Essay: Phones, Families & Fathers - Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet
Khushi Jain traces six powerful secrets - from a cumbersome 90s mobile phone to a red envelope - as she explores why Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet continues to resonate.
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Article: Inside, The Valley Sings - Nathan Fagan on Animation & Solitary Confinement
While solitary confinement reduces the physical world to four blank walls, Inside, The Valley Sings reveals the vivid inner landscapes that helped its subjects survive. Hayley Jorja chats to filmmaker Nathan Fagan.
Podcast: Writer/Director Rebecca Zlotowski on 'A Private Life'
Rebecca Zlotowski chats about building her career, her creative process and finally getting to work with Jodie Foster.
Article: "Film Gave Us the Space to Be Ourselves" - A Look Back at Fried Green Tomatoes
For generations of LGBTQ+ audiences, cinema has offered a place to belong. Rachel Walshe reflects on queerness and representation as she returns to Fried Green Tomatoes.
Article: Pride After Dark - 10 Essential LGBTQ+ Horror Movies
Tracing queer horror from early coded metaphors to today’s expansive storytelling, Conor Bryce gives his top horror picks for Pride!
Article: The Actor & The Journalist - An Encounter with Donal McCann
An exclusive extract from Aubrey Malone's new book 'Encounters', recalling the brilliance, wit and melancholy of one of Ireland's great actors.
“Although Laws Change, it Takes Much Longer for Society to Catch Up.” Anna Rodgers on Short Film Grace
Matthew Briody talks to the writer/director of Grace about the essential subject matter of her film.
Article: Smile for the Algorithm - Brianna Lee on Twisted Influencer Culture & Parasocial Power Plays in 'The Troll'.
Conor Bryce chats with actor, writer and filmmaker Brianna Lee as her feature screens at Raindance Film Festival.
Article: “If You’re a Punk, You’re Always a Punk," Frank Shouldice on his Latest Documentary
Frank Shouldice discusses friendship, punk music and storytelling as Once We Were Punks arrives in cinemas across Ireland.
Irish Films of 2026
From podcasts to in-depth discussion and reviews, here's where we take a look at the Irish films released or broadcast in 2026.
Irish Films of 2025
From podcasts to in-depth discussion and reviews, here's where we take a look at the Irish films released in 2025.
State of the Arts Podcast: EP, Director, Writer Neasa Hardiman (Jessica Jones, Untamed) with Des Doyle
In this State of the Arts, Des Doyle sits down with exec producer, director, writer Neasa Hardiman to discuss her career across feature film & TV, & transition to large-scale, big-budget projects.
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Podcast: Interview with Eoin McGuirk, Editor
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Eoin McGuirk, a Dublin-based Editor.
The Early Works of Cheryl Dunye
June Butler was at The Project Arts Centre for the first screening in Ireland of the early works of Cheryl Dunye, the director of the seminal 'The Watermelon Woman' and innovator of a new form of cinema about Black lesbian life.
Podcast: Alex Kayode-Kay, Writer/Director & Roisin Kearney, Executive Producer of 'The Ballad Of Olive Morris'
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Writer/Director Alex Kayode-Kay and Executive Producer Roisin Kearney about their 2023 BAFTA-nominated film 'The Ballad Of Olive Morris'.
Article: The Banshees Of Inisherin – An Exercise In Cultural Self Deprecation
John Pearson casts an eye over Martin McDonagh’s much lauded film.
Podcast: Ramsey Avery, Production Designer
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Production Designer Ramsey Avery, whose credits include The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Review: The Fabelmans
Cian Geoghegan delves into Steven Spielberg's personal drama. The new film from Steven Spielberg, inarguably the most populist, mainstream filmmaker in the history of the medium, occupies a bizarre middle-space in the public sphere. Its autobiographical content, sure to be misconstrued as navel-gazing by cynical punters,...