Yorgos Lanthimos is the director of the Oscar-tipped period comedy 'The Favourite', and was in Dublin just before Christmas. Brian caught up with him to talk working with Irish people, going from 'The Killing Of A Sacred Deer' to 'The Favourite', spending nine years on its script, and much more besides.

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After a long hiatus, ON THE LINE is back with not one, but two new episodes. Boots Riley's debut movie, 'Sorry To Bother You', has already become a critical darling in the US but only just now is it receiving a release here in Ireland. entertainment.ie Staff Writer Dee Molumby caught up with Boots as he was on a promotional tour in London and talked casting Tessa Thompson (after she ignored his e-mails), how directing a movie isn't that dissimilar from producing albums, and gives the fastest answer in ON THE LINE history for Top 3 Movies.

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We chat to Ruth Wilson about the new film 'The Little Stranger', which is directed by Irish Oscar nominee Lenny Abrahamson and co-stars Domhnall Gleeson. We also chat about Ruth's renowned show 'The Affair', looking back on her fondest memories from the series and considering what could be in store for its next and final season.

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Dave Bautista, renowned as Drax in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, stars in new film ‘Final Score’, which sees him rescue thousands of spectators at a football match from terrorists. Dave talked to Deirdre Molumby about the prospect of being an action lead, and why his co-star on the movie, Pierce Brosnan, is such a gent. Dave talked about ‘Guardians’ and how his career has shot off in recent years. He also shares with us projects he has lined up and what his favourite movies are in this ON THE LINE podcast.

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Scott Mann’s third feature, ‘Final Score’, marks his best to date. It portrays Dave Bautista as an ex-solider forced to rescue thousands of spectators at a football match from terrorists. Mann talked to Deirdre Molumby on this ON THE LINE podcast about the film, working with Dave and the action movies that inspired ‘Final Score’ – in particular ‘Die Hard’. Mann also had anecdotes to share about Robert De Niro and Pierce Brosnan, and told us what we can look forward to seeing from him next.

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Best known for his roles in 'Sherlock', 'Doctor Who' and of course 'The League Of Gentlemen', not to mention his extensive career as a screenwriter, Mark Gatiss is a man of many talents and many opinions - and shared some of them with Fiona Flynn on this episode of ON THE LINE, where he was deep in rehearsals for the upcoming arena tour for 'The League Of Gentlemen'.

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