Milton got it right, even though he did not intend to do so. Paradise Lost is interesting, as a story and as a poem, while Satan is in the spotlight. As literary critics have noted, Milton saw in Satan all his own “best qualities.” God’s fallen angel is an “heroic […]
Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home is a documentary directed by Pat Collins. It made its way through the film festivals back in 2009 and 2010 and then quietly disappeared, although it does pop up now and then on television. To our rescue comes Richard Kendrick, the director of photography on […]
The perfect way to start the holidays, the 1994 version of Little Women offers a stellar cast, a great script, beautiful locations, gorgeous costumes, and a lovely score by Thomas Newman. Oh, and the hottest professor on the planet. Yes. For more about how I feel about this film, please […]
The Usual Suspects is Gabriel Byrne’s most popular film, if by popular we mean success at the box office and recognition by its legion of fans. And, although the film was released in 1995, there are many young people for whom it is a movie touchstone: Keyser Soze has entered […]
Gabriel Byrne has five, yes, five films in the pipeline at this time: In production: I, Anna (2012) All Things to All Men (2012) Le Capital (2013) Crooked House (2013) In development: At Swim-Two-Birds (2013) And now for tidbits about each and every one of them! I, Anna (2012) In […]
Updated November 11 Thanks to director Sé Merry Doyle for dropping by and reminding us that we can learn more about John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man by checking Loopline Film in all of its places on the web: Main website for Loopline Film Loopline Film on Facebook Loopline Film […]