This week, the BBC sat down virtually with Jamie Dornan (‘The Man’) and Chris Sweeney (Director) for a compelling deep-dive into THE TOURIST, covering everything from THAT opening scene to THOSE flies! Hurt, alive, but no idea who he is. Lost in the Australian outback, he’s running from a past he can’t remember – and someone wants him dead.
The director of THE QUIET GIRL, Colm Bairéad, has said he feels ‘honoured’ after being named as one of the ‘British & Irish Film and TV Breakouts of 2022’ by The Hollywood Reporter. The film is one of 15 movies shortlisted in Los Angeles for an Oscar nomination in the best international feature film category earlier this month. The American magazine said the momentum that the film has gathered since release has been ‘extraordinary’.
The first-ever Irish language film to be shortlisted for an Oscar has strong Donegal connections. There are a number of connections between the film and Donegal with producer Cleona Ní Chrualaoi’s mother hailing from the Downings area. Cleona’s uncle Michael Doherty and family own the well-known pub The Singing Pub (Síbín Ceoil) on the Atlantic Drive near Downings. he mother of actor, Carrie Crowley (above) Nodhlaig was a teacher was originally from The Rosses and her father Con (originally from Cork) was a garda, while she also has one sister, Bríd.
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN is now available to stream from home. The film follows the complicated friendship of Pádraic, played by Colin Farrell, and Colm, played by Brendan Gleeson, in 1920s Ireland. The two men were best friends until, suddenly, Colm breaks off contact with Pádraic with the desire to end their friendship. Naturally, Pádraic is initially dumbfounded, thinking it is all a joke. That is, until Colm says each time Pádraic speaks to him, he will cut off one of his own fingers. Pádraic remains skeptical until fingers start getting thrown at his front door following his interactions with Colm.
HAPPY VALLEY Season 3 is finally back for season three, and we couldn’t be more excited to find out how the story wraps up. For those who don’t remember, Tommy (James Norton) is the convicted rapist who is believed to have raped Catherine’s daughter, which led to the birth of her son Ryan (Rhys Connah), and later to her suicide. Tommy was sent to prison for abducting and raping a Yorkshire local named Ann Gallagher (Charlie Murphy), and, at the end of series one, abducted Ryan in order to carry out a murder-suicide, which was foiled by Catherine.
The trailer for Domhnall Gleeson’s new film WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS is here. The five-episode HBO limited series explores the story of E. Howard Hunt, played by Woody Harrelson, and G. Gordon Liddy, played by Justin Theroux, who orchestrated the Watergate burglary that led to the demise of Richard Nixon’s presidency. Gleeson will portray the brilliant, and ambitious White House Counsel, John Dean.
THE QUIET GIRL is one of two Irish films that have been ranked among the best movies of 2022 by Rotten Tomatoes. The film scored an enviable 100% on the ‘Tomatometer,’ receiving high marks from nearly 50 critics. US audiences will finally have the chance to see it, which is Ireland’s official entry in the International Feature category for the 2023 Oscars, in theaters this month.
THE PATIENT concludes the only way possible: With Domhnall Gleeson strangling Steve Carell to death. After 10 episodes, Gleeson’s character, Sam Fortner—a reticent serial killer with a Kenny Chesney obsession and a day job as a restaurant inspector—reaches the breaking point he was hoping to circumvent. Vanity Fair talked to the actor, whose exciting career has included projects as varied as ABOUT TIME, EX MACHINA and STAR WARS.