Movies: Colm Tóibín

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries....

During a book tour in the United States, Max meets and falls in love with a young woman. Many years later, Max returns to the United States, hoping to reunite with his young lover....

Newly discovered interviews with friends of Truman Capote made by Paris Review co-founder George Plimpton invigorate this fascinating documentary on the author (and socialite) behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood, while situating Capote in...

A man in the final stages of AIDS is cared for by his sister and mother and grandmother....

An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston....

A revelatory, biographical outline of the life and times of Ireland's greatest painter, Jack B. Yeats...

Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn....

Exploring the Nobel Prize winning 'bog poems' of Seamus Heaney and the wild Irish bog landscape. Written by novelist Colm Tóibín, the film features poem readings by Michelle Fairley and is narrated by Oscar nominated actor Ciarán Hinds....

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