Film

Normal People Week 2 Recap: A Sligo Betrayal, (the Start of) a Trinity Truce?

Episodes three and four of Normal People aired on RTÉ last night – with a masterful depiction of young love in all its raw clumsiness.
By Gráinne Mahon

Normal People Recap: Sublime Direction, Lashings of Sex, But No Trinity – Yet

Episodes one and two of Normal People aired on RTÉ last night – and delivered a masterclass in directing and adolescent dynamics.
By Stephen Patrick Murray

It’s Campus – As You’ve Never Seen It: Behind the Scenes of Normal People

Last July, Susie Crawford got exclusive access to the filming of Normal People on campus – finding a production that obsessed over every detail.
By Susie Crawford

Eanna Hardwicke, of Normal People and Vivarium, on Life in Lockdown

Eanna Hardwicke is one of Ireland's biggest acting talents. Now, he finds himself at home – and itching to get back to work.
By Stephen Patrick Murray

For Director Portia A Buckley, Creativity Comes From Community

The writer–director – with two generations of grandmothers who went to Trinity – talks breaking taboos and being drawn to a sense of place.
By Holly Moore

Precocious Youth Becomes Award-Winning Director: Meet Neasa Hardiman

The Dublin director, whose feature film Sea Fever closes this year's Dublin Film Festival, talks Berlin, Fair City – and designing RTÉ's logo.
By Holly Moore

Horror, Comedy and the Supernatural: Lorcan Finnegan Pushes Film’s Envelope

The filmmaker talks about creating landscapes that are both haunting and haunted, and how anger informs his work.
By Stephen Patrick Murray

‘You Didn’t See the Fucking Movie’: When Abel Ferrara Came to Trinity

Filmmaker Abel Ferrara, in Dublin for the Silk Road Film Festival, is controversial, cantankerous – and fascinating conversation.
By Stephen Patrick Murray

A Daring, Diverse and Sparsely Attended Film Festival Comes to Trinity

Featuring student short films and a masterclass from director Abel Ferrara, the Silk Road Film Festival impressed.
By Stephen Patrick Murray and Holly Moore

Chiara Viale’s Guide to Enjoying Life – In All its Challenges

Italian filmmaker Chiara Viale talks about her new film The New Music and how the spirit of punk informs her work.
By Gráinne Mahon