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Tag Archives: Ireland
Poteen / Poitín (1978) Bob Quinn, Cyril Cusack, Donal McCann, Niall Toibin + Extra
Poitin is widely regarded as a classic of Irish cinema. It tells the story of a Conamara moonshiner Read More »
You’re Ugly Too (2015) Mark Noonan, Aidan Gillen, Lauren Kinsella, Simon McQuaid
After her mother’s death, Stacey (Lauren Kinsella) moves with her uncle Will (Aiden Gillen) to a remote region in the Irish midlands. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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
Finbar Flynn is a working-class boy living in a grim concrete jungle in Dublin. Read More »