"Stay out of my way, if you know what's good for you." Brainstorm Media has revealed an official trailer for a disappearance crime thriller film titled Barber from Ireland. This already opened in Ireland earlier this year, and will be getting a US release later in September. Co-written and directed by Fintan Connolly, Barber stars Aidan Gillen as Val Barber, a private investigator hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter Sara. Barber's initial investigation quickly darkens as many secrets begin to surface in unexpected ways in this Irish neo-noir. As he digs deeper around Dublin, he exposes powerful men and dangerous corruption. Also starring Aisling Kearns, Gary Lydon, Helen Behan, Deirdre Donnelly, and Liam Carney. Even more crime films, this one from Ireland, to keep everyone addicted to watching dark content. At least this one shows how corrupt & vicious many powerful men are, and how they will...
- 8/18/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Critics love Martin McDonagh’s new film “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which reunites Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, his two leads from 2008’s black crime comedy “In Bruges” as feuding former friends.
The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where Farrell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and McDonagh won for Best Screenplay. Five years ago, McDonagh won the same award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which set the stage for an Oscar in the same category. “Billboards” stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell also won Oscars.
So could this be the film that might finally get Farrell his first Academy Award nomination? The actor, who netted a Golden Globe for “In Bruges,” is overdue for some Oscar love, as is Gleeson, an Emmy winner for 2009’s “Into the Storm.”
Here’s what you need to know about when and where to watch the movie,...
The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where Farrell won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and McDonagh won for Best Screenplay. Five years ago, McDonagh won the same award for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” which set the stage for an Oscar in the same category. “Billboards” stars Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell also won Oscars.
So could this be the film that might finally get Farrell his first Academy Award nomination? The actor, who netted a Golden Globe for “In Bruges,” is overdue for some Oscar love, as is Gleeson, an Emmy winner for 2009’s “Into the Storm.”
Here’s what you need to know about when and where to watch the movie,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
The Banshees of Inisherin is an excellent film written and directed by Martin McDonagh. It is starred by Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon.
You need to be blind to not notice it: this is an absolutely special movie. It is noteworthy from the very first frame in everything.
Storyline
Pádraic gets up in the morning like he does every day to visit his friend Colm. But this day there is a problem and it is that Colm, for no real reason, no longer wants to be Pádraic´s friend.
Movie Review The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
A film in the flavor of John Ford, quality filming in each frame, composition, very studied photography, elaborated narrative and devoted acting that is outstanding in the two leading roles.
But the film has a character that does not appear: Martin McDonagh, who is outstanding as he was in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing...
You need to be blind to not notice it: this is an absolutely special movie. It is noteworthy from the very first frame in everything.
Storyline
Pádraic gets up in the morning like he does every day to visit his friend Colm. But this day there is a problem and it is that Colm, for no real reason, no longer wants to be Pádraic´s friend.
Movie Review The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
A film in the flavor of John Ford, quality filming in each frame, composition, very studied photography, elaborated narrative and devoted acting that is outstanding in the two leading roles.
But the film has a character that does not appear: Martin McDonagh, who is outstanding as he was in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing...
- 1/21/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” rules the 21st Annual Gold Derby Film Award nominations with 14, far more than any other film. These nominees were decided by more than 2,000 registered Gold Derby users across the globe, and you can vote for the winners in all 22 categories effective immediately. You have until Sunday, February 5, to get your ballots in. Feel free to jump in right now here in our predictions center. You can come back to edit your ballot as often as you like; no votes are final until voting closes on February 5. Scroll down for the complete list of nominations.
SEE2023 Critics Choice Awards winners list: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads the way with 5 wins
“Everything Everywhere,” about an immigrant mother’s attempt to save her daughter (and the universe), is one of 10 nominees for Best Picture. Filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert also received noms for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
SEE2023 Critics Choice Awards winners list: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ leads the way with 5 wins
“Everything Everywhere,” about an immigrant mother’s attempt to save her daughter (and the universe), is one of 10 nominees for Best Picture. Filmmakers Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert also received noms for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
- 1/17/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery, Chris Beachum, Marcus James Dixon, Joyce Eng, Ray Richmond, Christopher Rosen and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon | Written and Directed by Martin McDonagh
On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Pádraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Pádraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm’s resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
It’s genuinely kind of amazing that Martin McDonagh was able to create an entire feature film based on the premise of two best friends who just suddenly aren’t anymore, even if it’s one-sided. Pádraic Súilleabháin and his best friend Colm Doherty go to the pub to chat it up almost every single day and then one day when Pádraic goes to pick him up one day, he...
On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Pádraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Pádraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm’s resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
It’s genuinely kind of amazing that Martin McDonagh was able to create an entire feature film based on the premise of two best friends who just suddenly aren’t anymore, even if it’s one-sided. Pádraic Súilleabháin and his best friend Colm Doherty go to the pub to chat it up almost every single day and then one day when Pádraic goes to pick him up one day, he...
- 12/22/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
The Banshees of Inisherin Review — The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Film Review, a movie written and directed by Martin McDonagh and starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan, Gary Lydon, Pat Shortt, Sheila Flitton, Aaron Monaghan and David Pearse. Two longtime friends named Pádraic Súilleabháin (Colin Farrell) and Colm Doherty (Brendan Gleeson) [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022): Martin McDonagh’s Film is a Beautifully Crafted Gem With Amazing Performances Throughout...
Continue reading: Film Review: The Banshees Of Inisherin (2022): Martin McDonagh’s Film is a Beautifully Crafted Gem With Amazing Performances Throughout...
- 10/25/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Dir: Martin McDonagh. Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Kerry Condon, Barry Keoghan. 15, 114 minutes.
Violence always bursts forth from the pen of Martin McDonagh. The British-Irish director and playwright has spent decades larking about in the realm of angry, impotent men – whether it’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) or In Bruges (2008). But The Banshees of Inisherin, which reunites his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, may contain the most exquisitely McDonagh-ish image of them all. Gleeson’s Colm Doherty, without warning, has ended his friendship with Farrell’s Pádraic Súilleabháin. “I just don’t like you no more,” he states, as if it were the simplest thing in the world. When Pádraic, wounded, attempts to rebuild the bridge between them, Colm threatens to take a pair of shears to each of his fingers until he’s finally left alone. The threat is not an idle one.
McDonagh’s latest is heart-wrenching in its simplicity,...
Violence always bursts forth from the pen of Martin McDonagh. The British-Irish director and playwright has spent decades larking about in the realm of angry, impotent men – whether it’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) or In Bruges (2008). But The Banshees of Inisherin, which reunites his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, may contain the most exquisitely McDonagh-ish image of them all. Gleeson’s Colm Doherty, without warning, has ended his friendship with Farrell’s Pádraic Súilleabháin. “I just don’t like you no more,” he states, as if it were the simplest thing in the world. When Pádraic, wounded, attempts to rebuild the bridge between them, Colm threatens to take a pair of shears to each of his fingers until he’s finally left alone. The threat is not an idle one.
McDonagh’s latest is heart-wrenching in its simplicity,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Clarisse Loughrey
- The Independent - Film
It is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered in Galway last year.
Dublin-based Wildcard Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Irish feature drama Lakelands, with a cinema release scheduled for next year.
The film is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh last year.
Lakelands is currently filming on location in the Irish midlands town of Granard, and centres on the aftermath of an attack on a night out, as a young...
Dublin-based Wildcard Distribution has secured UK and Ireland rights to Irish feature drama Lakelands, with a cinema release scheduled for next year.
The film is the debut feature from Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, whose short film Drifting starring Paul Mescal premiered at the Galway Film Fleadh last year.
Lakelands is currently filming on location in the Irish midlands town of Granard, and centres on the aftermath of an attack on a night out, as a young...
- 11/24/2021
- by Esther McCarthy
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Gary Lydon, Stuart Graham, Conor Craig Stephens, Joss Wyre, Sean Tyrell, James Meryk, Billie Traynor, Alan Archbold, Luc Walsh, Gerard Flatherty, Padraig Mac Cathmhaoil, Seamus Mac Cathmhaoil | Written by Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino | Directed by Corin Hardy
Note: With the digital HD release of The Hallow coming on March 7th (the DVD follows on March 21st), here’s a reposting of our review of Corin hardy’s film from last years Film4 Frightfest.
In what has been a somewhat unremarkable year for the horror genre thus far (minus It Follows), Corin Hardy‘s Irish flick The Hallow sadly refuses to buck the trend, despite some initial potential. Writer-director Hardy centres The Hallow in a remote rural Irish millhouse where newly moved in tree-surgeon Adam (Joseph Mawle) and his family come under attack by creatures living in the woods.
There’s a noticeable ambition...
Note: With the digital HD release of The Hallow coming on March 7th (the DVD follows on March 21st), here’s a reposting of our review of Corin hardy’s film from last years Film4 Frightfest.
In what has been a somewhat unremarkable year for the horror genre thus far (minus It Follows), Corin Hardy‘s Irish flick The Hallow sadly refuses to buck the trend, despite some initial potential. Writer-director Hardy centres The Hallow in a remote rural Irish millhouse where newly moved in tree-surgeon Adam (Joseph Mawle) and his family come under attack by creatures living in the woods.
There’s a noticeable ambition...
- 3/4/2016
- by Guest
- Nerdly
The Irish skateboarding documentary Hill Street and the tense banking drama The Guarantee are now available to view on Netflix in Ireland and the UK. The Ifta-nominated feature The Guarantee recreates the drama surrounding the most significant political decision in modern Irish history; when the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system. Starring Peter Coonan and Gary Lydon as Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm and Taoiseach Brian Cowen respectively, withDavid Murray and Morgan C. Jones also starring as Finance Minister Brian Lenihan and Anglo Chairman Sean Fitzpatrick, the film charts the origins of that pivotal decision and follows developments through the peak of the boom to the beginning of the bust. Hill Street looks at the evolution of skateboarding culture in Dublin from the initial driving force ‘Clive’s of Hill Street’, a unique skate shop in the north inner city in the 1980’s,...
- 10/6/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Gary Lydon, Stuart Graham, Conor Craig Stephens, Joss Wyre, Sean Tyrell, James Meryk, Billie Traynor, Alan Archbold, Luc Walsh, Gerard Flatherty, Padraig Mac Cathmhaoil, Seamus Mac Cathmhaoil | Written by Corin Hardy, Felipe Marino | Directed by Corin Hardy
Review by Andrew McArthur
In what has been a somewhat unremarkable year for the horror genre thus far (minus It Follows), Corin Hardy‘s Irish flick The Hallow sadly refuses to buck the trend, despite some initial potential. Writer-director Hardy centres The Hallow in a remote rural Irish millhouse where newly moved in tree-surgeon Adam (Joseph Mawle) and his family come under attack by creatures living in the woods.
There’s a noticeable ambition in Hardy’s narrative for The Hallow which straddles several genre areas including: a home invasion angle, cat and mouse (or monster and human) chases, and a possession storyline. Mixing these already...
Review by Andrew McArthur
In what has been a somewhat unremarkable year for the horror genre thus far (minus It Follows), Corin Hardy‘s Irish flick The Hallow sadly refuses to buck the trend, despite some initial potential. Writer-director Hardy centres The Hallow in a remote rural Irish millhouse where newly moved in tree-surgeon Adam (Joseph Mawle) and his family come under attack by creatures living in the woods.
There’s a noticeable ambition in Hardy’s narrative for The Hallow which straddles several genre areas including: a home invasion angle, cat and mouse (or monster and human) chases, and a possession storyline. Mixing these already...
- 8/29/2015
- by Guest
- Nerdly
New Irish feature film The Guarantee starring Love/Hate’s Peter Coonan, David Murray (Amber), Orla Fitzgerald (The Wind That Shakes The Barley), Morgan C. Jones (Vikings), and Gary Lydon (Calvary) will be hitting Irish cinemas on Thursday October 30th with a special live event to kick off the release. The first of its kind in Ireland, the live event screening will allow cinema audiences across the country to watch the film and take part in an interactive panel discussion and Q&A hosted by Today FM’s Matt Cooper live from Movies@Dundrum. Based on Colin Murphy’s stage play Guaranteed!, directed by Ian Power (The Runway) and produced by John Kelleher Media in association with the Bai, the Irish Film Board and TV3, The Guarantee recreates the drama surrounding the most significant political decision in modern Irish history when the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system.
- 9/18/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Calvary’s Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish. Although he continues to comfort his own fragile daughter (Kelly Reilly) and to help members of his church with their various problems, he feels a foreboding sinister force closing in, and begins to wonder if he will have the courage to face his own personal Calvary.
From the director of The Guard, John Michael McDonagh, Calvary opens in St. Louis August 15th.
Wamg invites you to enter to win passes to the advance screening of Calvary on Tuesday, August 12th in the St. Louis area. We will contact the winners by email.
If you are a winner, you will need to head over to FoxSearchLightScreenings.com and register to receive your two passes.
Answer the following:
What profession did Brendan Gleeson leave in order to pursue a career in acting?...
From the director of The Guard, John Michael McDonagh, Calvary opens in St. Louis August 15th.
Wamg invites you to enter to win passes to the advance screening of Calvary on Tuesday, August 12th in the St. Louis area. We will contact the winners by email.
If you are a winner, you will need to head over to FoxSearchLightScreenings.com and register to receive your two passes.
Answer the following:
What profession did Brendan Gleeson leave in order to pursue a career in acting?...
- 8/5/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Last week saw the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and a slew of new films vying for people's attention. While some films may never make it in front of mass audiences, movie studios are always there to make some purchases. I've gathered up a list of some of those purchase announcements so that you can see what will be coming your way in the future!
Let's get started (these are copied from the press releases I received to better reflect the information):
* Lionsgate (NYSE: Lgf) and Roadside Attractions, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) each announced today that the respective companies have acquired rights in all territories to Craig Johnson’s drama The Skeleton Twins. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have jointly acquired Us rights to the film, while Spwa is taking all worldwide rights outside of the Us. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are planning a theatrical release for the feature film...
Let's get started (these are copied from the press releases I received to better reflect the information):
* Lionsgate (NYSE: Lgf) and Roadside Attractions, and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions (Spwa) each announced today that the respective companies have acquired rights in all territories to Craig Johnson’s drama The Skeleton Twins. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions have jointly acquired Us rights to the film, while Spwa is taking all worldwide rights outside of the Us. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions are planning a theatrical release for the feature film...
- 1/27/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula announced today that the company has acquired U.S. rights as well as select international territories to the blackly comedic drama Cavalry . Written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, Cavalry 's ensemble cast includes Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach De Bankolé, M. Emmet Walsh, Marie-Josée Croze, Domhnall Gleeson, David Wilmot, Pat Shortt, Gary Lydon, Killian Scott, Orla O'Rourke, Owen Sharpe and David McSavage. The film was produced by Reprisal Films. Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo and Octagon's James Flynn, and is an Irish Film Board and BFI presentation in association with Lypsync Productions. The film is scheduled to be released in 2014....
- 1/21/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Series seven of 'The Clinic' has finished principal photography in Dublin. The award winning Irish drama which has been running on Rte has seen a wealth of Irish acting talent appear on our screens throughout the years with some new faces joining the latest series. Directed by Declan Eames, Janet Traynor, Lisa Mulcahy and Charlie McCarthy, the series was produced by Jonathon Curling (Holy Cross, Falling For a Dancer) for Parallel Films. This latest eight episode series sees the regular faces of Amy Huberman (Daisy), Dominic Mafham (Dan), Leigh Arnold (Clodagh) Tanya Moodie (Grace Safete) and Gary Lydon (Patrick) return to our screens. Also joining the cast this year is Victoria Smurfit (Trial & Retribution) who will play Edel.
- 7/23/2009
- IFTN
The third annual Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin saw Liam Neeson take the best actor award for Kinsey and the Irish movie Pavee Lackeen scoop best film award. Filmmaker Perry Odgen won the "breakthrough talent award" for Pavee Lackeen. Best actress in a feature film went to Renee Weldon for Trouble With Sex. Winners in television included the Irish drama series Pure Mule, which scooped a host of awards including best actor for Tom Murphy, best actress for Dawn Bradfield and supporting nods for Gary Lydon and Eileen Walsh. The award for best drama series went to Irish production Love Is the Drug. Said Aine Moriarty, CEO of event organizer the Irish Film and Television Network: "The quality of the Irish Film and Television industries is evident in the success of these Awards. The talent coming out of Ireland is incredibly strong and it is great to see that the support is there for it to get even stronger."...
- 11/7/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With her first feature "The Last September", gifted British theater director Deborah Warner displays an adroit facility with actors, a subtle, layered visual style and a strong command for the material. But her adaptation of Elizabeth Bowen's novel about the vanishing world of Irish aristocrats set against the violent skirmishes between British security forces and Irish revolutionaries in 1920 Ireland suffers from a script that is both too opaque and too obvious in laying out its meanings.
The film dramatizes the conflict as a crude metaphor over the heart of Lois (Keeley Hawes), the beautiful though misdirected niece of Sir Richard Naylor (Michael Gambon) and Lady Myra (Maggie Smith), whose divided loyalties are split between the pleasant British police officer Colthurst (David Tennant) and rogue Irish fighter Peter (Gary Lydon). Warner capably individualizes the secondary players (Jane Birkin, Lambert Wilson and Fiona Shaw) though John Banville's script is fatally indecisive in establishing any credible emotional interplay; the scenes rush from character to character, but never quite develop.
Warner is more successful at buildup and anticipation, using the escalation of violence to reveal the hard fissures in the loss of privilege and diminished status experienced by its character. The film's greatest virtues are the Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak's bold, painterly images of a visually resplendent Irish countryside in County Cork and the use of this landscape to suggest interior discord. However, Warner commits a considerable mistake in consciously replicating moments and images from Idziak's work with Krzysztof Kieslowski, in particular the use of green filters, shallow depth of field and space-disorienting lenses the cinematographer deployed to far greater and more emotionally devastating effect in respectively "A Short Film About Killing", "The Double Life of Veronique" and "Blue".
The film dramatizes the conflict as a crude metaphor over the heart of Lois (Keeley Hawes), the beautiful though misdirected niece of Sir Richard Naylor (Michael Gambon) and Lady Myra (Maggie Smith), whose divided loyalties are split between the pleasant British police officer Colthurst (David Tennant) and rogue Irish fighter Peter (Gary Lydon). Warner capably individualizes the secondary players (Jane Birkin, Lambert Wilson and Fiona Shaw) though John Banville's script is fatally indecisive in establishing any credible emotional interplay; the scenes rush from character to character, but never quite develop.
Warner is more successful at buildup and anticipation, using the escalation of violence to reveal the hard fissures in the loss of privilege and diminished status experienced by its character. The film's greatest virtues are the Polish cinematographer Slawomir Idziak's bold, painterly images of a visually resplendent Irish countryside in County Cork and the use of this landscape to suggest interior discord. However, Warner commits a considerable mistake in consciously replicating moments and images from Idziak's work with Krzysztof Kieslowski, in particular the use of green filters, shallow depth of field and space-disorienting lenses the cinematographer deployed to far greater and more emotionally devastating effect in respectively "A Short Film About Killing", "The Double Life of Veronique" and "Blue".
- 5/19/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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