Gabriel Byrne Dreams in “Shapeshifter”

JoeyTomatoes.com [This Posterous website is no longer available on the Internet] provides great background information on the recently released video by Charlex, for which Gabriel Byrne provides the narration. The video is entitled Shapeshifter: The project began as a challenge of sorts, when Charlex Founder and Director Alex Weil – […]

Imagine Ireland Launched!

Updated: the unofficial transcript from the unofficial video of Mr. Byrne’s speech is now at the end of this posting. Some audio is missing,  but what’s here is pretty inspiring, so enjoy! — The official launch of the year-long initiative, Imagine Ireland, occurred on January 7 at Lincoln Center in […]

A handsome movie about men in hats: Miller’s Crossing

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 […]

Pete Postlethwaite, We Will Miss You

The LA Times blog has noted Pete Postlethwaite’s top 5 performances and this list is exactly the one I would have formulated. Note that Gabriel Byrne produced the first film and starred with Pete in the second film in this list (that’s the Byrne-ing connection and one of the reasons […]

In Treatment Season 3 Reviews and More, Part 2

More reviews, analysis, and good old-fashioned interviews from October 31 – November 18, most recent first. Associated Press, November 18: Irrfan Khan checks into In Treatment HBO.com, November 18: Imagining Adele, an interview with Anya Epstein, executive producer and writer for In Treatment [this interview is no longer available]: HBO: […]

BFI London Film Festival 2010

As reported here earlier, Gabriel Byrne served on the Best Film jury, which was chaired by Patricia Clarkson. The awards were handed out on October 27. The award for Best Film was presented to director Alexei Popogrebsky for How I Ended This Summer by the jury chair Patricia Clarkson, who […]