PODCAST | Angelo Acerbi interviews Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, directors of the film Rose Plays Julie.
Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor ( known also under the label of Desperate Optimists) created a gripping drama, that unravels like a thriller. The process was long and multilayered in terms of plot and motivations , as they tell us in this interview at the London Film Festival.
Rose Plays Julie: It’s during a term studying animal euthanasia that veterinary student Rose (Ann Skelly) decides to contact Ellen (Orla Brady), the birth mother who gave her up for adoption. But Ellen, who is now a successful London-based actress, doesn’t want to know. Undeterred, Rose will not be ignored. And curiosity leads her to discoveries that shake the fragile identity she has built for herself.
Ben Watkins, Jaalen Best and Giovanni Ribisi on The Greatest, the Prime Video series that tells Muhammad Ali's story as a coming of age, before the icon and the legend
Big girls don't cry captures the wild, unfiltered world of teenage life in 2006—and the filmmaker’s journey from Jane Campion’s mentorship to the big screen.
Clio Barnard's I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning leads the Rome Film Fest 2026 winners, with major awards also going to Congo Boy, Mustang and The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd. The complete list of winners and the festival's …