Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year so far. Dee Molumby, Staff Writer at entertainment.ie, spoke to Nora about the pressures and prestige of working on a film with Oscar buzz attached and some of her all-time favourite animated films - one of which just so happens to be Kung Fu Panda 2.

<p>Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year so far. Dee Molumby, Staff Writer at entertainment.ie, spoke to Nora about the pressures and prestige of working on a film with Oscar buzz attached and some of her all-time favourite animated films - one of which just so happens to be Kung Fu Panda 2.</p>

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Although it's her first film as director, Nora Twomey's debut work - The Breadwinner - has already garnered an Academy Award nomination, brought on Angelina Jolie as an executive producer, and is one of the most talked-about animated films of the year...

Nora Twomey

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 besides.

<p>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 besides.</p>

Yorgos Lanthimos

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 was like working with McConaughey.  The director and I also talked about his first feature '71 which is a Troubles set drama about a young British soldier who has to survive the night in Belfast after being accidentally abandoned by his unit. Yann told me about working with the Irish cast, who included Barry Keoghan, and about similar themes between White Boy Rick and '71. Lastly, Yann talks about his name being circulated around the Bond franchise. I hope you enjoy this interview, make sure to like and subscribe to On the Line. And of course, check out White Boy Rick when it hits Irish cinemas on December 7th. 

<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Yann and I talk about the film, how he found its young star Richie Merritt, and what it was like working with McConaughey.&nbsp;</div>
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<div dir="ltr">The director and I also talked about his first feature '71 which is a Troubles set drama about a young British soldier who has to survive the night in Belfast after being accidentally abandoned by his unit.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Yann told me about working with the Irish cast, who included Barry Keoghan, and about similar themes between White Boy Rick and '71.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Lastly, Yann talks about his name being circulated around the Bond franchise.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">I hope you enjoy this interview, make sure to like and subscribe to On the Line. And of course, check out White Boy Rick when it hits Irish cinemas on December 7th.</div>
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Yann Demange

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 as he was on a promotional tour in London and talked casting Tessa Thompson (after she ignored his e-mails), how directing a movie isn't that dissimilar from producing albums, and gives the fastest answer in ON THE LINE history for Top 3 Movies.

<p>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 as he was on a promotional tour in London and talked casting Tessa Thompson (after she ignored his e-mails), how directing a movie isn't that dissimilar from producing albums, and gives the fastest answer in ON THE LINE history for Top 3 Movies.</p>

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