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The Banshees of Inisherin review – a Guinness-black comedy of male pain

Venice film festival: Martin McDonagh reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson in remotest Ireland for an oddball study of isolation and hurt

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2022

Fundraiser launched to help family affected by Tallaght tragedy

Uncle Martin McDonagh has helped organise a GoFundMe campaign, with the proceeds going towards the family of 18-year-old Lisa Cash and 8-year-old Chelsea and Christy Cawley, who were allegedly stabbed to death in a brutal attack in Rossmore in Tallaght over the weekend

Dublin Live · Sep 5, 2022

Farrell and Gleeson reunite with Martin McDonagh in Venice

Martin McDonagh has returned to the Venice International Film Festival with “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which is having its world premiere Monday night in competition

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2022

Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite in trailer for new film The Banshees of Inisherin

Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan star in the new trailer for The Banshees of Inisherin

Dublin Live · Aug 4, 2022

Cate Blanchett and Harry Styles to head to Venice for 2022 edition of film festival

Competition slots for jailed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, Martin McDonagh and Darren Aronofsky, while actors on show range from past winner Blanchett to Bill Nighy and Harry Styles

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2022

Martin McDonagh writes about capital punishment in ‘Hangmen,’ but it’s still a comedy thriller

NEW YORK — “Surely,” says Martin McDonagh, “when you go home after killing 400 people, something must remain.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

‘I haven’t got a pretty face’: Brendan Gleeson on fame, middle age and tapping into his mean side

The Irish actor talks about working with Mel Gibson, why Paddington 2 is a perfect movie, and how his new show about a divorcing couple has sparked trouble at home

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022

Broadway review: Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen’ is a terrifying thriller that says things few dare even to whisper

NEW YORK — Mostly taking place in grim prisons, the last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging. They lasted until a final suspension of the practice in 1965 (yes, as recently as that), thus ending the career of professional hangmen like Alfred Pierrepont, who is said to have…

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Film director Neil Jordan said he hopes Ciaran Hinds wins an Oscar

Exclusive: Ciaran, Keneth Branagh and Jessie Buckley are up for an Oscar at the Academy Awards this Sunday night

Irish Mirror · Mar 24, 2022