Tag: Neil Jordan

The Conversation: Top 10 of 2019 Thus Far …

Half-way through the last year of the decade, the same cinematic trends exist as far as theatrical releases in the US, those being the...

Greta | Review

She Will Always Beat You: Huppert Get Homicidal in Jordan’s B-Thriller There’s more than one way to depend on the kindness of strangers, including using...

The Conversation: Vox Lux Leads Best of TIFF 2018

As the Toronto International Film Festival continues to downsize its programming and say adieu to CEO and Director Piers Handling for its 2018 edition,...

2018 TIFF: Corbet’s “Vox Lux” & Neil Jordan’s “Greta” Added + Discovery Section Unveiled

His double Venice film festival award winning The Childhood of a Leader was mysteriously a no-show for the 2015 edition, but TIFF programmers decided Vox...

The Conversation – Cannes Predictions IV: Brit Helmers Leigh, Hogg & Strickland Lead Anglo Contingency

On the British side, Mike Leigh’s Peterloo was once assumedly a for sure thing (he won the Palme in 1996 for Secrets & Lies),...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2018: #34. Neil Jordan’s The Widow

The Widow Irish auteur Neil Jordan has been absent from cinemas since 2012’s vampire flick Byzantium (read review). Helming and fostering a couple successful television series...

The Conversation: Top 10 World Cinema Filmmakers Missing in Action (Class of 2016)

Following on the heels of our list of US directors who’ve been AWOL for the past five years or more, we highlight ten international...

Angel | Blu-ray Review

Twilight Time presents Irish auteur Neil Jordan’s 1982 directorial debut Angel (aka Danny Boy) on Blu-ray, an obscurely regarded gem from the great filmmaker....

Byzantium | TIFF 2012 Review

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