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The quiet life: putting John McGahern's Leitrim on screen

Analysis: Pat Collins' film of McGahern's That They May Face The Rising Sun shows the importance of ...

Critics can't decide if Andrew Scott's Ripley is mesmerising or charmless – just as Patricia Highsmith wrote him

Fresh from All of Us Strangers (2023), Andrew Scott plays the title role in Netflix’s new series Rip...

The Days of Trees - Abuse survivor Tomás Hardiman on his extraordinary journey

Brendan O'Connor talks to director Alan Gilsenan and producer Tomás Hardiman about their powerful ne...

Death trip - filmmaker Paul Duane on his Irish folk horror movie

So way back in June of 2021, with lockdown still ongoing, I decided to write, direct, produce and se...

Can Francis Ford Coppola pull off his greatest cinematic gamble?

On May 14th the annual Cannes Film Festival will commence in the south of France, bringing with it f...

Adapting John McGahern's final masterpiece for the big screen

Filmmaker, radio documentary maker and screenwriter Eamon Little introduces That They May Face the R...

Challengers: new Zendaya tennis film reviewed by an expert in the psychology of competition

"Tennis is a relationship," says Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) in director Luca Guadagnino's new film Chall...

Ireland's Young Filmmaker of the Year Awards 2024 come to RTÉ2

All this year's nominated films are now available for viewing now via the Fresh International Film F...

From The Dry to Bodkin - Siobhán Cullen talks to RTÉ Arena

Next month Netflix will unveil Bodkin, a darkly comedic thriller, filmed amidst the picturesque land...

Digitise, remaster, restore - conserving Ireland's AV heritage

Head of the IFI Irish Film Archive Kasandra O'Connell explores the IFI's ongoing mission to preserve...

Pulp Fiction at 30 - RTÉ Arena celebrates a movie masterpiece

This cult classic continues to captivate audiences with its blend of razor-sharp dialogue, unforgett...

Nancy Harris: 'I knew that I was putting a bit of my soul on the line'

Speaking of arriving at season two, Nancy told Ray that it took seven years for The Dry to get made:...

Charle Bird's last story - inside the new documentary Ransom '79

Filmmaker Colm Quinn introduces his new feature documentary Ransom '79, which tells the story of leg...

RTÉjr Short Films: Home is where the story begins

They say there's no place like home, but what does HOME really mean to you? It can be more than a pl...

Birdsong - watch a preview of the stunning new documentary

Often joined by his partner Alba, he travels to some of the country’s most beautiful and remote loca...

Viva Furiosa - the long, wild road to the year's maddest movie

"I remember a time of chaos, ruined dreams, this wasted land. Most of all, I remember the man we cal...