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As good an examination of a complicated hero resisting the mindset and manacles of 20th-century Ireland as any work of fiction

Edna O'Brien gets her big-screen due in new documentary

A celebration of the independent spirit, a fascinating study of hard-learned (and earned) creativity, and a reminder that we are all mired in the utter messiness of life, Blue Road... gives the late Edna O'Brien her big-screen due and then some.

Movie Review • 31 Jan

Films about Kneecap (left) and the late Irish author Edna O'Brien (right) have continued their awards success in the US

Kneecap biopic, Edna O'Brien documentary honoured in US

The music biopic Kneecap and the documentary Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story were among the winners at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California at the weekend.

Movies • 14 Jan

25 films to see in 2025

A good start - and there'll be plenty more besides...

Movies • 04 Jan

The late Edna O'Brien, pictured in Edinburgh in August 2016

Edna O'Brien's story coming to cinemas in new year

Blue Road - The Edna O'Brien Story will open in Irish cinemas on Friday 31 January, and the trailer for the award-winning documentary has just been released.

Movies • 28 Nov 24

The festival will open on Thursday 7 November with the Ralph Fiennes-starring Vatican thriller Conclave

Cork Film Festival announces opening and Irish galas

The Cork International Film Festival has announced this year's opening and Irish galas ahead of its return next month.

Movies • 07 Oct 24

Irish solo sailor Tom Dolan attempts to be the fastest person to sail single-handed around the island of Ireland

What's on - TV highlights for Tuesday

One man's dream to sail solo around Ireland, all the sporting action from Paris, and we revisit a 2010 interview with the late Edna O'Brien - here's your top telly for Tuesday

Television • 07 Aug 24

The BBC says "The award-winning O'Brien continues to produce some of the most urgent work of her unparalleled career" Photo: BBC/imagine...

Edna O'Brien tells her story in new BBC documentary

Author Edna O'Brien will be the subject of a new film from the BBC Arts documentary series imagine..., set to air on BBC One this summer.

Television • 23 Jun 19

Edna O'Brien - a known war criminal fleeing Balkan atrocities comes under the spotlight in The Little Red Chairs, the latest novel from the celebrated author.

Edna O'Brien turns 85 as book hailed a masterpiece

The celebrated Irish author and long-time London resident Edna O'Brien turned 85 on Tuesday December 15. O'Brien's new novel, The Little Red Chairs, has been deemed her masterpiece by the American writer, Philip Roth.

Entertainment • 21 Dec 15

Edna O'Brien announces first novel in ten years

Edna O'Brien will publish her new novel The Little Red Chairs, about a story wanted war criminal who settles in a small Irish village, next February.

Entertainment • 15 Apr 15

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