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Hosted by Andrew Quinn, Darren Mooney and Conor Murphy, this week with special guest Ciara Moloney, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every Saturday at 6pm GMT.

This September, the podcast is going back to school, covering the films on the Irish Leaving Certificate that we have yet to cover. This time, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin.

As the Civil War rages on the mainland, an even more intimate conflict is brewing on the idyllic Irish island of Inisherin. For years, Pádraig and Colm have been the best of friends, but that all changes one day when Colm decides the dissolve their acquaintance. Neither man is fully prepared for the consequences of that decision, and how it tears the island apart.

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 30th August 2024.
• Barbie at The Internet Movie Database.
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• Darren Murphy at The Irish Times considers the debate over whether McDonagh is Irish or English, August 2023.
• Dan Sheehan writes about Martin McDonagh for LitHub, February 2023.
• David Mamet talks to The Huffington Post about his life and career, November 2013.
• Ciara Moloney reviews The Banshees of Inisherin for Cineaste magazine, Winter 2022.
• Martin McDonagh talks to The Guardian about his life and career, October 2022.
• Fintan O’Toole profiles Martin McDonagh for The New Yorker, March 2006.
• Joseph Feeney considers Martin McDonagh as “the Quentin Tarantino of the Emerald Isle” in Studies, Spring 1998.
• Patrick Hayes at MovieWeb looks back on Martin McDonagh’s Six Shooter, March 2023.
• Martin McDonagh talks to The Observer about his decision to transition from playwright to filmmaker, September 2015.
• Martin McDonagh talks to The Guardian about the influence of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo on his work, March 2001.
• Benedict Nightingale considers the early work of Martin McDonagh for The New York Times, August 1997.
• Martin McDonagh talks to The Irish Independent about his long-standing grudge against the Abbey Theatre, February 2023.
• Sharon Graci at The Charleston City Paper writes about Martin McDonagh’s longtanding relationship with the Druid Theatre, May 2011.
• Ann Marie Hourihane at The Sunday Tribune considers the inflammatory nature of some of McDonagh’s plays, March 2007.
• Martin McDonagh talks to Deadline about staging Hangmen, May 2022.
• Kerry Condon talks to The New York Times about her long creative partnership with Martin McDonagh, February 2023.
• Alex Ritman at The Hollywood Reporter looks at the making of The Banshees of Inisherin, January 2023.
• Martin McDonagh talks to IndieWire about his relationship to his Irishness, October 2022.
• Senan Molony at The Irish Independent reports on the addition of Barbie and The Banshees of Inisherin to the Irish Leaving Cert English Curriculum, February 2024.
• Natalie Madden at Headstuff considers the gems on the Irish Leaving Cert English Curriculum, July 2016.
• Zack Sharf at IndieWire reports on Karl Urban’s confirmation that Alex Garland actually directed Dredd, March 2018.
• Alex Garland talks to ScreenDaily about why he started (and why he stopped) directing, August 2024.
• Chris Evangelista at /film considers Stephen King’s one and only director’s credit, Maximum Overdrive, February 2024.
• AdWorld reports on the new mortgage commercials from Allied Irish Bank, May 2024.
• Ed Power at The Telegraph writes about how “the Irish hate the Banshees of Inisherin”, March 2023.
• Hugh Linehan at The Irish Times writes about whether The Banshees of Inisherin is “just more Martin McDonagh schtick”, January 2023.
• Isobel Harbinson at The London Review of Books considers the Irishness of The Banshees of Inisherin, February 2023.
• Darragh McDonagh at The Irish Independent considers the complaints lodged with IFCO concerning The Banshees of Inisherin, February 2023.
• Ken Foxe at The Irish Independent reports on the minor controversy over the comments provided by IFCO documenting complaints about The Banshees of Inisherin, August 2023.
• Mark Tildesley talks to The Hollywood Reporter about the production design on The Banshees of Inisherin, November 2022.
• The Making of Film considers the production design and set design choices of The Banshees of Inisherin, April 2023.
• Mark Tildesley talks to The Wrap about designing Colm’s home in The Banshees of Inisherin, January 2023.
• Laura Kennedy at The Irish Times considers the complexity of Irish identity among an emigrant population, March 2024.
• Enda Delaney at The Irish Times considers the complicated relationship between Ireland and generations of its emigrants, April 2016.
• Eileen Magner at RTÉ considers the modern wave of Irish emigration to Australia, February 2024.
• Alissa Wilkinson at Vox reflects on the metaphor at the heart of The Banshees of Inisherin, October 2022.
• Joy Porter at The Spectator ruminates on the politics and the history of The Banshees of Inisherin, February 2023.
• Mark O’Connell at Slate wonders whether Martin McDonagh even understands Ireland, January 2023.
• Frank Falisi at The Los Angeles Review of Books considers The Banshees of Inisherin as a meditation upon a century of Irish history, March 2023.
• Julius Heise and Werner Distler at The Conversation consider the legacy of colonialism on Ghanaian politics, April 2024.
• Donna Charles at The United States Institute of Peace argues for the peace and stability of Ghana, October 2023.
• Manohla Dargis at The New York Times reports on the atrocities and violence in the Belgian Congo, October 2005.
• Anne Marie Kingsland writes at Medium about Martin McDonagh’s “diasporic perception” of Irishness, June 2020.
• Ben Bratley reviews A Behanding in Spokane for The New York Times, March 2010.
• Tony Adler at The Chicago Reader considers the violence of Martin McDonagh’s work, October 2011.
• Hannah Strong at Vulture writes about the casting of Jenny the Donkey in The Banshees of Inisherin, October 2022.
• Jon Kenny talks to The Limerick Post about reuniting with Pat Shortt on The Banshees of Inisherin, October 2022.
• Victoria White at The Irish Times reports on the casting of Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt in the Irish tour of The Lonesome West, November 1998.
• Angela Alaimo O’Donnell writes at America Magazine about the Catholicism of Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin, December 2022.
• Ali Watkins at The New York Times reports on the current status of Jonjo’s Pub as featured in The Banshees of Inisherin, March 2024.
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