Roddy Doyle’s THE GUTS, reviewed by Gabriel Byrne

So, here’s the thing. I know who Roddy Doyle is, of course: great Irish writer, actually now “recognized as one of Ireland’s greatest living writers,” with a slew of novels based on his native Dublin written over the past two decades; screenwriter of Irish films based on his Barrytown Trilogy […]

“What Fresh Lunacy Is This?” Book Review by Gabriel Byrne

Oliver Reed was a thrilling and accomplished actor. He starred in a group of films I will always remember: Oliver!,  Women In Love, The Devils, The Hunting Party, and The Three Musketeers. In Women in Love, he proved the perfect counter-balance to Alan Bates. Reed’s work in The Devils (which I […]

Gabriel Byrne: Film Producer and Blogger!

We thought he was holed up in a soundstage somewhere in NYC, a “sweatbox of the arts,” as Fred Astaire famously called it, creating the next season of In Treatment, polishing his Paul Weston impersonation and bringing new stories to life. Well, he is making In Treatment, we know, but […]