Category Archives: Irish Film

Gleeson in A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL

Brendan Gleeson

Oscar nominee Brendan Gleeson and BAD SISTERS creator Sharon Horgan have teamed up for a new animated film that is set for future Oscar glory. Ireland is currently the talk of Hollywood, thanks to our record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations, including one for Gleeson himself in the Best Supporting actor category for his work in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Following its premiere earlier in the month at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival, A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL will be hoping to follow the path of BANSHEES and THE QUIET GIRL at the 2024 awards.

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Celebrating Neil Jordan

Neil Jordan

On this day in 1950, Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan was born in Sligo. Jordan has made a name for himself in the film industry, having written and directed some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful movies in recent years, including having written the screenplay for Liam Neeson’s most recent movie MARLOWE. Jordan has received numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for THE CRYING GAME.

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10 Best Barry Keoghan Movies

Barry Keoghan

With critical acclaim and awards now by his side, Barry Keoghan’s future looks promising. The actor is already part of the MCU and DC universes while continuously working with prestige directors in acclaimed awards darlings. Keoghan’s filmography is full of highly-rated movies, many of which are Certified Fresh on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Discover the 10 best movies from Keoghan’s impressive filmography below.

Keogan’s Top 10

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Paul Mescal’s wild year

Paul Mescal

NORMAL PEOPLE plucked the Irish actor from anonymity, sparking a new global infatuation. Now, Nicole Kidman’s barging into his dressing room, Ridley Scott’s gift-wrapping GLADIATOR 2 for him and AFTERSUN has earned him a surprise Oscar nomination: “It’s been a f***ing wild year.”

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AN IRISH GOODBYE wins BAFTA

An Irish Goodbye

Northern Ireland film AN IRISH GOODBYE has won best British short at the Baftas in London. It saw off THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS and A DRIFTING UP to triumph at the ceremony at the Southbank Centre. Directed and written by Ross White and Tom Berkeley, An Irish Goodbye tells a story of two estranged brothers who come together after their mother’s death.

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Ireland’s BAFTA wins

Kerry Condon

Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan were among the winners on a proud night for Irish cinema at the Bafta awards on Sunday. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, which starred Condon and Keoghan, won four awards in all, including best original screenplay. Condon said that winning the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in Banshees was “really surreal”.

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Saoirse Ronan in BLITZ

Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse Ronan is currently filming BLITZ by 12 YEARS A SLAVE director Steve McQueen. It is no secret Ronan is the film’s leading lady, and has been spotted with platinum blonde hair, fashioned into a vintage curl. The Oscar nominee has stunned audiences in popular films such as LADY BIRD and LITTLE WOMEN, and is no stranger to the big screen. The film, to be released by Apple, will tell the story of how Londoners survived the German bombing campaign.

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Murphy in SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE

Cillian Murphy

PEAKY BLINDERS hero Cillian Murphy has joined the cast of SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE which is being shot in New Ross, County Wexford. The film will be directed by Tim Mielants of PEAKY BLINDERS fame and producers include Catherine McGee (NORMAL PEOPLE) and Cillian Murphy, who will also star in the main role of Bill Furlong. The film is based on Claire Keegan’s Booker Short-Listed novel, with screenplay adaptation by playwright Enda Walsh.

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Keoghan lands BILLY THE KID role

Barry Keoghan

Dublin native Barry Keoghan has confirmed he is set to star in a new movie retelling the story of BILLY THE KID. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN star will be playing the cowboy in the movie directed Bart Layton-directed film. They aim to lean into the Kid’s Irish ancestry and complicated childhood.

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Ireland rolls into Hollywood

Ireland has 14 Oscar nominations this season! THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN earned nine nods; Irish-language film THE QUIET GIRL has earned a place among the international feature film nominees; and AN IRISH GOODBYE is a live action short film nominee. Nominations were bestowed on Paul Mescal (AFTERSUN); the  cast of THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN along with “Elvis” film editor Jonathan Redmond and Richard Baneham, visual effects supervisor for AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER.

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Paul Mescal Filmography

Paul Mescal

Paul Mescal has become both an Internet boyfriend and an Oscar nominee within just four years of making his cinematic debut. Mescal  makes his grand blockbuster debut with the upcoming Ridley Scott GLADIATOR sequel, it’s clear he is far from a “Normal” person any longer. Plus, don’t forget a viral West End turn in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE setting the stage (literally) for multiple musical adaptations up ahead.

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WOMEN TALKING review

Jessie Buckley

The reviews are in for WOMEN TALKING, starring Jessie Buckley. This important film tells the story of a community battered by rape and patriarchal ideas, as a mainly female cast debate the repercussions of the brutality meted out to them. Sarah Polley’s sober, sombre ensemble picture stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Frances McDormand, among others, as traumatised female members of a remote, patriarchal religious colony, reminding us that the world of Margaret Atwood’s THE HANDMAID’S TALE really does exist more literally than you think.

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