Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Conor Murphy, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This September, we are kicking off a season looking at the films on the Irish Leaving Cert English Curriculum. So this week, Paddy Breathnach’s Rosie.
Over the course of two days, an Irish family struggles to survive amid the nation’s ongoing homeless crisis. With the help of her husband John Paul, Rosie desperately tries to hold her family together as the situation grows increasingly dire.
At time of recording, it was not ranked on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 15th June 2023.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Peter McGuire offers a brief history of the Leaving Certificate at The Irish Times, November 2019.
- The Irish Times looks over a decade of change to the Irish Leaving Certificate, January 1998.
- The Irish Times considers the changes made to the Leaving Certificate English Curriculum, June 2001.
- The Irish Times considers the addition of film to the Leaving Certificate English Curriculum, January 1998.
- Hugh Linehan at The Irish Times discusses how film will be taught as part of the Leaving Certificate English Curriculum, October 1999.
- Greg Buzwell at The British Library considers the origins of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, May 2014.
- History.com considers Frankenstein as the first science-fiction novel, November 2009.
- Aoife Bradshaw at Hot Press considers an impressive year in Irish cinema, January 2019.
- Esther McCarthy at The Irish Examiner considers a breakout year for Irish cinema, December 2018.
- Daisy Hickey writes at The Gloss about the influence of Element Pictures in transforming Irish cinema, June 2021.
- Catherine Shoard and Nigel M. Smith at The Guardian report on Ken Loach winning the Palme d’Or with I, Daniel Blake, May 2016.
- Steve Rose at The Guardian ponders the place of the social realists in modern cinema, October 2019.
- Nathan Griffin at The Irish Film and Television Network reports on Rosie being selected for the Toronto International Film Festival, August 2018.
- Roddy Doyle talks to The Guardian about being inspired to write Rosie, October 2018.
- Liz Kearney at The Irish Independent considers the legacy and enduring popularity of the Barrytown trilogy, March 2015.
- Roddy Doyle talks to The Irish Independent about his past as a teacher, September 2019.
- Roddy Doyle talks to The Guardian about inspiring children to write, March 2012.
- Roddy Doyle talks to Scannain about being inspired to write Rosie, 2018.
- Paddy Breathnach talks to Movies Ireland about making Viva, August 2016.
- Paddy Breathnach talks to Scannain about making Rosie after Viva, 2018.
- Paddy Breathnach and Roddy Doyle talk to The Moveable Feast about collaborating on Rosie, September 2018.
- The Irish Film and Television Network reports on wrapping the shoot on Rosie, April 2018.
- Moon Film compares The Simpsons and Citizen Kane, September 2022.
- Robert Loss at Pop Matters considers the “rockist” and “poptimist” paradigm, August 2015.
- Kathryn Neves at The Utah Shakespeare Festival considers how Shakespeare wrote Macbeth to appease King James I, June 2019.
- Nathan Dennis at Fictionphile considers Shakespeare’s Macbeth as a crowdpleasing blockbuster, August 2021.
- Mark Sweney at The Guardian reports on attempts to privatise Channel 4, April 2022.
- Jim Waterson at The Guardian reports on the decision to abandon plans to privatise Channel 4, January 2023.
- Paddy Breathnach talks to Seventh Row about making Rosie, September 2018.
- Aoife Barry at The Journal talks to the cast and crew of Rosie about the making of the film, 2018.
- Jennifer Lentfer at The Guardian writes about the challenges of raising awareness for the disadvantaged without dipping into “poverty porn”, January 2018.
- Nathalie Dortonne at CNN considers the debate around “poverty porn”, December 2016.
- Ann Hornaday at The Washington Post considers “poverty porn” in American independent cinema, October 2017.
- Janet Maslin at The New York Times considers the portrayal of poverty in Angela’s Ashes, December 1999.
- Dani Alexis Ryskamp at The Atlantic argues that the middle-class ideal of The Simpsons is now unattainable, December 2020.
- Planet Money considers the economic realities facing The Simpsons, June 2022.
- Jesse David Fox at Vulture argues that The Simpsons is “good again”, June 2023.
- Pew Research considers the shrinking American middle class, May 2016.
- Finton O’Toole considers the plight of the Irish middle class in The Irish Times, March 2023.
- James Rodriguez at Business Insider reflects on how few millennials will ever get to buy a home, September 2022.
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