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A great team - (L-R) Small Things Like These director Tim Mielants and screenwriter Enda Walsh

The making of Small Things Like These

Director Tim Mielants (Peaky Blinders, The Responder) and writer Enda Walsh (Disco Pigs, Hunger) discuss bringing Claire Keegan's bestseller Small Things Like These to the big screen as one of the films of 2024.

Movies • 31 Dec 24

Small Things Like These is in cinemas now

Eileen Walsh 'terrified' before Small Things Like These

Eileen Walsh has told RTÉ Entertainment that she was "terrified" she would not be able to deliver a performance when the cameras started rolling on Small Things Like These.

Movies • 04 Nov 24

Over a quarter of a century since they starred together on stage in Disco Pigs, Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh have reunited for Small Things Like These. The wait was worth it

Small Things Like These a must-see of the way we were

One of the best Irish books is now one of the best Irish films.

Movie Review • 01 Nov 24

Small Things Like These is the second of Claire Keegan's books to be adapted into a film after An Cailín Ciúin, an adaptation of the writer's 2010 book Foster

Claire Keegan, the low-key writer with global acclaim

The acclaimed Irish writer Claire Keegan may have published just five books in over twenty years, but each of the publications has won awards, critical success and armies of devoted readers.

Entertainment • 28 Oct 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These - "There's definitely a weight of responsibility with this book" Stills: Enda Bowe

Cillian Murphy brings it all back home

Nine months after its world premiere in Berlin, the Cillian Murphy-starring film of Claire Keegan's Small Things Like These opens in Irish cinemas on Friday. The Cork actor tells RTÉ Entertainment about turning a classic into another homegrown classic.

Movies • 27 Oct 24

Small Things Like These opens in cinemas on Friday 1 November

Cillian Murphy shares Small Things Like These trailer

The trailer for the Cillian Murphy-starring Claire Keegan adaptation Small Things Like These has been released ahead of the film's arrival in Irish cinemas in November.

Movies • 17 Sep 24

Cillian Murphy - New film Steve is "coming soon" to Netflix

Cillian Murphy finishes production on his new film

Cillian Murphy has announced that he is finishing production this week on his new film Steve, which is based on the Max Porter novel Shy.

Movies • 04 Jul 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These - "Making the film was a labour of love; I can't wait to talk about it"

Deal done for Cillian Murphy's Small Things Like These

International film distributor and studio Lionsgate has announced that it has acquired the rights to the Cillian Murphy-starring Claire Keegan adaptation Small Things Like These for Ireland, the UK, and North America.

Movies • 11 Jun 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy's new film opens Berlin Film Festival

Cillian Murphy's latest movie Small Things Like These, an adaptation of Claire Keegan's bestseller of the same name, becomes the first Irish film to open the Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 15 Feb 24

Aoife O'Donovan. Photo credit: Sasha Israel

Behind the music - Aoife O'Donovan

Grammy winning singer-songwriter Aoife O'Donovan has released the title track from her forthcoming album, All My Friends, and plays Tradfest at the National Stadium, Dublin on 27 January. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 24 Jan 24

Cillian Murphy stars in and is among the producers of Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy's Small Things Like These Berlin-bound

It has been announced that the Cillian Murphy-starring Small Things Like These, an adaptation of the Claire Keegan bestseller of the same name, will open next month's Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 19 Jan 24

Cillian Murphy - "I'm honoured and thrilled to have the opportunity to bring Claire Keegan's magnificent novel to the screen"

Cillian Murphy filming Claire Keegan bestseller

Cillian Murphy is starring in and producing a big-screen adaptation of Wexford author Claire Keegan's Booker Prize-nominated bestseller Small Things Like These.

Movies • 25 Oct 24

Newcomer Catherine Clinch in An Cailín Ciúin

An Cailín Ciúin passes €1 million at Irish box office

An Cailín Ciúin, Ireland's entry for Best International Feature Film at next year's Oscars, has grossed over €1 million at the Irish and UK box office after 22 weeks in cinemas.

Movies • 10 Oct 22

Claire Keegan