John Michael McDonagh

The Best (and Worst) Films We Saw at TIFF 2021

PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021

After 2020's severely stripped-down version, this year's Toronto International Film Festival was almost back to its old self. In-person aud...

'The Forgiven' Is an Unforgivable Waste of Time

Directed by John Michael McDonagh

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2021

John Michael McDonagh's The Forgiven follows David (Ralph Fiennes) and Jo (Jessica Chastain), a stereotypical rich couple consisting of an...

War on Everyone

Directed by John Michael McDonagh

PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2017

Irish indie film great John Michael McDonagh's latest black comedy, War on Everyone, turns the buddy cop subgenre on its side, enlisting Mi...

The Guard

John Michael McDonagh

PUBLISHED Aug 25, 2011

If there is a renaissance in the talkative cops and robbers genre right now it's being led by a pair of Irish brothers: Martin and John McD...