Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...Screenwriter Nick Hornby scores again in this adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel, finding subtle nuances in the deceptively modest..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Snapper

"...Directed by: Stephen Frears. Starring: Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney, Ruth Mccabe, Colm O'Byrne, Eanna Macliam and Ciara..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Empty Family

If you want to be sad – to surrender to the profundity and variety and physical force of that sensation – Colm Tóibín is your man

"...The Empty Familyby Colm Tóibín Scribner, 288 pp., $24..."

Jan. 21, 2011 Books Review by Cindy Widner

Seberg

Prosaic bio-drama of the radical starlet never shines like she did

"...Stewart, Yvan Attal, Gabriel Sky, Jack O’Connell, Margaret Qualley, Colm Meaney, Vince Vaughn, Stephen Root and Anthony Mackie...."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Mountain

Tye Sheridan and Jeff Goldblum in an engrossing experiment in form

"...(who co-wrote the film with Dustin Guy Defa and Colm O’Leary) tradition of disassembling films as part of the..."

Aug. 2, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Norm of the North

Animated bear protects his Arctic home

"...Various subplots – the disappearance and rescue of Grandpa (Colm Meaney), the tourist invasion of the Arctic, Norm’s ties..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Adapted Screenplay Brooklyn (Nick Hornby, based on book by Colm Tóibín), Carol (Phyllis Nagy, based on book by Patricia..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Fantastic Fest Review: Bring Them Down

Sheep farming drama suffers from strange casting

"...haunted quality and holding his own against the great Colm Meaney as his father, Ray, an embittered old husk..."

Oct. 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Monument Ave.

"...Diehl, Greg Dulli, Nah Emmerich, Ian Hart, Famke Janssen, Colm Meaney, Martin Sheen and Jeanne Tripplehorn. If you only..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Art on Waller Creek, Drag on Congress, and More Recommended Events

Step outside and appreciate some art

"...its 14th (but first post-pandemic) symposium. Keynote speakers include Colm Tóibin (Brooklyn) and Ayad Akhtar (Homeland Elegies). Free and..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...her estranged father. Cast: Elvire Emanuelle, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo, Jharrel Jerome, Jared Kemp (World Premiere)..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...Things With Videogames (University of Minnesota Press) pulls some Malcolm Gladwell-grade insight out of its hat. Stating a fact..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Damned United

The Damned United is much more than a soccer movie; it's practically Shakespearean in its depiction of the tragedy of Brian Clough, manager of the Leeds United Football Club for only 44 days.

"...Directed by: Tom Hooper. Starring: Michael Sheen, Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall, Jim Broadbent, Maurice Roëves and Jimmy..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Titus

Taymor creates a spectacularly imaginative piece of Shakespearean cinema set in a world out of time.

"...Taymor. Starring: Harry J. Lennix, Laura Fraser, James Frain, Colm Feore, Alan Cumming, Jessica Lange and Anthony Hopkins. Of..."

Feb. 11, 2000 Movie Review by Robert Faires

The Red Violin

A special violin is traced over three centuries and multiple owners and countries.

"...Don McKellar, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Colm Feore, Irene Grazioli, Jean-Luc Bideau, Sylvia Chang and Christoph..."

June 25, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Con Air

"...Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson and Rachel Ticotin. Based on Con..."

June 13, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Banshees of Inisherin

The In Bruges team reunites for a genius tale of friendship gone awry

"...civil war of his own, as his best friend Colm (Gleeson) tells him he is no longer interested in..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

Silence and Stones in The Banshees of Inisherin

Writer/director Martin McDonagh and star Kerry Condon on creating the isolated world of their new film

"...Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as simple Pádraic and weatherworn Colm) who suddenly stop being friends, much to Pádraic's consternation..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bring Them Down

Violent tragedy about sheep farmers stars Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott

"...Directed by: Christopher Andrews. Starring: Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, Colm Meaney, Paul Ready, Nora-Jane Noone, Susan Lynch, Aaron Heffernan,..."

Feb. 7, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

How Paul Reiser Created a Non-Cutesy Ireland in The Problem With People

The comedy legend talks accents, authenticity, and rooftops

"...feud through constant clashes with his Irish cousin, Ciáran (Colm Meaney)...."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...New Jerusalem Director: R. Alverson, Writers: R. Alverson & Colm O'Leary Ike (Will Oldham), an Evangelical Christian, befriends Sean,..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Cast: Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloë Sevigny, Jean Smart, Malcolm McDowell, Cybill Shepherd, Billy Dee Williams (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...D: François Girard; with Samuel L. Jackson, Greta Scacchi, Colm Feore, Don McKellar, Sylvia Chang...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson, Rachel Ticotin...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Fantastic Fest Awards

Wakaliwood's Bad Black surprise audience pick

"...by André Øvredal (read our review here) Best Director: Colm McCarthy for The Girl With All The Gifts (read..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Bedside Manner: The Cheat

Sometimes the best books are the ones you don't read

"...categories: the book I should be reading to review (Colm Tóibín's short story collection, The Empty Family); the book..."

Dec. 28, 2010 Books Post by Cindy Widner

The Frames

"...subtle surprises. Frontman Glen Hansard has never sounded better, Colm Mac Con lomaire's fiddle adds fathoms of depth, and..."

March 18, 2005 Music Review by David Lynch

November Previews

"...Venora, Philip Baker, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Stephen Tobolowsky, Colm Feore, Bruce McGill, Gina Gershon, Michael Gambon, Rip Torn...."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Tolkien

The trials and triumphs of the man who would create Middle Earth

"...Directed by: Dome Karukoski. Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Harry Gilby, Patrick Gibson, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Greta

Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert play cat-and-mouse in this glorious potboiler

"...Jordan. Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, Stephen Rea and Zawe Ashton...."

March 1, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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