Review: Lamb
Gemma Creagh takes a look at woolly folk thriller Lamb. In its native Icelandic, the film Lamb goes under the title of “The Animal”. This 2021 indigenous folk horror/drama is the feature-length...
View ArticleReview: Don’t Look Up
Gemma Creagh isn’t afraid to stare straight into the sun with Sci-Fi satire Don’t Look Up. With a stellar cast and a razor-sharp premise, Don’t Look Up is a timely offering that cuts considerably...
View ArticleReview: Boiling Point
Gemma Creagh enjoys the heat of fast-paced drama, Boiling Point. Shot in one tense, turbulent take, Boiling Point serves up the behind-the-scenes chaos of a popular restaurant, one course of juicy...
View ArticleReview: The 355
Gemma Creagh looks at female-led spy thriller The 355. On a CIA mission in Paris, romance blossoms between Agents “Mace” Brown (Jessica Chastain) and her roguishly handsome partner Nick (Sebastian...
View ArticleReview: Ailey
Gemma Creagh looks at Jamila Wignot’s examination of an icon, choreographer Alvin Ailey. Renowned choreographer Alvin Ailey, his life and his astounding career, makes for fascinating subject matter....
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Podcast Roundtable: Dublin International Comedy Film Festival 2022
In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to 4 filmmakers whose films are screening at this year’s Dublin International Comedy Film Festival. Bébhinn Naughton, Adam William Cahill, Lara Cassidy and Len...
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Podcast: Interview with Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke of...
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Director Damian McCann & Writer Aislinn Clarke about their film ‘Doineann’. Film Ireland Podcast · Interview with Director Damian McCann &...
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Podcast: Interview with Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of ‘Foscadh’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of Foscadh. Film Ireland Podcast · Interview with Seán Breathnach, Writer/Director of ‘Foscadh’ Set in the stunning...
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Emily O’Callaghan: Festival Director of the Achill Island Film Festival
In this Film, Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emily O’Callaghan, the Festival Director of the Achill Island Film Festival. The Festival takes place from 20 – 22 May 2022. Film Ireland Podcast ·...
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Podcast: Kate Dolan, Writer/Director of ‘You Are Not My Mother’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kate Dolan, the writer and director of You Are Not My Mother. Film Ireland Podcast · Kate Dolan, Writer/Director Of ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Rooted...
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Podcast: Galway Film Fleadh Filmmakers Roundtable
In this Film Ireland podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Derek Ugochukwu, Laura Kavanagh and Jonathan Hughes ahead of their films screening at the Galway Film Fleadh (5-10 July 2022). You’re Not Home...
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Olivia Newman, Director of ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Olivia Newman, the director of Where the Crawdads Sing, which is adapted from the best-selling novel by Delia Owens and produced by Reese Witherspoon and Lauren...
View ArticleReview: The Deer King
Gemma Creagh takes on anime adaptation The Deer King by the antlers. Based on a popular Manga story, The Deer King tells the story of a former warrior, now enslaved under the Empire of Zol. Van...
View ArticleReview: Hit the Road
Gemma Creagh gets into gear with this powerful Iranian drama, Hit the Road. Most of us with memories from a pre-iphone era will have experienced those arduous, seemingly never-ending car trips at some...
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Podcast: Emer Reynolds, Director of ‘Joyride’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Emmy-winning documentary maker Emer Reynolds about her debut feature film Joyride. Film Ireland Podcast · Emer Reynolds, Director of ‘Joyride’...
View ArticleDean Kavanagh: Writer/Director of ‘Hole in the Head’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to filmmaker Dean Kavanagh about his latest feature, Hole in the Head, a sophisticated and darkly comic exploration of the meeting point of traumatised...
View ArticlePodcast: Dónal Foreman, Director of ‘The Cry of Granuaile’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Dónal Foreman about his genre-defying blend of psychodrama and fantasy, The Cry of Granuaile. Film Ireland Podcast · Dónal Foreman, Director of ‘The...
View ArticleLynne Parker, Director of ‘Hecuba’
In this podcast Gemma Creagh talks to Director and Rough Magic Theatre Company co-founder Lynne Parker about her filmed version of Hecuba, playwright Marina Carr’s new version of the classic Greek...
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Podcast: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Writer & Director of ‘It Is In Us All’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Antonia Campbell-Hughes on the release of her debut feature It Is In Us All. When Hamish arrives on the soil of his mother’s birth, she is felt...
View ArticlePodcast: Interview with Kim Bartley, Director of ‘Pure Grit’
In this Film Ireland podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Kim Bartley, Director of ‘Pure Grit’, a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Pure Grit chronicles three...
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