“I enjoy the challenge of trying to relight the flame of this particular story but in a totally different medium.” Award-winning author, Emma Donoghue, joined Dion for a chat this week on Ireland Unfiltered. The pair discussed her hit novel, Room, which has sold two million copies worldwide and in 2015 was adapted into a […]
6 years ago
“It’s not that I like all the changes but it’s so exciting to see a country being brewed up in this cauldron of modernity.” It can be easy to get too caught up in the day-to-day realities of life in Ireland while living in the country, which is why it’s always interesting to hear the […]
6 years ago
These two working on a horror? Sign us up!
9 years ago
If you haven’t seen it yet, then you’ve no longer got any excuse. Nominated for four Oscars – including Best Picture, Best Director for Lenny Abrahamson, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Emma Donoghue who worked from her own novel – and winning Brie Larson the award for Best Actress, everyone who has ever seen Room […]
9 years ago
We already can’t wait… Following on from his critically-acclaimed work on Room, it looks like Lenny Abrahamson has decided on his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Dublin-born director is attached to direct a film adaptation of Neal Bascomb’s upcoming book, The Grand Escape. And no, before you start humming the theme tune to […]
10 years ago
“I’m preparing my, ‘I didn’t win’ face.” Room director Lenny Abrahamson was on the The Ray D’Arcy Show on Saturday night and he said the build-up to next weekend’s Academy Awards is ‘completely surreal.’ Abrahamson directed Room, which is up for the Best Picture award, while he is also nominated in the Best Director category. […]
10 years ago