced what he calls “stepping from the darkness into the light.”
This pivot represents more than just a genre shift for Farrell—it signals a deliberate choice to explore healing rather than harm, connection rather than corruption. While THE PENGUIN showcased his ability to disappear into darkness, A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY allows him to illuminate the tender complexities of human connection. The film, directed by Kogonada, follows two strangers whose brief encounter at a wedding evolves into something extraordinary when David’s GPS system begins asking existential questions and magical doorways open pathways through time and space.
For Robbie, who hadn’t appeared on camera since wrapping BARBIE in 2022, the project offered a return to acting after her $1.4 billion blockbuster earned eight Oscar nominations. Her longest break between roles in years could have felt daunting, but instead she found immediate comfort in both the story and Kogonada’s direction. The filmmaker, known for critically acclaimed works like COLUMBUS and AFTER YANG, was deliberately seeking “something a little bit larger and lighter” after years of more contemplative projects.
What emerges is a romance that transcends typical meet-cute conventions, using surreal elements to explore how relationships unfold when two people can literally walk through each other’s histories. Sarah and David don’t just fall in love—they experience the joy and grief of discovering someone’s past as their shared journey plays out across time and space. The film’s magical realism serves the emotional truth of how profound connections can feel like stepping outside normal reality.
With supporting performances from Lily Rabe, Kevin Kline, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY arrives September 19 as part of the ongoing resurgence of big-screen romantic comedies. For Farrell, it represents not just a career pivot but a philosophical one—moving from stories about trauma’s grip to tales about trauma’s release. After months of embodying Gotham’s darkness, he’s found his way back to the light, proving that sometimes the most transformative performances come not from disappearing into character, but from revealing the humanity that connects us all.
Caitríona Balfe graces @tatlermagazine `s October cover!
From modelling for @chanelofficial to OUTLANDER`s Claire Fraser, and now two major literary adaptations on the way: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and REBECCA. A career built on reinvention, one deliberate step at a time.✨
Full interview via link in bio 🔗︎
Forget everything you know about Fassbender!
In HOPE, he goes full motion-capture as an extraterrestrial invading a remote Korean village, starring alongside real-life wife Alicia Vikander as part of the alien family unleashing chaos.
HOPE hits US theaters Sep 9 🎬
🥊Who`s watching Saturday?
Barry Keoghan just gave Katie Taylor the send-off she deserves ahead of her final fight this Saturday at a sold-out Croke Park.
Watch now via 🔗︎ in bio.
In ELSINORE, Andrew Scott steps into the shoes of Ian Charleson — a gay actor preparing for the role of a lifetime while quietly living with AIDS, at a time when simply being himself could have ended his career.
Scott, who came out publicly in 2013, doesn`t treat this as just another role. It`s personal. It`s full circle. And it`s a tribute to an artist who never got to tell his own story on his own terms.
"I wanted people to understand he was trying to live — it`s not about fetishizing his death."
First look trailer via 🔗︎ in bio.
Aisling Bea is going home. 🇮🇪✨
The beloved Irish comedian steps in front of WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? cameras to trace her roots back through Laois, Limerick and Kerry.
No forced tears. No manufactured melodrama. Just Bea being Bea — sharp, funny, and quietly moved as she digs into her family`s ties to the Easter Rising and the revival of the Irish language.
Watch now via irishfilmtv.com.
Netflix is expanding the TOP BOY universe 🎬
Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan steps into the role of Irish gangster Jonny McGee in JONNY BOY, a five-episode prequel.
Both begin filming in 2027 - Irish talent leading the charge in one of TV`s most gripping crime sagas 🔥
Full details via link in bio 🔗︎
Galway`s own @nicolacoughlan is trading Derry classrooms for something darker 👀
She`s joining Naomi Scott, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton in Netflix`s new drama pulling from the short stories Roald Dahl wrote for ADULTS — think conmen, adulterers, murderous mothers and a couple trying to outrun their own fate in a faded seaside town 🌊🔪
Full details via link in bio 🔗︎
Two Northern Irish friends. One ceasefire summer.
SKINTOWN just won the £50,000 Sean Connery Prize at Edinburgh International Film Festival 🏆 — beating nine other world premieres to take the top feature prize, voted by festival audiences themselves.
Directed by @kieron3016, this is 1994 Northern Ireland like you haven`t seen it on screen: hopeful, restless, and searching for a way out.
Full details via link in bio 🔗︎
Saoirse Ronan, the Bond girl?
The Irish actress says her dream role is a Bond villain, now husband Jack Lowden is reportedly in the running to be the next 007 - could 2026 give us Bond`s first husband-and-wife pairing?
We`re here for it. 🎬🖤
