The Byrne-ing News, August 2013 Edition

Regular readers at Byrneholics might be enlightened about all of the August happenings, but chances are you missed something. And before the recap of what transpired in the World of Byrne during August, here are a couple of items to note on your calendar for this Fall: mill valley film […]

The Doors of Heaven: JUST A SIGH

Please note: There are spoilers in this essay about the French film Le temps de l’aventure, also known as Just A Sigh, which I viewed on DVD without the benefit of English subtitles. And so you should be warned. If you have seen the film, then you will understand where […]

LOUDER THAN BOMBS: Filming Postponed

August 29: Screen Daily reports that the project has been “postponed indefinitely.” A month before principal photography was due in the US and Germany for Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s $6.6m (NOK 52m) Louder Than Bombs, Norwegian production outfit Motlys has postponed the project indefinitely, having failed to provide the full […]

QUIRKE: Report from Edinburgh + Book News

I am sorry to report that there is no information on the series premiere  of Quirke on BBC1 yet, but there is still lots of news to share! And once the date is announced, you will definitely see it here. In the meantime, if you would care to obsess over […]

Oh The Horror! The Genre Roles of Gabriel Byrne

Serious actors don’t do genre films. What does that mean? Well, generally speaking, genre films–science fiction, mystery, crime, and most importantly, horror–are not considered serious works and so serious actors don’t take roles in these kinds of films. This is not really true any longer. These days, there are many […]

Official Teaser Trailer for VAMPIRE ACADEMY!

After a flurry of Twitter activity, the first official Teaser Trailer for Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters was released on August 14 at 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time on both Entertainment Tonight on television and Yahoo Movies on the web (which is where most of us saw it, probably). The music […]