Richard Linklater’s BLUE MOON is the kind of film that knows exactly who it’s for and makes no attempt to dilute itself for anyone else. Set almost entirely over one night inside Sardi’s restaurant on the opening of OKLAHOMA! in 1943, the film unfolds less like a traditional biopic and more like a rueful, jazz-inflected chamber piece: talky, intimate, deeply literary, and quietly devastating. It’s classic Linklater territory, where time suspends itself and conversation becomes action, where character reveals itself not through plot mechanics but through rhythm, contradiction, and emotional drift.
The supporting cast is uniformly strong, with Andrew Scott offering a coolly contained, subtly cutting Richard Rodgers, a man who understands Hart perhaps too well. Bobby Cannavale brings warmth and grounded humanity as Eddie the bartender, while Margaret Qualley plays Elizabeth Weiland not as a manic pixie fantasy but as a young woman whose kindness and confusion inadvertently sharpen Hart’s despair. Their scenes together are among the film’s most quietly cruel, not because of malice, but because of emotional asymmetry, because two people can occupy the same moment and experience entirely different versions of it. Visually restrained and modest in scale, BLUE MOON resists the temptation to romanticize its subject or its era. Shane F. Kelly’s cinematography keeps us close, almost uncomfortably so, while Graham Reynolds’ score hums gently in the background, never insisting on emotion but allowing it to surface naturally.
This is not a flashy film, nor does it aspire to be. Its pleasures are intellectual, emotional, and deeply human, the kind that linger long after the lights come up, not because they announce themselves but because they accumulate quietly, like regret, like memory, like all the things we say and fail to say when we know time is running out.
He`s back — and the stakes have never been higher.
🎬 Michael Fassbender returns as CIA officer Martian in Season 2 of THE AGENCY, landing on Paramount+ on Jun 21. Jodie Turner-Smith is alongside him as Sami, and if the first season left you gripped, Season 2 looks set to be unmissable.
Full details at the link in bio. 🔗
Before DISCLOSURE DAY, there were garage bands and teenage dreams.
Josh`s band? Orange Output. Eve`s? Ten Past Two. We hadn`t heard of either — and neither, it`s safe to say, had most of the world — but the stories behind them are absolutely brilliant. Watch the full chat over on our YouTube channel.
More at irishfilmtv.com.
Colin Farrell teases romance, a deeper dive into his character`s extraordinary origins, and the arrival of the wonderful Laura Donnelly in Season 2 of SUGAR.
It premieres June 19th on Apple TV+, and we cannot wait. 🖤
new EXTRA interview at irishfilmtv.com.
He`s charming, he`s candid, and he`s got a lot to say about Ned.
Domhnall Gleeson joins @tv_topics to talk about his brilliant work in THE PAPER — and it`s a conversation you won`t want to miss.
Watch now via link in bio.
Colm Meaney is an absolute joy in REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, Netflix`s gorgeous adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt`s bestselling novel.
As Ethan Mack, the Grateful Dead–obsessed shopkeeper with a quiet devotion to Sally Field`s grieving widow Tova, he`s everything the film needs: warm, funny, understated, and completely scene-stealing.
More at irishfilmtv.com.
Caitríona Balfe is having a moment!
THE CUT is streaming now on Paramount+, and coming later this year she stars as Mrs. Dashwood in a stunning new SENSE AND SENSIBILITY alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles and George MacKay. Add to that THE HOUSEKEEPER and A LONG WINTER also in the pipeline, and it`s safe to say one of Ireland`s finest is just getting started. 🎬🍀
More Caitríona at irishfilmtv.com.
Cillian`s got on his running boots for A QUIET PLACE Part III.
Currently shooting in New York and billed as a conclusion to the main series, John Krasinski`s upcoming film continues the journey of the Abbotts, with Evelyn (Emily Blunt), Regan (Millicent Simmonds) and Marcus (Noah Jupe) vying for safety.
More Cillian at irishfilmtv.com.
She`s in a Spielberg film. She`s sharing the screen with Emily Blunt, Colin Firth and Colman Domingo. And she might just be heading to the Oscars. 🍀✨
@evehewson is the name on everyone`s lips right now, and if the early buzz around DISCLOSURE DAY is anything to go by, Ireland is about to have another awards season moment to savour. Critics are raving. Ladbrokes has her at 10/1 for a nomination. And honestly? We`re not even surprised.
More Eve at irishfilmtv.com.
SUGAR is back on Jun 19!
Season 2 of Apple TV+`s neo-noir gem returns — and Colin Farrell`s John Sugar is returning to the shadowy streets of Los Angeles with his most dangerous case yet.
A missing boxer`s older brother. A conspiracy that runs through the entire city. And still — somewhere beneath all of it — the question that haunts him most: what happened to his sister?
More SUGAR at irishfilmtv.com.
