Ahead of the premiere of The Swallow next week Dublin International Film Festival I wrote a little bit for Culture on RTÉ about the film and the brilliant and greatly missed Tim Devine. rte.ie/culture/2024/0…

I was on the radio last night, talking about The Swallow - you can listen back here

I found the dog's performance in Anatomy of a Fall a bit OTT. Showy. More Ronaldo than Messi. If you want brilliantly understated, confident canine acting, come see The Swallow Dublin International Film Festival featuring Juno here, real-life and screen companion to Brenda Fricker.

Normal people

I was back on the radio last week with a new wee essay about maps, walking and a part of Ireland that has been closed off behind agricultural gates.

CLARE DALY’S ENEMIES IF Clare Daly manages to claim victory in the EU Dublin election it will be a remarkable feat given the serried rows of opponents on the right, the centre right and even the far left that have combined against this implacable enemy of militarism in Ireland,

The Cloud of Unknowing | Culture File Tadhg O'Sullivan on the worth and the weight of a once-loved set of encyclopediae. ift.tt/Gh26Ock

I’m fascinated by this - an expensive gadget for your camera that helps you to take (literally) average photos. Like that’s what you should aspire to - convention and the average.

America

Really delighted to be here in Telluride for the international premiere of The Swallow. Thanks to everyone whose work went into making the film, to The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon for funding it and to Culture_Ireland for helping me bring it to this amazing place.

Telluride gondolas > Venice gondolas

Ahead of the second screening of The Swallow at Telluride today here’s the new poster, made by the brilliant Caspar Newbolt of versionindustries.com

Show’s over – thanks to everyone at Telluride for inviting me, to ⁦Culture_Ireland⁩ for helping me bring The Swallow to such a special place and to the brilliant audiences who came along.

Baby beluga in the KGB theguardian.com/world/article/…

The Cloud of Unknowing | Culture File Tadhg O'Sullivan remembers his initiation into the horrors of nuclear armageddon via the 80s BBC TV program, Threads. ift.tt/Uvbh5pZ

Robot babysitters, living on Mars, cars that talk and drive themselves… we’re living in an 80s film where an 11yo boy swaps bodies with a rich guy but with none of the laughs

Very happy to have a chapter in this new book by the brilliant film scholar Scott MacDonald about my film 'To the Moon'. Too late for Christmas sadly, it's out in January via Oxford University Press.

The Cloud of Unknowing | Culture File Tadhg O'Sullivan's latest journey into the cloud attempts to follow the elusive author of The Treasure of The Sierra Madre, B. Traven. ift.tt/nZNzluy