A Table For Four: All Sorted For Christmas
A Table For Four continues with a new season in 2025, but Ciaran has one last surprise up her sleeve with a festive episode featuring stars, decorations, crackers and more!
Collapse The Box: RUA Kim Mawhinney
Collapse the Box returns to reflect upon the 143rd Annual Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition 2024 at The Ulster Museum, Belfast. Join us as we explore this year’s exhibition with Kim Mawhinney, Senior Curator of Art for National Museums NI, in conversation with Noelle McAlinden. Together, they discuss the significance of this year’s exceptional exhibition and […]
Banterflix: 6th December 2024
Edward Berger follows up his BAFTA-winning ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ with scandalous papal thriller ‘Conclave’, while Disney’s hit animated musical ‘Moana’ sees a continuation after eight years. Jim McClean is joined by Johanna Leech and Brian Mullholand to form a conclave of their own and decide which film is worthy of best new […]
Banterflix: 2nd December 2024
The Christmas blockbuster season continues with ‘The Wizard of Oz’ prequel ‘Wicked’, but how has it handled the transition from stage to screen? Jim McClean, Gavin Moriarty, and James Oliver give their thoughts on the latest musical, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo. ‘Pick of the Streams’ this week is coming-of-age comedy ‘My Old Ass’, […]
Banterflix: 26th November 2024
Guest host Joe McElroy is joined by Claire McCullough and Adam Neeson to pit Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’ against the 2000 original. Plus, a catch-up on Wolverine’s return and Deadpool’s entrance into Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe with ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’, and a look back at the landmark ‘Blair Witch Project’ thanks to a newly restored […]
Banterflix: 15th November 2024
Seven years after his last adventure, Paddington is back in cinemas, but how does his latest international outing compare without director Paul King or Sally Hawkins? Jim McClean is joined by Gerard McNeil and Maria McQuillan to discuss the film alongside Luca Guadanigno’s Oscar hopeful ‘Challengers’, which is now available to stream. Also discussed are […]
Banterflix: 8th November 2024
Richard Davis and Tim Burden join for a documentary double bill showcasing the extroardinary stories in front of and behind the camera. ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeves story’ explores the human life behind the actor’s superhuman performance, shining a light on Reeves’ disability activism in the wake of his paralysation, while ‘Music by John Williams’ lovingly […]
Banterflix: 2nd November 2024
With just days to go until the 2024 US presidential election, Jim McClean and Alan Meban review Ali Abbasi’s ‘The Apprentice’, featuring Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in the 70s and 80s under the mentorship of Jeremy Strong’s corrupt Roy Cohn. The pair also take a look at Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut with […]
Banterflix: 25th October 2024
The show takes on a witchy theme in time for Halloween as Jim McClean is joined by filmmakers Margaret McGoldrick and Jim McMorrow review a diverse trio of supernatural films. The romantic fantasy of Griffin Dunne’s generational witch drama ‘Practical Magic’ starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman is contrasted with the twisted technicolor of Dario […]
On the Box: Episode 13 – Sarah McCready
Bangor-born singer-songwriter Sarah McCready concludes the first series of On the Box with a collection of songs that express energy and melancholy with equal maturity.