Small Things Like These
In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church. From TMDB
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60 of 246 · most liked firstI cannot recommend "Small Things Like These" enough. Based upon real events, anchored by a fantastic performance by Cillian Murphy, the film is an inspiring reminder of how personal acts of integrity thwart authoritarians - like Bishop Bidde's request for mercy for LGBTQ+ children and immigrants.
positive · AI labelView post →The Best 2024 Movies with No Oscar Nominations: All We Imagine as Light I Saw the TV Glow His Three Daughters Challengers The Room Next Door Ghostlight Hit Man Love Lies Bleeding Small Things Like These The First Omen
neutral · AI labelView post →While I wait for the first book of the day… I wondered. What’s the most popular first book of the day? So I did some spreadsheet magic and it turned out to be Small Things Like These, which has been the first book of the day 5 times since we opened.
neutral · AI labelView post →Small Things Like These: turns out you can get a whole movie out of examining every crevice on Cillian Murphy’s haunted face. Refreshingly lowkey, far more quiet lingering than in-your-face tragedy. Shot with a hazy sadness. Really liked this.
positive · AI labelView post →2024 movies that are Christmas movies (not a joke): - Babygirl - Small Things Like These - Oh Canada - Nosferatu - The End - Anora - Wolfs
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s that time of the week to have a look at what’s popular in the shop. Which can only mean it’s #PillarOfPopularity time! Claire Keegan returns to the Pillar at number 5 with “Small Things Like These” -Sally
neutral · AI labelView post →Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2024 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
neutral · AI labelView post →I had read the book, which I described in my #bookreview as 'a remarkable tale told with an elegant hand and with succinct and beautiful prose' www.swirlandthread.com/small-things... & yesterday I watched the movie 💔 Absolutely powerful performance 👏 Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
positive · AI labelView post →Yahoo 💪 @kneecapceol.bsky.social film and Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These lead Ifta nominations www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hardly a hot take, but Small Things Like These was stunning. Any recommendations for similar books?
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been on such a run of great movies recently. This, Nickel Boys, Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Queer, Here, Small Things Like These. Man. Movies. You ever hear of em?
positive · AI labelView post →Irish Times readers pick Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These as the best Irish book of the 21st century www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally off to the cinema to see Small Things Like These. It is one of my most favourite books ever so they’d better not mess it up…
neutral · AI labelView post →I find it harder and harder to find films that work for me - I love Lucky with Harry Dean Stanton, Nina Conti’s Sunlight , The Quiet Girl, Small Things Like These - recommendations ???
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t normally love films or series spun from books I’ve admired, but Small Things Like These, from Claire Keegan’s short, moving novel, is extremely well done. Beautifully acted (and directed). And not just by Cillian Murphy in the lead role, but right through.
positive · AI labelView post →Presenting our Monthly Spotlight pick for December: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. Discover an extract, reading guide, competition and more ⤵️ thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
neutral · AI labelView post →Small Things Like These - review by Sheila O'Malley @sheilakathleen.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →#lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd I think Small Things Like These was my favorite this week. Cillian Murphy is amazing and though it is austere in dialogue the body language, atmosphere, script, and performances pack a punch. Great directing.
positive · AI labelView post →This is very coool indeed! Congratulations to Claire Keegan. A powerful novel (& movie) 👏👏 Oprah Winfrey praises Claire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’ as she selects it as new book club pick' via @irishindependent.bsky.social m.independent.ie/irish-news/i...
neutral · AI labelView post →Oprah’s Book Club: Claire Keegan & Small Things Like These youtu.be/3es0rg9_amQ?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Small Things Like These - great film, but a tad bleak..
neutral · AI labelView post →I just saw SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE and I can’t think of a single actor who can pull off “haunted” as beautifully as Cillian Murphy. Not just in this movie, which he’s amazing in. I mean in anything.
positive · AI labelView post →We watched Small Things Like These tonight — A gorgeous, moving film. Kristen and I each loved the book and the film does it justice. See this movie!
positive · AI labelView post →So many things had a way of looking finer, when they were not so close. Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These #cyclotherapy
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m reading the short book (well it’s a shortish story in a beautiful small book) “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan - taking it slowly and savouring every page. recommended by and bought from @littletollerbooks.bsky.social 🙏🏼
positive · AI labelView post →Since it's New Year's Eve, my list of Top Five Suspicious Nun movies of 2024! 1. Small Things Like These 2. The First Omen 3. Immaculate 4. Paddington in Peru 5. Longlegs
neutral · AI labelView post →Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These.
neutral · AI labelView post →Claire Keegan on Small Things Like These: 'I wasn’t setting out to write about misogyny or Catholic Ireland'. thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...
neutral · AI labelView post →Read my first Claire Keegan book (SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE) and it was just wonderful and will be reading more of her
positive · AI labelView post →The Thing about December - Donal Ryan The Temporary Gentleman - Sebastian Barry Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for a theatre triple header. Heretic then Small Things Like These then A Real Pain.
unlabelledView post →Small Things Like These leaves absolutely no doubt that Cillian Murphy looks great in front of a log fire. My review of this engrossing, deep-thinking drama
unlabelledView post →My @ebertvoices.bsky.social review of Small Things Like These. one of my faves of the year: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/smal...
unlabelledView post →“Why were the things that were closest so often the hardest to see?” ― Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These An excellent book I read in the past few days. #booksky 📚💙 #books
unlabelledView post →A Lionsgate divulgou o trailer oficial de "Small Things Like These", elogiado drama dirigido pelo belga Tim Mielants e estrelado por Cillian Murphy e Emily Watson, que chega dia 08 de novembro nos cinemas americanos.💥🎥 youtu.be/Nqwn5Y_Y4xs?...
unlabelledView post →Book Club: Let’s Talk About Claire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’ via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/b...
unlabelledView post →Newish books I enjoyed: Lone Women Whalefall Small Things Like These Ferryman Lost Man's Lane Episode 13 Horror Movie Black Mouth Incidents Around the House Project Hail Mary Yellowface Red Rabbit Mickey 7 Book of Accidents Ghost Eaters Nestlings All the White Spaces Road of Bones Between Two Fires
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unlabelledView post →Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
unlabelledView post →SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (2024) Streaming Now VOD/Digital – Sale/Rental (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #SmallThingsLikeThese amzn.to/4ix5Zc2
unlabelledView post →Nova imagem de ‘Small Things Like These’, com Cillian Murphy.
unlabelledView post →Happy National Book Lovers Day! What are you reading? I am now reading “Small Things Like These” by Claire Keegan. Last month, I chose to join my friend’s book club that meets monthly at her bakery in my hometown. Pick up a book, even a banned book, and immerse yourself.
unlabelledView post →2. My favourite holiday movie is 'The Green Knight' 🦊(because it's creepy), and my favourite holiday book is 'Small Things Like These' by Claire Keegan🎄(because it's shocking and oddly beautiful). If you haven't watched/read either of these, I highly recommend them! ♥️ #FantasyIndiesDecember
unlabelledView post →Small Things Like These | Filme com Cillian Murphy ganha trailer; assista: tinyurl.com/vhm7thbv
unlabelledView post →This week I read: Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan There is so much feeling and humanity packed into this thin (114 pages!) book. I give it 5 out of 5 ⭐️s *It was also adapted into a highly rated movie starring Cillian Murphy #BlueBrewBooks #EastCoastKin (See Alt Text)
unlabelledView post →Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These is Ireland’s bestselling book of 2024 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
unlabelledView post →Small Things Like These opens in cinemas on Friday 1 November.
unlabelledView post →5 favourite Irish films: Small Things Like These Frank An Cailín Ciúin The Camino Voyage The Wind That Shakes the Barley
unlabelledView post →Cillian Murphy's Son Is Studying 'Small Things Like These' For His Leaving Cert www.spin1038.com/movies-and-t...
unlabelledView post →Holiday-set, Irish drama SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, starring Cillian Murphy, set to be available digitally December 17th.
unlabelledView post →Emily Watson in "Small Things Like These" - BOTD
unlabelledView post →Couple of new books for the #tbr pile from today’s trip into town: - Cat Jarman’s River Kings - Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These #booksky #books 📖
unlabelledView post →“SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE”, starring Cillian Murphy, official trailer 🔗 WATCH: youtu.be/g08C8UtXOVE
unlabelledView post →Those geese in the convent in Small Things Like These were complicit.
unlabelledView post →Cillian Murphy photographed at the UK premiere of ‘SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE’. 📷
unlabelledView post →A new look at ‘SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE’ starring Cillian Murphy has been released. In theaters on November 8.
unlabelledView post →Kicking off @piratereadingclub.bsky.social’s Winter Bingo with a book with a green cover: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan. My contemporary Irish lit knowledge is lacking & I recently saw an interview in which Cillian Murphy lists some essential authors to read, including Claire Keegan.
unlabelledView post →The Internet of Small Things Like These
unlabelledView post →SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE (2024) Streaming Now Hulu #SmallThingsLikeThese
unlabelledView post →Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan. Understated. Lovely.
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