Updated June 8 It appears that Mr. Byrne may not be officially attached to the new film helmed by Costa-Gavras quite yet. The Irish Film and Television Network reports: A representative from Gabriel Byrne’s camp said that they were currently in talks with the KG Productions project although nothing had […]
News from Germany: production is wrapping up on I, Anna. According to the website of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH on March 9 (rough translation provided by Google Translate): European film stars are in the studio at Studio Hamburg–After filming in London, British actress Charlotte Rampling and her Irish colleague Gabriel […]
One wonders what was running through Gabriel Byrne’s mind as he read the script for the film Into The West. Certainly he knew the origins of the story of Oisín and Tir na nÓg. The early epic poem of Yeats (his longest poem, as it turns out), The Wanderings of […]
We were very excited this time last year when the news about I, Anna was released. The film is an adaptation of Elsa Lewin’s novel, a story about a femme fatale who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case in which she is the main suspect. Whatever […]
Verna: Shouldn’t you be doing your job? Tom Reagan: Intimidating helpless women is my job. Verna: Then go find one, and intimidate her. It is the writing that first grabs you as the whiskey-soaked and beautifully lit world of Miller’s Crossing takes shape on the screen. Then the interiors, particularly […]
The Irish Festival of Oulu is Finland’s premiere Irish festival, offering traditional Irish music, poetry, film, story-telling, dance, and theatre crammed into a four-day whirlwind of activities, September 30 – October 3. Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home will be screened on opening night, September 30. Director Pat Collins will be […]