The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse began life as a series of Instagram and Facebook postings by Charlie Mackesy, musing on the pandemic and sharing his drawings. Then it morphed into a beautiful illustrated book. I gave the book to my best friend soon after it was […]
It began with Charlie’s book, a lovely story with imaginative drawings. It evokes appreciation and smiles, but also a yearning that might surprise you. What happens when that original project gets more complicated? What happens when the page becomes a screen? Magic, that’s what. The short animated film that Charlie […]
RTÉ surprised me this Valentine’s Day by saying what I was going to say! In their recent article, 10 Great Romances You May Not Have Seen, they list Just A Sigh, OUR favorite romantic film for this holiday, plus they provide a lovely screen grab of our favorite romantic couple […]
And back to Ireland we go! Deadline has the announcement: Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne are set to co-star in Polly Steele’s upcoming drama Four Letters Of Love as the parents of fated lovers played by up-and-coming actors Fionn O’Shea and Ann Skelly. The film is based […]
This past year has been a great year for Irish films, for friends and colleagues of Gabriel Byrne, for intriguing projects that demanded more than usual from their audiences, and for movies in general, in this “we think we are over it” post-pandemic season. And it’s also a great year […]
This final Holiday edition of the Byrne-ing News for 2022, for which you have waited patiently, I know, ( wink ) is just a list of the exciting Gabriel Projects we are anticipating and this year’s attempts, by me, to add to the overall holiday spirit with Gabriel Wallpapers. So, […]