“Small Things Like These” is a slim book by an Irish writer, Claire Keegan, that tells the terrifying and true story of the ...
A poignant story about powerful institutions & their influence. It does a lot with little dialogue, leading to something rich ...
In his weekly newsletter, Times columnist Glenn Whipp considers "Small Things Like These" as a postelection antidote. Also: ...
The screenplay by Enda Walsh, adapted from Claire Keegan’s 2021 novella, doesn’t delve deeply into exposition. Instead, the ...
Directed by Tim Mielants, with a screenplay by Enda Walsh, Small Things Like These is based on the 2021 historical fiction ...
Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.
While Cillian Murphy’s character is certainly admirable, there is something to be noted of a history of gendered violence ...
The "cinematography can err on the side of murk", said Tara Brady in The Irish Times. But "in delicate movements, the ...
“Small Things Like These” was made after “Oppenheimer” but before the Oscar win, which Murphy is still processing. Work is ...
Anyone who is a fan of Claire Keegan’s work must have been slightly anxious when they heard Cillian Murphy was about to turn ...
NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to the Oscar-winning actor, Cillian Murphy, about his latest role in Small Things Like These. The ...