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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TOWN OF STRANGERS review

Town of Strangers

TOWN OF STRANGERS is set in the town of Gort in County Galway, perhaps best known for being the site of Coole House, the home of Lady Gregory and the Irish literary revival of Yeats, Synge, O’Casey and Shaw. None of that is mentioned, however: director Threasa O’Brien focuses on its 21st-century distinction of having Ireland’s highest percentage of migrants. O’Brien auditions for people to come and be involved in her documentary, and these “audition” scenes evolve into being the central part of the film itself: where people simply talk about their lives, where they’ve come from and what they expect of Gort.

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McKenna in A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL

Charline McKenna

Actress Charlene McKenna has said it was “so freeing” to take on an animated role in her latest project as she didn’t have to worry about hair and make-up. Written and directed by Italy’s Enzo d’Alo, she will co-star in A GREYHOUND OF A GIRL which will get its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, which begins on February 16. Based on the same novel as a 2012 release by Roddy Doyle, it tells the story of a young girl named Mary (12), who has a passion for cooking and is also trying to deal with the fact that her granny is dying.

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Condon on Kimmel

The Banshees of Inisherin

Kerry Condon talks about her Oscar nomination, taking her younger brother as a date, growing up in Ireland, wanting to be an actress as a kid and going to the premiere of THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK in Dublin, giving a business card to the director as he was getting in the car, and Leonardo DiCaprio stealing a cigarette from her at the Chateau Marmont.

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Stephen Rea earns John B. Keane Award

Stephen Rea

THE CRYING GAME star Stephen Rea will be honoured at Listowel Writer’s Week with the John B. Keane Lifetime Achievement Award. Organisers confirmed this week that the Belfast native will be presented with his award and a citation on the opening night of the popular annual literary event, which takes place from May 31 until June 4. Mr Rea’s citation will “celebrate his contribution to Irish theatre”, they organisers confirm.

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Brosnan in FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE

Pierce Brosnan

Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter are set to star in the Irish romance FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE directed by Polly Steele. Based on Niall Williams bestselling novel, the film will see Brosnan and Bonham Carter starring as the parents of fated lovers played by up-and-coming actors Fionn O’Shea (DANCE FIRST) and Ann Skelly (THE NEVERS). Gabriel Byrne will also star in the film.

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From foster homes to Oscar nom

Barry Keoghan

Irish actor Barry Keoghan has overcome a challenging childhood to earn an Academy Award nomination for THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. The Irish actor’s vulnerable and abused islander Dominic Kearney gives the film moments of warmth and much of its emotional punch. Among Keoghan’s many new fans is Gary Lineker, who was quick to applaud the nomination on social media, while McDonagh, who wrote the part for the actor, already regards him as “one of the best actors of his generation in the world today, let alone in Ireland”.

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Irish editor nominated for ELVIS

Elvis

An Irish man who was responsible for editing the critically-acclaimed ELVIS biopic has been nominated for an Oscar, in what has been a record year for Irish film. John Redmond, who grew up in Dublin, has been given the nod for an Academy Award along with his co-editor Matt Villa, for brining the story of the King of Rock and Roll to the silver screen. Speaking on The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ Radio 1, John explained that he landed the role through a relationship he built up with ELVIS Director Baz Luhrmann, over 23 years ago.

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