As this year's Awards Season reaches its climax, join Sinéad Egan Arena's Oscar Edition, a special show bringing you the very best of Arena's interviews with nominees for the 2026 Academy Awards.

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The best of Arena's week with Oscar nominated filmmaker John Kelly on his animated short "Retirement Plan"... we speak to novelist Mary Costello about her new book "A Beautiful Loan"... and we talk to poet and writer John O'Donnell about his first collection of stories, "Mr Hoo and Other Stories"

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Film reviews - Kristian Bezuidenhout - Ethnology: a love song for Connemara

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Retirement Plan - Morrissey - A Beautiful Loan

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Mr Hoo and other stories - Couture - Hello Charlie

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The best of Arena's week with longtime Bowie collaborator Mike Garson... we speak to the co-director innovative film about Marianne Faithfull... we talk historic band t-shirts, and Amanda Seyfried tells us about her career's best role in The Testament Of Ann Lee

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Film reviews - Mike Garson on Bowie - Banshee: Mythological Irish Women Retold

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Man on the Run - Ubu Roi - Don Bluth: Somewhere Out There

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