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UNBELIEVABLE: Neil jordan - The Untold Story

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan; The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan; Travel Light by Naomi Mitchison; Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman; Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

The Guardian - UK

45 Years Later, The Best Lord Of The Rings Movie That Never Was Is Getting A Huge Upgrade

First conceived as a 'Lord of the Rings' adaptation, John Boorman's 'Excalibur' is a cinematic feat unto itself. And it's now available in 4K.

Inverse

Susie Figgis obituary

Respected casting director who oversaw the choice of the three young leads for the Harry Potter films

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From Harry Potter to The Crying Game, Susie Figgis’s explosive enthusiasm made her an irreplaceable casting director

Producer Stephen Woolley pays tribute to Figgis, who has died aged 77, a brilliant professional whose ‘molotov cocktail personality’ enabled her work in British and Hollywood cinema

The Guardian - UK

Actor Tchéky Karyo, star of 'Nikita' and 'The Bear' dies aged 72

With around 100 acting credits to his name, Tchéky Karyo was the embodiment of the French crime thriller.

Euronews

Interview with the Vampire gets brand new title ahead of season 3

Underrated drama will be rebranded when it returns for new episodes

The Independent UK

Roger Pratt obituary

Oscar-nominated cinematographer who helped create the look of Tim Burton’s Batman and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, as well as two Harry Potter films

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Tom Cruise rejected Interview with the Vampire sequel

In a retrospective lookback at 'Interview with the Vampire' to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, director Neil Jordan revealed Tom Cruise refused to reprise his role as Lestat de Lioncourt for a sequel.

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30 years on, Interview with the Vampire director says casting Tom Cruise as Lestat was a big risk, but he was won over from their first meeting

Interview with the Vampire director Neil Jordan talks to SFX about bringing Anne Rice's modern vampire classic to the screen, 30 years on

Total Film

Interview With the Vampire director says backlash against Tom Cruise casting was ‘wrong’

Tom Cruise was offered the lead role in the horror fantasy after Daniel Day-Lewis turned it down

The Independent UK

Neil Jordan claims ex-taoiseach told him of money-for-endorsement agreement

Irish director says Garret FitzGerald said he was expecting payment from Warner Bros for endorsing Michael Collins biopic – which son refutes

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t discover rationality until I went to England’: Neil Jordan on Tom Cruise, sandwich-boarding and seeing his dad’s ghost

Warring with Harvey Weinstein, marvelling at Tom Cruise, realising Mona Lisa and many other films were about himself … the great Irish director looks back on his astonishing career

The Guardian - UK

Cillian Murphy Sweeps Irish Film And TV Academy Awards 2024

Cillian Murphy wins top acting prize at the 21st Irish Film and TV Academy Awards for 'Oppenheimer,' with a star-studded guest list and diverse range of wi...

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Interview With the Vampire review – Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt’s brilliant bloodsucking bromance

Neil Jordan’s horror-comedy features Cruise in scene-chewing form in a film that outrageously explores the vampire’s actually rather complex lived experience

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David Leland obituary

British director and screenwriter who enjoyed huge success with his 1987 hit film Wish You Were Here

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My friend David Leland’s films always cheered for the underdog

From Wish You Were Here to Mona Lisa and The Big Man, he was determined to shine a light on those marginalised in society albeit using his quirky sense of humour

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Wish You Were Here director David Leland dies aged 82

The British film-maker also wrote the landmark TV play Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth, and won an Emmy award for Band of Brothers

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The Well of Saint Nobody by Neil Jordan review – the film-maker’s new novel is full of marvels

This tale of a once successful concert pianist who finds love and rejuvenation before mystical forces intervene is a reminder of Jordan’s gifts as a writer

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‘She trembled with the truths she had to tell’: Sinéad O’Connor by friends, fans and collaborators

Neil Jordan, Róisín Murphy, MC Lyte, Anne Enright and more share their memories of a uniquely talented, uncompromising artist, mother and ‘Celtic warrior’

The New Daily

Marlowe: The real crime isn’t the dead body in this soft-focus stab at a familiar genre

Marlowe is set in 1930s Hollywood, where deceptions are a dime a dozen and dark corners hold secrets. But the real crime's the film itself.

Evening Standard

Liam Neeson on his 100th film, Marlowe on Sky: ‘where have the years gone? I’ve been blessed’

The Irish actor is appearing in Sky’s new hardboiled detective film, Marlowe , based on the work of Raymond Chandler

The Guardian - UK

TV Tonight: a detective moves to Dublin to investigate her own daughter’s death

Paula Malcomson leads brilliant six-parter Redemption. Plus, Comic Relief 2023. Here’s what to watch this evening

Belfast Live

Liam Neeson tells how he's determined to keep fighting into his 70s

The Hollywood legend was in Dublin as his 100th movie premiered

Irish Mirror

Oscar winner Neil Jordan says mocking the Irish at the Oscars was 'unfair'

Host Jimmy Kimmel faced backlash from numerous Irish celebs after he poked fun at our Oscar nominated stars

Irish Mirror

Liam Neeson reveals he wants to keep 'fighting' well into his 70s

The Hollywood legend has no plans of slowing down

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