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Tag Archives: Ireland
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) Jeremy Summers, Christopher Lee, Tony Ferrer, Tsai Chin
In his remote Asian hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival Read More »
Hunger (2008) Steve McQueen, Stuart Graham, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon
Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. Read More »
Ondine (2009) Neil Jordan, Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Dervla Kirwan
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. Read More »
Michael Collins (1996) Neil Jordan, Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts
After the disastrous defeat of Irish rebels by superior UK forces during the Easter Rising Read More »
Nora (2000) Pat Murphy, Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. Read More »
Natan (2013) Paul Duane, David Cairns, Lenny Borger, Serge Bromberg, Bart Bull
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. How did he come to be completely forgotten, especially so in France? Read More »
The Rising of the Moon (1957) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. Read More »
Adam and Paul (2004) Lenny Abrahamson, Tom Murphy, Mark O’Halloran, Gavin Dowdall
Two drug addicts negotiate their way through Dublin’s city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix. Read More »
The Disappearance of Finbar (1996) Sue Clayton, Luke Griffin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Sean Lawlor
Finbar Flynn is a working-class boy living in a grim concrete jungle in Dublin. Read More »
Angel (1982) Neil Jordan, Veronica Quilligan, Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin
Saxophonist Danny witnesses the murder of his band manager and a deaf-mute girl after a gig. Read More »
Snakes and Ladders (1996) Trish McAdam, Pom Boyd, Gina Moxley, Sean Hughes
A wry story of female friendship: Jean and Kate, two “nearing-thirty” street performers Read More »
Twelfth Night (1996) Trevor Nunn, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Imogen Stubbs
Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. Read More »
I Come with the Rain (2009) Tran Anh Hung, Josh Hartnett, Tran Nu Yên-Khê, Byung-hun Lee
Ex-Los Angeles cop turned private eye Kline travels to Hong Kong in search of Shitao, the missing son of a powerful pharmaceutical conglomerate boss. Read More »
Graveyard Clay (2007) Robert Quinn, Bríd Ní Neachtain, Peadar Lamb, Máire Ní Mháille
This a story about an obsessive hatred that started as a case of jealous rivalry between two young sisters Read More »