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Casting “Secret State”

Updated February 20 Ruth Negga, recent winner of the IFTA Award for Best Actress (Television) for her performance as Dame Shirley Bassey in the BBC production Shirley in 2011, has joined this stellar cast and will play an intelligence analyst. According to Herald.ie [no longer linked because URL usually does […]

Happy Valentine’s Day Video Plus!

Happy Valentine’s Day to Byrneholics everywhere–and to the reason we are all here: GABRIEL BYRNE! This video Valentine pretty much sums up how we feel, I think, but if something was left out, please leave a comment to remind us. And there are wallpaper Valentines, too, of course, for making […]

I, ANNA Premiere at Berlinale–Trailers Plus!

Note from Stella, August 5, 2020: There were originally three trailers for I, Anna from the Critic.de website posted here, but they are no longer available. So, I have replaced them with two other trailers:  the official trailer from the Berlinale and the final trailer published once the film was […]

The “Quirke” stories of Benjamin Black

While discussing the lack of humor in the latest television version of Great Expectations, Andrew Davies, renowned screenwriter and adapter (Bleak House and House of Cards for television, among many others) dropped a Byrne bomb! Davies’s latest job for the BBC is set during a very different period. He is […]

Defence of the Realm: The Acid Test

In his  review of Defence of the Realm, Gene Siskel observes that one of the “acid tests” for determining a good film is if it provokes in you a desire to be part of the world it depicts. In this case, his response is “Yes!” He is fascinated by the world […]