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John Michael McDonagh

September 2022

  • THE FORGIVEN (2021)<br>JESSICA CHASTAIN &amp; RALPH FIENNES Film 'THE FORGIVEN' (2021) Directed By JOHN MICHAEL MCDONAGH 11 September 2021 SBE16823 Allstar Picture Library/ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS/SIFE ELAMINE **WARNING** This Photograph is for editorial use only and is the copyright of ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS/SIFE ELAMINE and/or the Photographer assigned by the Film or Production Company &amp; can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above Film. A Mandatory Credit To ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS/SIFE ELAMINE is required. The Photographer should also be credited when known. No commercial use can be granted without written authority from the Film Company. 1111z@yx abcde 5 19

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    The Forgiven review – brooding tale of crime and punishment starring Fiennes and Chastain

  • Faith, hope and depravity … Ralph Fiennes (second left) and Matt Smith (third left) in The Forgiven.

    ‘Isn’t it our duty to show horrible people?’ Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes and The Forgiven film-makers on faith, hope and depravity

September 2021

  • Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain in The Forgiven, a strange watch, but never less than compelling.

    First look review
    The Forgiven review – Chastain and Fiennes light up darkly comic thriller

    John Michael McDonagh’s mostly entertaining adaptation of Laurence Osborne’s novel offers an unusual mix of provocation and penance

October 2016

  • War on Everyone.

    War on Everyone review – drowning in an ocean of snark

  • Alexander Skarsgard

    Alexander Skarsgård: ‘I still wake up shivering in the foetal position’

February 2016

  • Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña in War on Everyone.

    War on Everyone review – bad cop, bad cop on the trail of a plot

  • The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg will be shown at the 66th Berlin film festival

    Ten to watch at the Berlin film festival 2016

April 2014

  • calvary

    Calvary, The Raid 2, The Quiet Ones: this week's new films

  • Composite of images from films reviewed on the 11 April Guardian Film Show

    The Guardian film show
    The Guardian Film Show: Calvary, The Raid 2, Half of a Yellow Sun and The Lunchbox - video reviews

  • Brendan Gleeson and Kelly Reilly in Calvary

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    Calvary review – Agony in the confessional

  • Calvary star Brendan Gleeson

    Film talk
    Calvary star Brendan Gleeson: 'It's about the essence of goodness' - video interview

  • Brendan Gleeson: sins of the fathers

  • Dylan Moran: 'A lot of what's on TV now is filler'

January 2014

  • 2014 in film preview
    2014 in film preview: British film

    Our pick of the best homegrown movies due to be released over the next 12 months

December 2013

  • Kelly Reilly and Brendan Gleeson in Calvary

    Trailer park
    Calvary: watch Brendan Gleeson in the exclusive first trailer for The Guard director John Michael McDonagh's new film - video

    Watch the exclusive first trailer for John Michael McDonagh's new film, which stars Brendan Gleeson as Father James Lavelle, a priest who has a week to put his affairs in order after being told he is marked for murder during a confession

February 2012

  • The Guard Dominique McElligott Brendan Gleeson Sinead Mulligan

    The Guard wins Guardian First Film award

    'Horribly funny' Irish movie debut by John Michael McDonagh beats Submarine and Attack the Block

January 2012

  • The Guard

    The Guard's John Michael McDonagh on success, roadkill and good priests

    His new film The Guard just pipped younger brother Martin's In Bruges to be the biggest-ever Irish indie movie. But his humour's still as black as his pint

June 2011

  • Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Portrait Studio - Day 7

    First sight
    First sight: John Michael McDonagh

    John Michael McDonagh, brother of the director of In Bruges, continues in the family tradition of making black comedies starring Brendan Gleeson
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