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

The comedy legend talks accents, authenticity, and rooftops

"...John Wayne in The Quiet Man by heading to Ireland, he was actually inspired by a film from across..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Ken Loach paints a grim realist portrait that captures the solemnity of an Ireland turning on itself and the tragedy of two brothers spiraling away from each other.

"...He plays Damien O’Donovan, a medical student living in Ireland in 1920 whose plans to move to London are..."

April 27, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

International Week Results; Champions League Action to Come; Bonus High School Playoff Coverage

"...Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Liechtenstein all won; former minnow Northern Ireland won two big ones (as did big brother Republic..."

March 29, 2007 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

'Soccer Watch': Lady Longhorns Sweep on the Road
Euro 2008 Qualifying Results

"...in Zagreb to a very good Croatian team. Likewise Ireland, who crashed badly at lowly Cyprus, to pretty much..."

Oct. 11, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Titanic Town

"...This is the modern war zone of Belfast, Northern Ireland, circa 1972 ‹ the setting for Titanic Town, an..."

Sept. 29, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Don't Leave Home

A strange trip to the Emerald Isle

"...collection of hauntingly rendered dioramas titled “Lost Souls of Ireland,” in which she catalogs the many disappearances that have..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Brooklyn

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

"...in the lovely and (yes) nostalgic Brooklyn after departing Ireland in the early Fifties for a better life and..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Guard

A daffy, delightful Irish yarn capped by fabulous performances by Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

"...in Cannemara, a village on the western coast of Ireland, he initially appears to inhabit every cliché about fat..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh's stunning if messy look back at his childhood in Northern Ireland

"...of serene locales in the titular capital of Northern Ireland today, the camera ascends above a muraled wall to..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Leap Year

From the director of Shopgirl comes this despairing and barely mediocre rom-com starring Amy Adams.

"...highly unsubtle cultural critique on both the U.S. and Ireland. This is not as farfetched an idea as it..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bloody Sunday

"...1972, the day on which British paratroopers in Northern Ireland opened fire on a mostly peaceful march protesting for..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Love Divided

"...a real-life married couple in 1957 Fethard-on-Sea, County Wexford, Ireland. They're terribly in love but ideologically conflicted (he's Catholic,..."

Aug. 3, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Michael Collins

"...factious split in 1921) stake their lives on liberating Ireland from the British Empire in the early 1900s. Jordan's..."

Oct. 25, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Circle of Friends

"...faithful to Binchy's tale of three girls from Knockglen, Ireland, coming of age in the late 1950s. Set predominantly..."

April 7, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Die a Metalhead

Rodrigo y Gabriela's patriarch will be due a viking funeral one day.

"...music metal and world music indie - first from Ireland and now back home in Ixtapa, Mexico. Rodrigo's accent..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Frankie Starlight

"...was eventually discovered and escorted off the boat in Ireland, where she met Jack Kelly (Byrne), a kind customs..."

April 12, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Fantastic Fest Review: Bring Them Down

Sheep farming drama suffers from strange casting

"...allow for fences, especially sheep farming in places like Ireland, where shared or common land is an essential asset...."

Oct. 1, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Cracking Open The Devil's Doorway

Horror director Aislinn Clarke on Ireland's dirty secret

"...inspiration was a dark chapter in the history of Ireland, and how the Roman Catholic Church treated young women...."

July 14, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Journey

Settling peace in Northern Ireland?

"...24-hour news cycle and all its attendant scaremongering, Northern Ireland’s “The Troubles” raged from 1968 to a stalemate around..."

July 7, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

’71

A kinetic chase movie uses the Troubles of Northern Ireland as its setting

"...on one’s allegiances – that convulsed parts of Northern Ireland beginning in the late Sixties was a bloody, nightmarish..."

March 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Calvary

Brendan Gleeson stars in this darkly hilarious and deeply ruminative update on the passion play.

"...his church in a rural town in County Sligo, Ireland. An unseen man arrives and tells the story of..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Liquor of the Week

Premium Irish Whiskies for St. Patrick’s Day

"...It doesn't have to be someone actually born in Ireland, but at least someone who has a taste for..."

March 12, 2014 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Live Action

Good things come in small packages.

"...Hinds as a man who returns to his Northern Ireland home after an absence of 25 years. He brings..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Albert Nobbs

This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.

"...closeted (in every way) film is set in Dublin, Ireland, in the late 19th century. Mr. Nobbs' situation is..."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action

Amaze your friends and colleagues when you know everything about all the nominees in this category.

"...“The Crush,” is set in that seat of Catholicism, Ireland, but skips the religion for a pitchy take on..."

Feb. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Secret of Kells

This animated Irish stunner is visually complex and colorful and was a contender this year for the best animated film Oscar.

"...pin. The Book of Kells, regarded as one of Ireland’s great national treasures, is an illustrated manuscript that contains..."

May 7, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Glen Hansard's One-Night Stand

Just Once with the Frames' Glen Hansard.

"...nameless characters who meet in the streets of Dublin, Ireland. Hansard is a struggling musician and street performer, fictionalizing..."

May 18, 2007 Music Post by Austin Powell

Euro 2008 Qualification
Results

"...0, Poland 1 Group D Cyprus 1, Germany 1 Ireland 5, San Marino 0 Group E Israel 3, Croatia..."

Nov. 15, 2006 Sports Post by Nick Barbaro

Veronica Guerin

Journalist's brave story remains curiously aloof.

"...be fitting for a hard-nosed journalist. Although celebrated in Ireland, Guerin’s name is less known on these shores, but..."

Oct. 17, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Southpaw

"...is also a Traveller, a group long-discriminated against in Ireland. Director McGrath uses the medium of documentary to celebrate..."

June 30, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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