Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos is the director of the Oscar-tipped period comedy 'The Favourite', and was in Dublin just before Christmas. Brian caught up with him to talk working with Irish people, going from 'The Killing Of A Sacred Deer' to 'The Favourite', spending nine years on its script, and much more bes…
Yann Demange
Yann directs Matthew McConaughey's new movie White Boy Rick, which tells the true story of a teenager who became an undercover informant for the FBI before being arrested for drug-trafficking during the 1980s. Yann and I talk about the film, how he found its young star Richie Merritt, and what it w…
Boots Riley
After a long hiatus, ON THE LINE is back with not one, but two new episodes. Boots Riley's debut movie, 'Sorry To Bother You', has already become a critical darling in the US but only just now is it receiving a release here in Ireland. entertainment.ie Staff Writer Dee Molumby caught up with Boots …
Ruth Wilson
We chat to Ruth Wilson about the new film 'The Little Stranger', which is directed by Irish Oscar nominee Lenny Abrahamson and co-stars Domhnall Gleeson. We also chat about Ruth's renowned show 'The Affair', looking back on her fondest memories from the series and considering what could be in store…
Dave Bautista
Dave Bautista, renowned as Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, stars in new film ‘Final Score’, which sees him rescue thousands of spectators at a football match from terrorists. Dave talked to Deirdre Molumby about the prospect of being an action lead, and why his co-star on the movie, Pierce Brosn…
Scott Mann
Scott Mann’s third feature, ‘Final Score’, marks his best to date. It portrays Dave Bautista as an ex-solider forced to rescue thousands of spectators at a football match from terrorists. Mann talked to Deirdre Molumby on this ON THE LINE podcast about the film, working with Dave and the action mov…
Mark Gatiss
Best known for his roles in 'Sherlock', 'Doctor Who' and of course 'The League Of Gentlemen', not to mention his extensive career as a screenwriter, Mark Gatiss is a man of many talents and many opinions - and shared some of them with Fiona Flynn on this episode of ON THE LINE, where he was deep in…
Drew Pearce
With his directorial debut, 'Hotel Artemis', released in cinemas from this week, Dee talked to Drew Pearce about the challenges of writing and directing for the first time, the disparate influences on the film like 'The Shining' and 'Casablanca', Jodie Foster somehow getting a hold of the script fo…
Jay Chandrasekhar
Jay Chandrasekhar is best known for two things - directing and starring in 'Super Troopers' and 'Super Troopers 2', and an innate understanding of moustaches - and both of these were discussed at length in our interview with him, where he argued the finer points of Burt Reynolds' facial hair in 'Bo…
Doug Stanhope
Doug Stanhope is no stranger to Ireland and is headed back to the Olympia in the coming weeks with a new show that, as specifically stated in this episode, he will not divulge to anyone. Fair enough. Dee talked to Doug about visiting Ireland, drinking, not mentioning Donald Trump's name in his set,…