Adapted from the 2021 novel by Claire Keegan, the movie looks into the life of Bill Furlong, a coal merchant living in Wexford, Ireland working hard to provide for his wife and children. In the run-up ...

Small Things Like These' is a story that takes on the age-old question: If you see a wrong, are you willing to step up and ...

Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a coal man working in a small town in Ireland. It’s 1985, and he’s breaking his back hauling coal ...

Tim Mielants sees a close connection between his native Belgium and Ireland, the setting of his new film, Small Things […] ...

Directed by Tim Mielants, with a screenplay by Enda Walsh, Small Things Like These is based on the 2021 historical fiction ...

Murphy devastating in year’s best Small Things Though is seems more pressing now than usual, the question regarding adhering ...

Overall, Small Things Like These is a thoughtful, slow-burning and memorable portrayal of a traumatic episode in Ireland’s ...

In “Small Things Like These,” Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) is a coal merchant who slowly uncovers the mistreatment of girls in a local Catholic school governed by nuns. The 1980s film ...

There’s much to note and commend about Small Things Like These, a sensitive, gorgeously shot and moving adaptation of Claire Keegan’s acclaimed novel, about one man’s stand against the evils of ...

CHICAGO – One of the best elements of the Chicago International Film Festival ( CIFF) is how the world comes to the fest to present their films. One such presenter was director Tim Mielants, whose ...

The film is based on Claire Keegan’s 2021 Booker-shortlisted story and tells the story of a Wexford man, coal merchant Bill Furlong, who uncovers a terrible scene at the local Magdalene Laundry ...

Murphy plays Bill Furlong, a coal merchant with five daughters, all of whom he expects to attend St Margaret’s, the only good Catholic school in the area. Oppressively, it’s next door to a ...