Tag: Brendan Gleeson
Joker: Folie à Deux | Review
Joke’s On Us: Phillips Composes an Empty, Boring Spectacle
Kudos to Todd Phillips for forcing US audiences to be confronted with the intriguing subtitle...
The Banshees of Inisherin | Review
When Demon Voices Wake Us: McDonagh Charts a Bad Bromance in Dark, Delightful Drama
The abrupt end to a lifelong relationship provides the basis for...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #34. Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin
Officially five features into his feature filmmaking career, The Banshees of Inisherin was meant to begin production in 2020 but that...
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Review
O Brother Wherefore Art Thou: Joel Cohen’s Stunning Solo Shakespeare
Joel Coen’s first solo effort as director sans brother Ethan is visually sumptuous, visceral Shakespeare:...
Frankie | Review
A Death in the Family: Sachs Sacks Huppert in Sun Dappled Soap Opera
The latest film from American director Ira Sachs is set in the...
2019 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 8 – Ira Sachs’ Frankie
The French have a fondness for Americana from the likes of Clint Eastwood, James Gray, Sean Baker and Ira Sachs who for this seventh...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Independent Films of 2019: #21. Ira Sachs’ Frankie
Frankie
Ira Sachs' first production outside North America managed to lasso the likes of Isabelle Huppert, Marisa Tomei, Greg Kinnear, Jérémie Renier and Brendan Gleeson...
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Review
Six of the West: Coen Bros. Release Minor, Uneven Collection of Frontier Short Stories
In thinking about the anthology form in cinema, Joel and Ethan...
In the Heart of the Sea | Review
Two if by Sea: Howard’s Whaling Expedition Sinks to the Fathoms
Herman Melville’s 1851 novel Moby-Dick is one of the seminal epics of American literature,...
2016 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Adam Smith’s Trespass Against Us
Whether its video helmers or stage directors, Sundance has been a reliable launchpad lieu for nouveau British talent --- video helmer Fredrik Bond (The...
Suffragette | Review
Female Misbehavior: Gavron’s Noble Depiction of British Women’s Suffrage Movement
There’s much to admire in Sarah Gavron’s sophomore directorial effort, Suffragette, a turn-of-the-century snapshot of...
Song of the Sea | Review
Of Myth and Men: Moore Dons Skin of the Irish Selkies To Craft Stunning Children's Tale of Family Heritage
You can probably count the number...
Stonehearst Asylum | Review
Crazy in Love: Anderson’s Gothic Sprinkled Romance Deserves to be Tarred and Feathered
Fresh off the surprise box office success of 2013’s Halle Berry headlined...
Calvary | Review
Trials of Faith Without Error; Glesson’s Good Priest Suffers for Sins of the Fathers
Two years after The Guard, the most commercially successful Irish film...
Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #127. John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary
Calvary
Director: John Michael McDonagh
Writer: John Michael McDonagh
Producers: Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, James Flynn
U.S. Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan...
Sundance 2014: Colangelo, Shelton, Corbijn, Winterbottom, Araki & Gareth Evans Among 16 V.I.Ps
The Sundance Film Festival made their final feature film line-ups with the Premieres category announcements. Sixteen films with huge name talent, returnee filmmakers and...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #87. John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary
Calvary
Director/Writer: John Michael McDonagh
Producer(s): Reprisal Films' Chris Clark and Flora Fernandez Marengo with Octagon Films's James Flynn
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Kelly Reilly, Chris O'Dowd,...