Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods
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Saipan review: The likeability of Éanna Hardwicke’s Roy Keane makes the big meltdown all the more shocking
This is an entertaining ride even for those who don’t know one end of a football from another
Ken Early: The Saipan film makes the conflict between Keane and McCarthy less interesting
It’s frustrating to think a new audience might assume the fake parts of the film’s account are true
Éanna Hardwicke: ‘I don’t feel any kind of security. I enjoy the feeling of each job being the one and only’
The Cork actor is having quite the year, with Saipan en route to cinemas and his London role in The Playboy of the Western World
John C Reilly: ‘I worked with this older Irish actor one time. He was bummed out if I said anything that wasn’t the lines’
John C Reilly is bringing Mister Romantic, his performance of love songs by Nat King Cole, Tom Waits and others, to Dublin
From Saipan to John Boorman: 10 events to catch at the 70th Cork International Film Festival
You can also catch Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident, Richard Linklater’s acclaimed Blue Moon and talks with Ed Guiney of Element Pictures and producer David Puttnam
Steve Coogan says Richard III film was ‘story I wanted to tell’ after agreeing to pay academic ‘substantial damages’
Richard Taylor sued Coogan and production companies over portrayal in 2022 film The Lost King
Belfast Film Festival: A child of the peace process turns 25
Founded in west Belfast by Michele Devlin and Laurence McKeown, the festival now attracts 25,000 visitors each year
Saipan the movie: Roy Keane-Mick McCarthy flashbacks too much for this traumatised fan
Dreams of what might have been at 2002 World Cup still as vivid as day the Cork man stormed out
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) review: It’s aha-mazing to have him back
Television: Steve Coogan, who has played Partridge since the 1990s, seems more comfortable than ever being back in Alan’s boat shoes
We all have more Alan Partridge in us than we would care to admit
Triumph of Steve Coogan’s great comedy character rests on his slow evolution, moments of pathos and the canny avoidance of low-hanging fruit (Brexit)
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
September 28th-October 3rd highlights: including The Walsh Sisters; How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge); and Monster: The Ed Gein Story
I’ve just seen Saipan, The Movie. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t end well
Roy Keane’s clash with Mick McCarthy before the 2002 World Cup is living history in Ireland. Audiences elsewhere might not know what to make of their square-off
Saipan the movie triggers a two-word reaction from Jason McAteer
Plus: Hollywood money to replace (the other) Brendan Gleeson; Pope Leo’s GAA link; and a spot of fencing at Milltown Golf Club
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