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Hugh Jackman on killing Robin Hood and Ray Winstone on dressing down to act up
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Guggi on Guggi
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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Getting Mourinho to talk
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Jason O'Mara on being Batman and not being Jack Nicholson
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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The best superhero movies of all time
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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The films and tv shows that started the culture wars
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Will Ferrell talks golf, football and chili peppers on Screentime
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Jennifer Garner on 5 Star weekends and meeting people on Instagram
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Himesh Patel on Enola Holmes 3 and not being afraid of the Beatles
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Television's best kept secrets
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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John Carney on 'Power Ballad' and when the freebies stop
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May 29, 2026 |
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Niamh Algar talks Iris and GAA and Mando gets the film treatment
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May 22, 2026 |
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Bill Nighy on '500 Miles' and Victoria Smurfit on 'Rivals'
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May 15, 2026 |
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Sally Field on Dogs and Doubtfire
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May 08, 2026 |
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Hokum, Prada and cycling to Glasto
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May 01, 2026 |
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The Dry returns, Michael Jackson disappoints and American Film Music goes synth
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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The Young Offenders Return
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Lorcan Cranitch on 46 years of roles and surprises
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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The competitive friendship of Lucas, Spielberg and Coppola that changed Hollywood
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Nicola Coughlan on making movie magic and Michael Patrick King on making a comeback
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Mischa Barton on Double Indemnity, The OC and the power of accents
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Cillian Murphy, Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth talk Peaky Blinders
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Danny Dyer on his Purple Patch
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Amanda Seyfried talks Ann Lee and Mean Girls
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Rebecca Miller talks work, family and Dublin
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Wuthering Heights, Whistle and Retirement Plan
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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The Cast of 'How to Get to Heaven from Belfast'
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Jean-Luc Godard, Scary Primates and the unstoppable rise of YouTube
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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John Bishop on chicken jokes, movies and Toffees Vs Reds
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Ben Affleck takes 'The Rip' and 'Good Will Hunting'
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Pierce Brosnan on 'Giant', leaving home and being opposite Mrs. Doubtfire
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Steve Coogan on playing Mick, Toni Collette on 'Goodbye June' and Tom Kenny on SpongeBob
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Glenn Close and Mila Kunis on 'Wake-Up Dead Man' and Jerry Bruckheimer on 'F1: The Movie'
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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'Eternity' saves Rom Coms, What Makes a Christmas Movie and 'Horseshoe'
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Sydney Sweeney on Screentime
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Kerry Condon and Felicity Jones talk Train Dreams, trees and accents
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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The Power of Dreams
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Lynne Ramsey on 'Die My Love' and the fear of first films
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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John C. Reilly on finding his Mister Romantic and Liam Cunningham on Palestine 36
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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The Best Music Biopics of All Time
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Will Hollywood ever kill the boogeyman?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Rebecca Ferguson on 'A House of Dynamite' and her complicated Irish Roots
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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I Swear
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Emma Thompson on 'Dead of Winter' and the stars of 'House of Guinness'
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Cillian Murphy on the stories he wants to tell
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Closing the doors of Downton for the last time
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Cavan Punks, The Conjuring and Back to Saipan
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Ben Kingsley on The Thursday Murder Club and his favourite line from the Sopranos
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Tom Hiddleston on playing Chuck and Suranne Jones on playing the Prime Minister
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The best break-up movies of all time
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Billy Joel gets the prestige documentary treatment
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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'Gazer'; the new Noir thriller and the stranger story of its making
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Patrick Bergin on Screentime
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Jim Sheridan on Re-Creation, Daniel Day Lewis and Cinema's Future
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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The Cast and Creator of Squid Game on Screentime
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Danny Boyle on 28 Years Later, Trainspotting and not joining the Priesthood
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Dragons, Dinosaurs and Sharks
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Gillian Anderson on the Salt Path
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May 30, 2025 |
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Tom's Impossible Mission, Wes Anderson returns and a trip to the Flats in Belfast
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May 23, 2025 |
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The Best LGBTQ Movies
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May 16, 2025 |
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Nicolas Cage on a surfboard, Leni Rifenstahl on trial and Trump on Hollywood
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May 09, 2025 |
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Aidan Gillen and Mark O'Connor on 'Amongst The Wolves'
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May 02, 2025 |
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The Best Cameos of All Time
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Stellan Skarsgård talks Star Wars and Fame
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Rashida Jones on the troubling power of Black Mirror
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Oscar Winner Michel Hazanavicius on the 'precious' role of films
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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George MacKay on coming to 'The End' and how '1917' changed everything
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Robert DeNiro talks on Screentime again
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Stephen Graham on 'Adolescence' and Millie Bobby Brown on 'The Electric State'
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Danny Dyer on Marching Powder, Harold Pinter and being a modern man
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Someone feed Phil before he comes to Ireland
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Angela Bassett on playing Presidents and Queens
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Robert DeNiro talks TV and Taxi Driver
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Christopher Abbott, Bergman and Hit Man Romcoms
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Armando Iannucci, Edna O'Brien on the Blue Road and Saturday Night Live
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Mike Leigh on the hard truths of making movies
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx on Screentime
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Angelina Jolie on Screentime
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Jesse Eisenberg on friendship and family history
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Barry Jenkins on Mufasa and Kerry Washington on Ireland
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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The Best Movies and TV of 2024
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Fiona Shaw on Christmas & Richard Curtis on turning away from 'Boy Meets Girl'
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Lindsay Lohan on her love of Christmas and Bill Nighy on finding Joy
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Paul Mescal on Gladiator II and keeping his head
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Olivia Colman on Paddington and Selena Gomez on 'Emilia Pérez'
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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When your father actually was Superman
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell on the Diplomat and Adam Ant
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Aidan Turner and Victoria Smurfit on 'Rivals'
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Eva Birthistle on directing and being a bad sister
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Todd Phillips on bringing back the Joker
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Saoirse on the run, Blur at the end and Coppola somewhere.
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Elizabeth Olsen on doing things differently
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Ian McKellan on the death of the critic and Lilly Collins on Paris and Rome
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Michael Keaton on 'Bettlejuice Bettlejuice' and Eve Hewson on 'The Perfect Couple'
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Alicia Vikander on surviving Henry VIII
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Adam Hills on his personal tennis mission
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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How the Summer of 1982 changed Hollywood forever
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Best Film Twists - A Screentime Special
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Deadpool to the rescue, Peter Sellars Remembered and Colm Tóibín's Favourite Film
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Skywalkers:A Love Story
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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The Commandant's Shadow
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Neil Jordan on the Illusion of Memory
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Eddie Murphy, Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Screentime.
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Eloise Bridgerton, TWIG and Why Directors love Motorbikes.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Star Wars Sisters.
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Modine and Richard Linklater.
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May 31, 2024 |
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Mad Max, Piano Dreams and J.LO in Space.
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May 24, 2024 |
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A 'Cheer'-full New Irish Documentary.
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May 17, 2024 |
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The Cast of Bridgerton on Screentime.
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May 10, 2024 |
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Will Forte on the Discipline of Saturday Night Live.
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May 03, 2024 |
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The Beauty of 'That They May Face the Rising Sun'.
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Zack Synder on Screentime .
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Marisa Abela on Playing Amy Winehouse.
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Did a Boxing Match Start the Celtic Tiger?
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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The Best Redemption Movies- A Screentime Special.
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Jonathan Pryce and Liam Cunningham on ' 3 Body Problem'.
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Joely Richardson on The Golden Age of TV.
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Ray Winstone on Screentime.
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Stellan Skarsgård on Dune, Mamma Mia and Raising Eight Children.
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Jared Harris on Screentime.
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Why Do We Watch War Movies?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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One Day Like This.
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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The Makers of An American Nightmare.
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Screentime Big Interview: Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott on 'All Of Us Strangers'
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Screentime Big Interview: Paul Giamatti
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph on 'The Holdovers'.
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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George Clooney and Joel Edgerton on Screentime.
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Johnny Flynn on the Pointlessness of War.
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Zachary Levi on Chicken Runs, Bumbling Superheroes and Green Pigs.
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Best Kept Secrets: A Screentime Special
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Julia Roberts on Screentime
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Napoleon, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Two For the Road.
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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A Royal Flush
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Meeting Robbie Williams Without Pants.
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Alan Gilsenan on Trying to Tell the Truth.
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Pain Hustlers, Cat Person and Rock Hudson.
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Al Murray asks Why Everyone Hates the British Empire
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Thaddeus O'Sullivan on Movie Miracles and John Banville's Favourite Film.
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Director Chloe Domont on Fragile Masculinity.
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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John Carney's Latest and Ken Loach's Last.
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Sex Education, Dumb Money and The Lesson.
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Patrick Kielty and Seána Kerlslake on Screentime
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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'Past Lives' is the Year's Best Movie So Far.
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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The Art of Clowning.
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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The Mission to Burnley, The Blackening and the Future Tense; this week's Screentime
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Tyson and Paris Fury on Their Unique Marriage
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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The Greatest Blockbuster of All Time?
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Philosophy at the Movies-Thinking Film
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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The Battle Royale of Summer Blockbusters.
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock.
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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The Joy That Wham Brought.
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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James Mangold on Indy's Last Crack of the Whip.
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Jennifer Lawrence Goes Funny, Wes Anderson Returns and Broadway Star Darren Lee
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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The Return of the Full Monty and Black Mirror.
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Sam Hargrave- Stuntman Turned Director
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Daniel Kaluuya on Being a Punk Spiderman.
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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New Scorsese, Re-Imagined Mermaids and a Hardy Buck Favourite Film.
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May 26, 2023 |
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Why Michael J. Fox is 'Still' So Cool.
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May 12, 2023 |
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Lee Cronin On Getting the Keys to the Evil Dead.
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton on Screentime
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Dublin Noir with 'Barber' and Gaeltacht Memories with 'Saol Ella'.
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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The Funniest Films Ever Made?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Paddy Breathnach on 'The Dry', 'Rosie' and 'I Went Down'.
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Paul Mescal and Emily Watson on Screentime
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Richard Eyre, Shazam and Remembering Dave Allen
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Penn Badgley, Scream VI, Oscars and Cathy Kelly's Favourite Film
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Andy Serkis on Screentime
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Tessa Thompson on Screentime
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Lily James on 'What's Love Got To Do With It?'.
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Pat Shortt's Favourite Film, Atomic Hope and Bacharach at the Movies
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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She Is Love
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Playing A Young Spielberg
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Dave from Bank of Dave
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Let the Oscar Battle Commence
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Long Live my Happy Head, Glass Onion and Paul Howard's Favourite Film
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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The Best Movies and TV of the Year, Avatar Returns and Camille O'Sullivan on her Favourite Movie
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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The Greatest Film Of All Time?
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Nocebo, Lady Chatterly and Dave Moore's Favourite Film
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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The Ghost of Richard Harris
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Hollywood Maverick Walter Hill, Ralph Fiennes as a Scary Chef and Bertie Ahern's Favourite Movie
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Gaten Matarazzo On Voicing the Dragon
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Niamh Algar on 'The Wonder'
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Screentime's Horror Movie Special
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell chat Banshees and Island Life
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Bridesmaids Director Paul Feig on 'The School of Good and Evil'
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Emma Mackey on Screentime
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Vicky- An Intimate Portrait of a National Hero
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Does 'Don't Worry Darling' Deliver?
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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The Return of Clerks
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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The Good, The Bad and The Great on this week's Screentime
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Hugh Bonneville on 'I Came By' and How He Got Lucky
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Idris Elba talks 'Beast', The Wire and an Iconic Role
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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The Week's New TV and Movies as well as Soccer Legend Ray Houghton on his Favourite Film
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Hearts of Fire - Screentime’s Best Love Story Films
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Olivia Colman Shines in the New Irish Road Movie 'Joyride'
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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The Super Heroic Success of the Russo Brothers
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Jenny Agutter and Sheridan Smith on Screentime
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Kyle Richards on Screentime
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Minions, John Wayne and Monty Python
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Baz Luhrmann on his Hopes for Elvis
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Emma Thompson on Getting Graphic in Her New Movie
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Dinosaurs, Basketball and Cher's Greatest Role; another busy week on Screentime
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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The Story of Film; A New Generation
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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The Cast of Stranger Things on Screentime
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May 27, 2022 |
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A Quiet Irish Girl, Telepathic Norwegian Children and Reggie from the Blackrock Road.
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May 20, 2022 |
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Simon Callow on Anything Goes, Orson Welles and 4 Weddings
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May 13, 2022 |
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Doctor Strange, Orson Welles and The Rumble in the Jungle
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May 06, 2022 |
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The Story of Film; A New Generation
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May 03, 2022 |
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Allen Leech on the New Era at Downton Abbey
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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All your TV and Film Reviews for the Weekend Ahead on This Week's Screentime
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend on 'Anatomy of a Scandal'
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Single Drunk Female, Dumbledore and Notting Hill; an eclectic week on Screentime
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Why The Will Smith Fiasco runs deep to the Dark Heart of Hollywood
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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The Raunchy and Romantic Return of Bridgerton
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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The Best Irish Movies Ever- Screentime Saint Patrick's Day Special
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Shawn Levy- Hollywood's Sunniest Director
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Paul Dano and Jeffrey Wright on 'The Batman'
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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The Cast of Vikings Valhalla on Screentime
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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How Method Acting Changed Cinema Forever
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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The Spooky and Profound New Irish Movie 'Here Before'
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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The Tinder Swindler
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Peter Coonan on his new stormy Thriller and why he still loved 'Love/Hate'
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Guillermo Del Toro on Nightmare Alley and the Power of Stories
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Ricky Gervais On Life, Death and The C Word
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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George Clooney’s The Tender Bar is Mawkish but Lovely
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Adam McKay on Finding Humour in the Serious and Sharing Meryl Streep's Number
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Adam McKay on Finding Humour in the Serious and Giving Out Meryl Streep's Number
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Lin Manuel Miranda on Tik Tik Boom, Larry David and Jason Byrne
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Mark Cousins Looks at Looking
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Kodi Smit-McPhee on Oscar Buzz, Early Fame and Eddie Murphy
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Benedict Cumberbatch on the Power of Dogs, Cows and Whistling
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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How Hollywood Portrays Journalism
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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The Healing Power of Music with Damien Dempsey
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Back on Elm Street
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Ruth Negga on 'Passing'
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Ridley Scott and Jodie Comer on Screentime
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Angeline Ball on Making the Cut
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Jo Hartley on giving up life as an Air Hostess to become an Actress.
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Capturing Oasis at Knebworth
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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The Many Saints of Newark Screentime Special
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Karyn Parsons on Life after the 'Fresh Prince'
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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The Blistering and Poignant 'Wildfire'
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Redemption Of A Rogue
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Niamh Algar on watching Video Nasties for 'Censor'
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Spoiler Alert-Screentime's Best Movie Endings
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Tom McCarthy on Stillwater, Matt Damon and Spotlight
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Sparks on Screentime
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Nick Helm on reaching Giddy Stratospheres
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Director Paddy Slattery on the Power of Movies
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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The Fear Street Trilogy
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Sophie-A Murder in West Cork
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth Shine in Supernova
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Reece Shearsmith on Humour and Horror
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Owen Teale on Game of Thrones, Winning a Tony and his new movie 'Dream Horse'
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Re-Imagining Cruella
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May 28, 2021 |