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UK short film festival Encounters will return in 2025, having cancelled its 2024 edition due to funding challenges.

The Bristol-based event will take place from September 24-28, 2025, for its 30th edition. Veteran festivals and event producer Dave Taylor-Matthews has joined Encounters as executive director.

Originally scheduled for September 27-30, the 2024 edition was cancelled in April this year due to Brexit-fuelled funding issues, with doubt cast over future editions.

Submissions for the 2025 edition will open tomorrow, for live action, animated, documentary or experimental films of under 40 mins in length.

To account for the cancellation of the 2024 edition, films completed on or after...

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin) has joined The Boat, an Oscar-qualified live-action short from writer-director Luke Morgan, as executive producer.

Based on a true story, the film follows a father who, in discovering that his daughter Dhukia is showing the early symptoms of leprosy, must make a devastating choice.

Dhukia’s story was the inspiration behind the Global Leprosy Eradication Programme, an initiative on the part of The Mission To End Leprosy, which is a global network of organizations looking to help end the oldest known and still existing communicable disease in human history. The short looks to the Oscars after winning qualifying awards at the Foyle Film Festival and Cork Film Festival.

Jake and Luke Morgan produced via their Ireland-based Morgan Brothers. Currently, the film can be viewed on online platform Omeleto.

Said EP Gleeson, “The Morgan Brothers’ The Boat is a powerful short film...

Barry Keoghan may soon be rocking a mop top, at least if Ringo Starr is to be believed.

The legendary drummer confirmed to “Entertainment Tonight” that the “Saltburn” star will play him in Sam Mendes’ sprawling look at the Beatles. “I think it’s great,” Starr said when asked for his reaction on Keoghan’s casting. “I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many,” he added.

The film, which Sony Pictures is producing, will consist of four separate movies, one from each Beatle’s point of view. For the first time since the group transformed popular music, Paul McCartney, Starr and the families of the late John Lennon and George Harrison have granted full life story and music rights for the scripted films. That’s made casting of the Four Fab a source of endless rumors and speculation. Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn and Paul Mescal...

Award-winning actor Mawaan Rizwan and Baby Reindeer star Nava Mau are among this year’s BAFTA Breakthrough cohort.

Spotlighting 43 “must-watch” creatives working across film, games and television in the U.K., U.S. and India, the flagship talent initiative is supported by Netflix and aims to provide a springboard for young creatives in costume design, production, casting, editing, games design, performance, directing, composing and cinematography.

Rizwan is best known for his role in BBC Three comedy Juice, which landed him a BAFTA award in May this year. Mau broke through with her performance in the wildly popular Netflix show Baby Reindeer in April.

Top Boy editor Shahnaz Dulaimy and Kyla Harris of We Might Regret This are among the U.K. Breakthroughs as Jih-e Peng, cinematographer on Girls Will Be Girls and Juliana Hoffpauir, costume designer on the Glen Powell-led comedy Hit Man, made the U.S. list. Game...

At only 32 years old, Barry Keoghan already has an impressive slate of filmmakers under his belt, from Christopher Nolan and Yorgos Lanthimos to Martin McDonagh and Emerald Fennell. With Mubi’s “Bird,” which debuted in theaters over the weekend, Andrea Arnold is the latest Oscar-winning director to pair with the Oscar-nominated actor.

“I’ve always had filmmakers really care about me and colleagues really care about me, and she’s another one so much with love for me as a human, for an actor,” Keoghan told IndieWire. “She wants to look out for me and look after everyone, but like, I just feel I connect to that a lot. With not having those figures in my life and when someone steps in to do that, I really lean into it.”

“So with that, you’re going to bring forward like an access of me being able to get to certain...

Barry Keoghan has opened up on feeling “sickened” by accusations he’s an absent father, trying to avoid weird acting roles, and that final Saltburn scene, which he insists had “no enhancement.”

The Irishman sat down with beloved British broadcaster Louis Theroux on season three of The Louis Theroux Podcast. The episode with Keoghan, star of The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman and the upcoming Peaky Blinders film, is available on Spotify beginning Nov. 5.

“I don’t search or seek out roles that have a demeanor of being evil, I just want to show range and get to play different parts with the directors I love,” Keoghan told Theroux. “But yeah, I do want to get away from the weird parts … I’ve started to understand that less is best, you know, people can get really tired of seeing your face and when you look at the actors like Daniel Day-Lewis and Christian Bale,...

The Peaky Blinders movie continues to build buzz and here’s a first look of Saltburn star Barry Keoghan, who joins the cast for the feature.

Keoghan, who can be seen above looking very ‘peaky’ as he gazes out a truck window, is one of a host of new names for the upcoming movie, which rolled cameras in September. He has broken out in the past couple of years with a string of big roles including Saltburn, Masters of the Air and Top Boy. He was Oscar-nominated for Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.

Keoghan joins the likes of Tim Roth, Rebecca Ferguson as new to Steven Knight’s franchise. Rejoining the cast are the likes of Cillian Murphy, Stephen Graham and Sophie Rundle, who played Ada, sister to Oscar-winner Murphy’s Birmingham clan leader Tommy Shelby. In the series finale, Tommy handed the reins of the family business to Ada.

I am sure you are familiar with those kinds of crime thrillers where a character (or a bunch of characters) finds oneself in the middle of a complicated gang war because they’ve robbed someone to satiate their greed, take care of some temporary hurdle in their life, or for no fault of their own. Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake is a great example. Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction fits the bill. Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths is an underappreciated entry into this subgenre. Abhinay Deo’s Delhi Belly, Kunal Kemmu’s Madgaon Express, Mrighdeep Singh Lamba’s Fukrey, and Rajesh Krishnan’s Lootcase are some decent films that explore the genre’s tropes through the lens of Bollywood. Then there are directors like Guy Ritchie and Joe Carnahan whose filmographies are chock-full of comedic capers like Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, RocknRolla, Smokin’ Aces, and Copshop. I...

Variety will publish its annual 10 Screenwriters to Watch list on Oct. 11 and recognize the honorees at this year’s Santa Fe International Film Festival. This year marks Variety’s inaugural partnership with Sfiff to present its annual Screenwriters to Watch list.

As Variety continues to celebrate up-and-coming scribes, the 10 selected will be spotlighted in a panel conversation at the festival Oct. 18, moderated by Variety senior focus editor Todd Gilchrist. Tickets are now available here.

“Variety is thrilled to partner with the Santa Fe International Film Festival in celebrating our 2024 screenwriters to watch,” Gilchrist said. “The individuals on this year’s list each come from different backgrounds with unique experiences and unique points of view, and they have already begun making waves with their undeniable creativity. We are proud to honor them in Santa Fe as the rest of the entertainment industry gets a look at who they are and what they can do.

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Wolfs is a buddy action comedy thriller film written and directed by Jon Watts. The Apple TV+ film is inspired by a real-life Hollywood fixer Paul Barresi and it revolves around two professional fixers who like to work alone but both of them are hired individually for the same job, they must team up to avoid some deadly consequences. Wolfs stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the lead roles with Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, and Zlatko Burić starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the buddy comedies aspect, a bit of action, and two magnetic leads in Wolfs here are some similar movies you should check out next.

The Nice Guys (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

The Nice Guys is a neo-noir buddy action comedy thriller directed by Shane Black who also...

Colin Farrell is undoubtedly one of the most recognizable movie stars in the industry today. With HBO’s The Penguin, a spin-off from Matt Reeves’ The Batman, currently dominating the market and earning praise from both critics and fans, the Irish actor is riding high on success.

Beyond this latest venture, Farrell has delivered memorable performances throughout his career. His recent role in The Banshees of Inisherin earned him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win.

While his filmography also includes standout roles in Lanthimos’ The Lobster, The Killing of the Sacred Deer, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, Steve McQueen’s Widows, Joel Schumacher’s gripping thriller Phone Booth, Tim Burton’s Dumbo, and Martin McDonagh’s dark comedies In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.

Farrell’s career has been marked by remarkable performances, but it has also been filled with wild incidents, as he was once known as one...

Colin Farrell is undeniably one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood today. The Irish actor is currently riding high with the success of HBO’s The Penguin, a spin-off series from Matt Reeves’ The Batman, which has captured the attention of both fans and critics alike.

Beyond his recent success, Farrell has delivered numerous standout performances throughout his career.

Notable roles include his Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in The Banshees of Inisherin, as well as appearances in Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, Steve McQueen’s Widows, Joel Schumacher’s suspenseful Phone Booth, Tim Burton’s Dumbo, and Martin McDonagh’s dark comedies In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.

Despite his current status as one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, Farrell’s beginnings were anything but smooth, as he shared in a candid interview with ramp Space.

In the interview,...

As far as movie stars are concerned, Colin Farrell is definitely one of the most recognizable names today. The Irish actor is currently enjoying success as HBO’s The Penguin, a spin-off series coming from Matt Reeves’ The Batman, is dominating the market, with both fans and critics absolutely loving the series.

But, aside from this, Colin Farrell has had some memorable roles throughout his career, including the recent The Banshees of Inisherin (which earned him an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe win), Lanthimos’ The Lobster and The Killing of the Sacred Deer, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen, Steve McQueen’s Widows, Joel Schumacher’s intriguing thriller Phone Booth, Tim Burton’s Dumbo, and Martin McDonagh’s dark classics In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.

And while Colin Farrell is now one of the most respected actors in Hollywood, his beginnings were far from ideal, as the actor himself recounted...

This article contains discussion of addiction and sexual assault.

It's been a long time coming, but the world finally knows, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that Colin Farrell is one of the best actors currently working today. The Irish-born performer got his start in genuinely great projects like "Minority Report," but when he followed that particular film with filler thrillers like "The Recruit" and "S.W.A.T.," it became easy to overlook his talent. (His turn as Bullseye in Ben Affleck's dud "Daredevil" didn't help either.) In 2008, though, he starred in Martin McDonagh's drama "In Bruges" alongside Brendan Gleeson — two collaborators he'd team up with again years later — and in recent years, Farrell's projects have skewed more towards quality like "In Bruges" rather than, say, "Alexander."

The point here is that Colin Farrell has appeared in some pretty excellent projects, and he's really good in all of them...

Despite being a storytelling staple since before the term was even coined (not to mention sparking several mass panics), real life psychopaths are exceedingly rare. It’s estimated that only about 1% of the population is truly devoid of empathy, and even then, most of them seem content with working jobs where they feel powerful rather than actively seeking out homicide.

And yet, we remain fascinated with the idea of invisible bogeymen living among us during the day and committing terrible acts of murder at night – which is likely why there are so many psycho-focused genre films out there. And with such a huge backlog of (usually psychologically inaccurate) stories about mentally ill killers, it was only a matter of time before clever filmmakers began subverting the tropes that surround our favorite ne’er-do-wells. Among these satirical productions, I think one of the most underrated happens to be Martin McDonagh’s darkly humorous thriller Seven Psychopaths.

Steven Knight has talked up the “mindblowing” Peaky Blinders movie cast, but he is keeping tight-lipped about the project as it gears up for production.

Rebecca Ferguson and Barry Keoghan have joined Cillian Murphy, who will reprise his role as Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous Birmingham gangster family.

Plot details of the Harper-directed feature are being held close, but Knight has previously told Deadline that the story will be set during World War II. Netflix greenlighted the Peaky feature in June.

“We’ve announced Rebecca Ferguson, we’ve announced Barry Keoghan, we’ve got some more announcements coming,” Knight told the Rts London Convention. “It’s set in the Second World War and it’s really good.”

Producers are Caryn Mandabach, Knight, Murphy, and Guy Heeley. Executive producers include Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren, and David Mason. The feature will be made in association with BBC Film.

Roeg Sutherland, CAA’s co-head of the media finance department and co-head of the International Film Group, will be honored with the Game Changer Award for his “outstanding achievements and contributions within the film industry” at the Zurich Summit, which takes place in October during the 20th Zurich Film Festival.

FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner will host the Game Changer Award recipient conversation, where he is speaking with Sutherland about his career.

Zurich Film Festival artistic director Christian Jungen said: “Roeg is a passionate cinephile and industry leader, who has not only discovered, but also nurtured and developed the careers of countless artists. In the past several years, he has secured financing and sold some of the most important and critically acclaimed films, both domestic and international.

“His impressive client list includes Oscar winners, nominees, and auteurs like Nadine Labaki, who he signed by specifically flying to Lebanon to meet...

CAA’s Roeg Sutherland is set to be honored with the Zurich Film Festival’s Game Changer Award for his outstanding achievements and contributions within the film industry.

The co-Head of CAA’s Media Finance department as well as its International Film Group, will be presented with the award during the festival’s industry-focused Zurich Summit, which takes place in October within the framework of the 20th Zurich Film Festival (Zff).

As part of the recognition, FilmNation Entertainment CEO Glen Basner will host the Game Changer Award recipient conversation, in which he will speak with Sutherland about his journey.

“Roeg is a passionate cinephile and industry leader, who has not only discovered, but also nurtured and developed the careers of countless artists. In the past several years, he has secured financing and sold some of the most important and critically acclaimed films, both domestic and international,” commented Zff Artistic Director Christian Jungen.

Barry Keoghan didn’t miss a chance to promote his young “Bird” co-star Nykiya Adams during an interview at the Variety Studio, sponsored by J.Crew and SharkNinja, during the Toronto Film Festival.

“Didn’t you say Marvel called you?” he joked.

“No,” Adams laughs. “But I love Spider-Man, and I’d love to be in something like that,” Adams said.

“We could do it together,” Keoghan responded.

The conversation naturally turned to Keoghan’s own comic book role as the Joker, which he played in Matt Reeves’ 2022 tentpole “The Batman.” Fans are eager for news about Reeves’ upcoming sequel, set for release in 2026. “There we go!” he said when asked about returning to the role, covering his mouth. “I can’t say much. The camera is looking right at me. We’ll see where that goes. Again, it was an incredible experience … and yeah, I can’t say…”

Written and directed by Andrea Arnold,...

Grab your flat caps, lads – Peaky Blinders is back, now in movie-length form. And befitting the leap from the small screen to the, erm, well, small screen just with a longer runtime (this one’s a Netflix production), the feature film is gathering some major names. It wouldn’t be Peaky without Cillian Murphy, who is of course back as Tommy Shelby – and we recently learned, too, that Rebecca Ferguson would be entering the fray this time. (She’ll be seriously deadly with a razor-tipped hat.) And now there’s another big name officially on board: Barry Keoghan has entered the game.

Yes, the Saltburn, Banshees Of Inisherin, and Eternals star has been confirmed as the latest addition to the Peaky movie, for which most details are currently scarce. We know it’ll be directed by Tom Harper, who previously helmed episodes of the show way back on Season 1, with...

Barry Keoghan is the latest actor to join the ever-growing cast of the Peaky Blinders feature film. More on the news below.

The Peaky Blinders movie is due to go into production later this year and the cast list is slowly, but surely taking shape. Cillian Murphy is already confirmed to return as Tommy Shelby and Rebecca Ferguson joined him in the cast in July.

The latest name added to the list is Barry Keoghan, as revealed by Deadline. Keoghan is coming off a very successful run of films, including his Oscar-nominated turn in Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin and his viral bathtub antics in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn. The lad is next due to appear in Andrea Arnold’s Bird, which is coming to UK cinemas 8th November.

There’s no word on who Keoghan or Ferguson will be playing in the Peaky Blinders film. Netflix is...

Barry Keoghan is the latest actor to join the Peaky Blinders movie at Netflix, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

He’ll star alongside Peaky Blinders original castmember Cillian Murphy and Rebecca Ferguson in the film. Keoghan has been nominated and won awards for his recent roles in Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.

The upcoming project is based on the popular Netflix series, which sees Murphy portray Thomas Shelby, a war hero-turned-gangster who works his way up in the world of crime in 1900s Birmingham, England. While the film is described as a “continuation” of the beloved series, all other plot details are being kept under wraps for the time being.

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight wrote the script. Tom Harper, who directed episodes in the first season of the series, will helm the film. Knight will also serve as a co-producer alongside Caryn Mandabach,...

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan has joined the cast of Netflix’s highly anticipated Peaky Blinders feature. The Banshees of Inisherin and Saltburn actor is the latest high-profile name set opposite star Cillian Murphy in the Tom Harper-directed film. Last month, Deadline exclusively revealed that Rebecca Ferguson is also aboard.

Similar to Ferguson, details of Keoghan’s role are being kept under wraps.

As Deadline previously reported, Netflix greenlighted the Peaky feature in June with Oppenheimer Oscar winner Murphy in a return to the iconic role of Tommy Shelby, leader of the eponymous Birmingham gangster family.

The epic continuation of the multi-award-winning saga has been written by the show’s creator, Steven Knight. He will produce alongside Caryn Mandabach, Murphy and Guy Heeley. Exec producers include Harper, David Kosse, Jamie Glazebrook, Andrew Warren and David Mason. The movie will be made in association with BBC Film.

While plot details...

Greedy People is a dark comedy crime mystery film directed by Potsy Ponciroli from a screenplay by Michael Vukadinovich. The 2024 film is set in a small town and follows two cops as they try to investigate a murder scene where they find a large sum of money and decide to keep it, but their peaceful lives get filled with chaos because of their one bad decision. Greedy People stars Himesh Patel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the lead roles with Lily James, Traci Lords, Joey Lauren Adams, and Simon Rex starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the dark comedy, moral ambiguity, and absurd characters in Greedy People here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Fargo Credit – MGM

Fargo is a dark comedy crime thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The 1996 film follows Jerry, a down-and-out sales manager in a lot of debt to some dangerous people.

Exclusive: BAFTA winner and Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin) is joining Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser in Working Title and Studiocanal‘s upcoming D-Day movie Pressure.

Filming is due to get underway in the UK next month on the ticking-clock drama about the tense days leading up to the Normandy landings. Condon will play Dwight D. Eisenhower’s trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby.

The true story will see All of Us Strangers and Ripley star Scott play Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg, whose job it was to inform Eisenhower of weather conditions that would make or break their Normandy invasion. The complex decision-making was critical in the fate of WWII and the course of history.

Summersby served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Army General Eisenhower, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allies (and later U.S. President). The two spent...

It’s not all Marvel and animated fairytales. Here’s our pick of the best films you can watch now on Disney Plus UK:

The output of Marvel, Lucasfilm and the Mouse House’s own library of films and TV shows are Disney Plus’s big selling point. But the streaming service also features a large collection of other films that have nothing to do with its major franchises – many of them movies Disney now owns after acquiring other Hollywood studios.

With this in mind, here’s our list of the best films on Disney Plus that aren’t Iron Man, Star Wars, Frozen or anything of that ilk. Encompassing just about every genre, there’s sure to be something to suit your taste if you’re struggling to decide what to watch this evening.

We’ll also keep this list updated as titles shuffle off and new ones are added.

Never meet your heroes, they will surely disappoint- this is a common phrase, one which became true for Fleabag fans once they met Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The 2016 British comedy-drama is created and written by the talented screenwriter and actress. It is based on her 2013 one-woman show, which was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in Fleabag | BBC

The show features Waller-Bridge as the titular character, a laidback single woman living in London. The show itself is very unique since it includes some aspects of the actresses’ personal life, but fans were disappointed to learn that not all that is shown is true.

Fleabag: Real life vs reel life

The comedy-drama show Fleabag, showcases the tumultuous journey of the titular character, navigating life with her eccentric nature. The character and her experiences are inspired by some of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s own circumstances. The screenwriter has admitted that she...

Channel 4 is doubling its drama budget and number of commissions as part of genre chief Ollie Madden’s strategy for the division, Screen’s sister site Broadcast can reveal.

Speaking to Broadcast, the recently-installed head of drama and director of Film4 said the increase is central to C4’s plan to become a streaming-first public service broadcaster, with drama a key driver of viewers to its digital platform.

Madden and his TV commissioning team will now order around 10 original scripted projects per year, with the first tranche being finalised now, to go into production next year for transmission in...

A faux-elegant fable about how not to resolve your differences, made for dudes, by dudes, “The Duel” arrives at a time of intense division (and no small amount of scrutiny over gun use) in America. Releasing as a one-night-only screening via Iconic Events on July 31 before hitting streaming in August, the edgy comedy looks sharp enough, but lands like a rapier with a cork on it, as Dylan Sprouse and Callan McAuliffe play longtime besties who try to settle a dispute the old-timey way … by blowing each other away with pistols.

“The Duel” feels like a pretty clever idea at first, to the extent I found myself wondering why nobody had thought of it before, only to wind up asking why its two writer-directors didn’t think of it more. As it happens, my library contains no fewer than four books called “The Duel,” the shortest of which (by Joseph Conrad) runs a slender 112 pages,...

“All Quiet on the Western Front” took the 2023 Oscars by storm, racking up nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The German film won Best International Feature, Best Score, Best Cinematography and Best Production Design, but its BAFTA-nominated director, Edward Berger, was snubbed despite the Best Adapted Screenplay bid he shared with Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell. Now Berger seeks redemption with his 2024 thriller “Conclave,” which looks like an early Oscar favorite according to our current Gold Derby odds.

“Conclave” is a psychological thriller based on Robert Harris‘ 2016 novel of the same name. In the film, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, where he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of The Church. It was scripted by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Peter Straughan (“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”).

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‘Millions’ Making Millions

The family drama “How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies” has become the highest-grossing Thai film of all time in The Philippines, distributor Westec Media claims.

The company, which released the film, does not quantify the receipts or the record. But there is little doubt of the film’s hit status across Asia. It has garnered THB1 billion (approximately $27 million) and achieved 10 million admissions, according to producer GDH559.

In Indonesia, where the film was released on May 15, it attracted 3.5 million admissions and became the highest grossing (non-local) Asian film in the country’s box office history. In Myanmar, following its release on May 31, has also become the highest-grossing Thai film ever recorded. It stands as the highest-grossing Thai film in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The heartwarming story follows a teenage university dropout (Putthipong “Billkin” Assaratanakul), who quits his job to care for his ailing grandmother (Usha Seamkhum) to secure a large inheritance.

Dublin and London-based Forty Foot Pictures, the outfit behind Netflix feature I Used To Be Famous and upcoming mockumentary Fran The Man starring Ardal O’Hanlon, is ramping up its co-production activities with the hire of former Searchlight UK exec Diarmuid Hughes.

Dublin-based Hughes will lead on new business and partnerships for the company, as head of co-production and post-production. While at Searchlight UK he held the position of director of post-production, with credits on titles including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Andrew Haigh’s All Of Us Strangers, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees Of Inisherin, and Raine Allen Miller’s Rye Lane.

When people mention Daniel Radcliffe, the first thing that definitely comes to mind is Harry Potter. For ten years, he played the role of the young wizard in J.K. Rowling’s big-screen adaptation of the books. When the story ended, the actor admitted not knowing where his career would head next.

The cast of Merrily We Roll Along / Broadway

Radcliffe continued making movies, starring mostly in independent films. Still, he could not shake off the typecast he was boxed in. Soon after, he branched out to stage acting in 2008, appearing in West End and Broadway productions.

Daniel Radcliffe Wins His First Tony Award

Daniel Radcliffe recently received his first-ever Tony Award for Featured Actor in a Musical category for his role as Charley Kringas in Stephen Sondheim’s musical Merrily We Roll Along. In his acceptance speech via Independent, he expressed gratitude to everyone who helped him achieve his win.

Sixteen years after his Broadway debut, Daniel Radcliffe has won a Tony Award. Although Broadway fans have known all season long that the actor would likely take home the trophy for his featured turn in the revival of the late Stephen Sondheim’s musical “Merrily We Roll Along,” his victory comes with great relief for those who have watched the star miss out on a number of nominations in the past.

Radcliffe’s career on Broadway began in 2008 when he took the stage in a revival of “Equus.” The production earned two Tony Award nominations for lighting design and sound design – it won the latter for Gregory Clarke – but was left out of the major categories including for Radcliffe’s leading performance.

The actor made his return only two years later in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” in the role of J. Pierrepont Finch. The character won...

There’s a great beating heart at the center of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, making its American debut after an ill-timed January 2020 premiere at London’s National Theatre. Fans of Sandra Oh’s masterful work on Killing Eve and Grey’s Anatomy won’t be surprised to find her bringing the same kind of acerbic warmth and casually razor-sharp intelligence that Eve Polastri and Dr. Cristina Yang shared to Elizabeth Luke, an 18th-century English midwife who finds herself wrapped up in a murder trial. Even churning butter, which Oh approaches with a ferocious purposefulness, Lizzy still has lots of bite.

The accused is Sally Poppy (Haley Wong), a maid who skipped town with a ruffian only to come back home to her husband drenched in the blood of the young rich girl she used to serve. She’s already been found guilty of murder, but she’s “pled the belly.

Teri Hayden, an agent who guided the careers of such notable Irish actors as Gabriel Byrne, Ruth Negga, Brendan Gleeson and his son, Domhnall Gleeson, died April 18 in hospice care in Dublin after a long illness. She was 75.

In the early 1980s, Hayden, coming from a background in finance, anticipated the growth of Irish theater, television and film and with that an increasing demand for actors’ representation at home. It was Byrne who encouraged her to become a rep, and she launched The Agency.

“Never one to seek the limelight, she was however a fearless negotiator, determined to secure the best possible deal for her clients,” James Byron, a friend of her family, said in a statement. “She was also responsible for anonymously brokering projects even when she had no stake in the production.

“Despite the offer of a lucrative buyout by a major Hollywood agency, she refused to surrender her independence.

Exclusive: Oscar-nominee Michael Stuhlbarg is set to join Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming feature After the Hunt, which will be released in theaters next year. The film stars Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew garfield. Luca Guadagnino is directing the film from a script penned by Nora Garrett. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Allan Mandelbaum are producing alongside Guadagnino via his Frenesy banner. Imagine Entertainment’s Karen Lunder will executive produce alongside Nora Garrett. The film is targeting a summer start-of-production.

After the Hunt is an intense dramatic thriller about a college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues, and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

The project has been a hot property going back to when Imagine landed the script and began developing it at the top of...

Colin Farrell is a versatile Irish actor who has excelled in a variety of genres, from action films to dramas and from wild comedies to very very dark comedies.

Farrell has had the good fortune to work with many of the best directors out there, including Terence Malick and Steven Spielberg. Two writers/directors in particular have been instrumental in pushing Farrell to new artistic ground. Martin McDonagh directed Farrell to his first Golden Globe win (Best Actor for “In Bruges”), and Yorgos Lanthimos led Farrell to his second Best Actor Globe nomination, this time for “The Lobster.”

And most recently, he has received acclaim for “The Banshees of Inisherin” with his first Oscar nomination and become a DC villain in “The Batman.”

Let’s raise a pint of Guinness for a toast and celebrate by counting down the 19 best screen performances of Farrell. Tour our photo gallery ranking his...

Fans of light-hearted and fun action movies are having their day in the sun with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt‘s new action comedy film The Fall Guy. Loosely based on a 1980s TV series of the same name by Glen A. Larson and directed by Deadpool 2‘s David Leitch, the Universal Pictures film follows the story of Colt Seavers, a Hollywood stuntman who returns to work after taking a year-long break due to an injury. Colt’s latest gig is at a high-budget blockbuster sci-fi film directed by his ex-girlfriend who he still loves and when the main actor of her film disappears, Colt must find him and bring him back. If you loved all the death-defying stunts and Gosling and Blunt’s electric chemistry in The Fall Guy here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Exclusive: Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) and Abbie Cornish (Three Billboards) have come aboard to star opposite Kal Penn in Trust Me, I’m a Doctor, a new film from writer-director Thane Economou (The Wedding Party) that will launch sales at the Cannes Market.

UTA Independent Film Group is handling domestic rights, and Fortitude International overseeing international.

Pic is based on the memoir of Dr. Sandeep Kapoor (Penn), whose life is turned upside down when he is implicated in the death of his former patient — model, actress, and reality TV star, Anna Nicole Smith. The film takes place at the height of early 2000s tabloid culture and explores the intersection of fame, privacy, self-discovery and politics through the perspective of a man who wound up forced into the spotlight through the court of public opinion.

Cornish will play the late Anna Nicole Smith, with Hamilton as Ellyn Garafalo, the veteran attorney who served as Dr.

Bristol-based short film event Encounters Film Festival has cancelled its 2024 edition due to funding issues, with future editions of the event also in doubt.

A statement issued by the festival’s Board of Trustees on Friday, April 26 read: “The cultural industries are collectively operating in an increasingly challenging climate and Encounters is now facing a situation beyond our control.

“It is with a heavy heart that we have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2024 iteration of Encounters Film Festival which would have been the 30th edition.” The festival had been scheduled to take place at its regular end-of-September slot,...

Having won a BAFTA (and landed an Oscar nomination) for her role as Colin Farrell’s kind-hearted but cynical — and distinctly less donkey-friendly — sister in Martin McDonagh’s darkly comic “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Kerry Condon is back in her native Ireland for her next film role.

Set in the height of the Troubles in the mid-1970s, Robert Lorenz’s Irish Western “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” which launches on Netflix Friday, sees the actress ditch all niceties to play a hard-nosed, mean-as-hell, extremely potty-mouthed and very violent Ira gang leader trying to lie low in rural Donegal following a deadly pub bombing. But it’s not long before she’s up against Liam Neeson, whose demeanor as a quiet widow and secondhand book dealer masks a secret identity as a local hitman for Colm Meaney’s village mobster. Like any good Western, the two eventually face...

Los Angeles, April 25 (Ians) A Margot Robbie-signed ‘Barbie’ poster, the original script for ‘Love Actually’ starring Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson, and a signed guitar from Ed Sheeran are among several star-studded items in the latest auction for War Child, which advocates for children living through war.

Over 70 celebrities have donated rare items to the charity’s ‘Spring Clean’ fundraiser, including War Child global ambassador Carey Mulligan, who is gifting a limited edition book of the ‘Saltburn’ script signed by the cast.

Other items up for bid include a signed Dutch oven from Stanley Tucci, a jacket worn by Gillian Anderson on ‘Sex Education’, signed guitars from Ed Sheeran and Nile Rodgers, a signed drum skin from Coldplay, several costumes from ‘The Crown’, and a signed script.

Additionally, there’s the ‘Banshees of Inisherin’ script signed by Martin McDonagh, an ‘Evita’ script signed by Jonathan Pryce, a Bradley Cooper-signed ‘Maestro’ book and album,...

A “Barbie” poster signed by Margot Robbie and the original script for “Love Actually” are just a few of the star-studded items taking part in the latest auction for War Child, which advocates for children living through war.

Over 70 celebrities have donated rare items to the charity’s “Spring Clean” fundraiser, including War Child global ambassador Carey Mulligan, who is gifting a limited edition book of the “Saltburn” script signed by the cast. Other items available to bid on include a signed dutch oven from Stanley Tucci, a jacket worn by Gillian Anderson on “Sex Education,” signed guitars from Ed Sheeran and Nile Rodgers, a signed drum skin from Coldplay, several “The Crown” costumes and a signed script, a “Banshees of Inisherin” script signed by Martin McDonagh, an “Evita” script signed by Jonathan Pryce, a Bradley Cooper-signed “Maestro” book and album, a signed Florence + the Machine poster, an original...

The Fabelmans (2022), arguably Steven Spielberg’s most personal movie to date, had everyone talking. Starring Michelle Williams and Paul Dano, it’s a semi-autobiographical tale that’s loosely based on the director’s childhood and his early years as a film director.

However, Spielberg’s reluctance to delve into his family’s history stemmed from worries that his parents would suffer, so the project was dropped for twenty years. Regardless, with seven Oscar nominations upon its release, The Fabelmans has generated a lot of Oscar buzz.

James Cameron’s Avatar

Does that encourage other filmmakers to document their own life stories on screen? Well, the director of Avatar and Titanic, though, is not going to take that route. James Cameron remains surprisingly uninterested when it comes to sharing the story of his own journey to success on the big screen because he finds it “boring”.

Why James Cameron Won’t...

Actor Michael Stuhlbarg will perform in the first preview of Patriots on Broadway on Monday after being attacked near Central Park on Sunday evening, according to a spokesperson for the production.

According to media reports, Stuhlbarg was walking in Central Park when a man threw a rock and hit Stuhlbarg in the back of the neck. Stuhlbarg chased the man, later identified as Xavier Israel, out of the park. Israel was taken into custody and charged with assault and Stuhlbarg declined medical attention, according to reports.

“The entire Patriots company fully supports Mr. Stuhlbarg, who feels fine and is looking forward to performing on stage tonight,” the statement from the production reads.

Stuhlbarg, known for his onscreen work in A Serious Man, Call Me by Your Name, Dopesick and Boardwalk Empire, among many others, is due to appear onstage in Patriots as Boris A. Berezovsky, a Russian billionaire trying to...

At some point during the first act of Robert Lorenz’s handsome but egregiously hackneyed “In the Land of Saints and Sinners,” which is maybe the 900th Liam Neeson movie about a weary hitman/rancher/fixer/truck driver/ex-cop/very tall person who decides to take matters into his own hands when some bad guys step over the line, the prolific Irish actor turns to one of his scene partners and sighs: “There’s more to me than this, and I’d like folks to see it.”

Needless to say, the first part of that sentence is much easier to believe than the second.

Cast here as a regretful assassin who tries to change his ways at the height of the Troubles (only to get mixed up with a trio of Ira terrorists who take cover in his quaint coastal village after a car bomb goes wrong), Neeson again reaffirms...

Irish actor Barry Keoghan appeared in 2022’s black tragicomedy movie The Banshees of Inisherin, directed and co-produced by Martin McDonagh. The movie also stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson who reunited once again after starring together in 2008’s In Bruges.

The movie premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival where it received a positive response. Upon its theatrical release worldwide, the movie received critical acclaim with special mention for Martin McDonagh’s direction and screenplay. The movie received a total of nine nominations at the 95th Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The Banshees of Inisherin is regarded as one of the significant movies of the 20s and now it has managed to break one more record.

Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin

Barry Keoghan starrer The Banshees of Inisherin joins 1-million watch club on Letterboxd

Barry Keoghan appeared as Dominic Kearney in Martin McDonagh’s...

St. Patrick’s Day is a time to celebrate Irish culture, history, and of course, to have a bit of fun! To those unfamiliar, March 17th marks the traditional death date of St. Patrick (Ireland’s patron saint). It used to be a religious day to remember him and how Christianity spread in Ireland.

St. Patrick (Image via Britannica)

The day is celebrated beyond Ireland as a way to embrace Irish culture. This day offers people a chance to enjoy traditional music, dancing, food, and drinks. Also, wearing green is a big part of it since it’s linked with Ireland.

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Now’s the time to put on some green and have a good time with friends. Why not dig into Irish traditions...

“You can literally film anything in Ireland that you want to — obviously desert scenes are a bit complicated, but we’ll have a go.” In this quick quip, veteran Irish producer Tristan Orpen Lynch sums up so much about his home country’s movie business right now. A fresh swell of opportunity and confidence may be swirling through it, thanks to the government’s decision to allow producers to claim back 32 percent of any spend on film, TV and animation to $134 million, up from $75 million. However, insiders say it’s actually in the midst of a deeper sea change built upon decades of investment, support and training — always combined with the nation’s innate charm and visually striking locales.

In 2021, the Irish screen industry rapidly bounced back after Covid to generate €500 million ($547m) local spend, its highest ever and 40 percent more than the last record set in 2019. Roll on 2023, and...