LIES WE TELL now on Netflix
When eighteen-year-old Maud’s father dies, she inherits Knowl, a sprawling country estate that should secure her future, except there’s a catch: she won’t truly control it until she turns twenty-one. Until then, someone must serve as her guardian, and her father’s will names the most unlikely candidate imaginable—Uncle Silas, a man whose very name carries the weight of scandal. The rumors that trail him are dark and persistent: gambling debts that ruined him, a dissolute lifestyle that isolated him from respectable society, and whispers of something far worse, something that might involve murder. He’s lived as a pariah for years, and now he’s coming to Knowl, bringing his family with him.
They arrive like a storm cloud: Silas himself, his aimless son Edward, his distracted daughter Emily, and a severe governess who goes only by Madame. What should feel like a house coming alive with new energy instead becomes suffocating, the atmosphere growing heavier with each passing day. Silas presents himself as a kindly uncle at first, all gentle manners and concerned expressions, but the mask doesn’t hold for long. His true agenda crystallizes with chilling clarity—he believes Knowl should be his, that he’s entitled to what his brother left behind, and he has a plan to claim it. The preferred method is simple enough: marry Maud off to Edward, binding the inheritance to the family through matrimony. But there are contingencies, darker options lurking behind his eyes, methods that don’t require anyone’s consent.
As the threats escalate and violence enters the equation, something awakens in Maud. She’s not the passive heroine of a typical gothic tale, waiting to be rescued or resigned to being destroyed. The danger ignites something fierce in her, a determination to fight for what’s rightfully hers, to refuse the fate these men have mapped out for her. Family secrets begin to surface, ugly truths that have been buried for years, and with each revelation, Maud’s resolve hardens. By the time she understands the full scope of their intentions, her fury isn’t just justified—it’s righteous, and it’s unstoppable.
LIES WE TELL takes Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic novel UNCLE SILAS and transforms it into something urgent and vital for our moment. The original gothic framework is still there—the isolated estate, the vulnerable young woman, the menacing male relatives—but the film refuses to let its heroine remain a victim. Instead, it hands her the tools to fight back, to claim not just her inheritance but her agency, her voice, her very right to determine her own future. This is Gothic literature seen through a feminist lens that refuses compromise, a story where the woman in peril becomes the woman who refuses to perish, who takes her fortune and her fate into her own hands and dares anyone to try and stop her.
DERRY GIRLS darling @nicolacoughlan returns to our TVs in I AM HELEN.
This critically acclaimed BAFTA-winning anthology series pairs Coughlan with PEAKY BLINDERS star Joe Cole!
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BROOKLYN fans, this one is for you 🎬
Caitríona Balfe is back in a Colm Tóibín adaptation, and A LONG WINTER lands in cinemas this January 2027. Based on Tóibín’s 2006 short story, the film casts Caitríona as Louise, a mother at the heart of a stark, emotional drama.
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Mayo`s own @philippa.dunne is pure joy!
On this week`s @latelaterte, Philippa shares childhood memories of growing up in Mayo that shaped her, and what it’s really like to bring unforgettable characters to life on screen.
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Everyone`s favourite Andrew returns to the @britishfilminstitute London Film Festival with his new film ELSINORE.
Few actors of the stage and screen have attracted as much acclaim in recent years as Andrew Scott, both for the emotional depth of his performances and for the subtlety and nuance he brings to them.
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Like father, like son!
Aran Murphy is following in his father Cillian`s footsteps with a major role in the new @sharonhorgan show YOUTH.
The 19-year-old is relatively new to the acting world but has had a very busy few months as of late, stepping out on red carpets and giving plenty of interviews for his first roles.
Let`s hear it for Ireland`s next wave of amazing acting talent!
Colin Farrell hit the @thegrahamnortonshowofficial couch this weekend!
Farrell reveals a new haircut (!) and how he was initially reluctant to take accept his role in the classic IN BRUGES.
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One question that has haunted Ireland for decades ⚖️
In RE-CREATION, the new film from Jim Sheridan, the story is built on the real 1996 murder of Sophie Toscan Du Plantier, and Colm Meaney never hands you a verdict. The veteran actor trusts you to argue it out yourself 🎬
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“This is the Ireland I always believed existed.”
July 13, 1985. Two stadiums. One mission. Queen, U2, Bowie, Elton John, Madonna, McCartney, all on one day to fight famine in Ethiopia. And five Irish women who wanted to donate their wedding rings!
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Let’s hear it for Jamie Dornan 👏
He’s back as an American career criminal, always one step ahead, in 12 12 12 on Apple TV, going toe to toe with Anthony Mackie in a cat-and-mouse game across Europe. And this time he’s also an executive producer, helping shape the story as well as starring in it.
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