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'Let the Right One In': Yes, I saw it again
31 October 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | EW.com - The Movie Critics | See recent EW.com - The Movie Critics news »
In honor of Halloween, a day of vampires and naughty misdeeds, I sat down to watch Let the Right One In again -- a movie tied to a naughty misdeed of my own. My offending act of immoral behavior? Back when it was released, one year ago, on Oct. 24, 2008, I wrote a review that trashed this pensive and brooding Swedish vampire movie. I called it "arty," I said that it wasn't "coherent," and I accused the hero -- a 12-year-old blond boy in a wintry Stockholm suburb who befriends the vampire child next door -- of "skulk through the movie in a blank-faced torpor. »
- Owen Gleiberman
Alynda Wheat's Beat Cop: A moment of silence for 'Southland'
9 October 2009 2:55 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Let’s bow our heads for a moment of silence. As we learned last night, NBC snuffed out one of our favorite procedurals, the gritty, fantastically acted Southland. You’d think shoving Jay Leno down our throats for five hours of primetime would be injury enough, but no—they had to add insult. This, NBC. This is why TV viewers are dropping network for cable in ever-greater numbers. Viewers know cable offers the kind of risky, investment-heavy programming that’s rare on network television these days, and what’s better, cable will actually stick with it. Take a show like Mad Men. »
- Alynda Wheat
Game of Solitary in Urszula Antoniak's Nothing Personal
7 October 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- Watching the trailer for Urszula Antoniak's debut film, a multiple award winner in Locarno, I couldn't help but think circa 92's The Crying Game and making the assessment that Stephen Rea and the harsh, countryside backdrop in Ireland are a natural fit - most likely Antoniak employed the actor for just that. Starring native Dutch, redhead Lotte Verbeek as a wanderer, the trailer and the curiosity of it has killed the cat in me and I'm thinking that it might do the same for film festival curators. Look for The Netherlands' Nothing Personal to find a couple of open spots in either the remaining U.S. autumn fests of 2009 or the first half of 2010. Alone in her empty apartment, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final »
Martin Sheen goes back to his roots with Irish movie (IrishCentral)
4 October 2009 11:44 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Irish American actor Martin Sheen will go back to his roots with his next movie, "Stella Days." Sheen, who will star as Fr Daniel Barry, will be shooting "Stella Days" in the tiny town of Borrisokane in North Tipperary where his late mother was from. "Stella Days," which also features Stephen Rea and Romola Garai is based on a true story. The real-life Fr Barry was a priest called Fr Dean Cahill who establised a movie house called Stella Cinema in Borrisokane. The movie house, which showed films from 1957 to 1967, was housed in the Clarke Memorial Hall which still stands. In the movie, Sheen's character is struggling with his conscience. He fears that he has lost his vocation and searches for redemption by reconciling his own passion for movies with his oboligation to his flock by setting up the Stella Cinema.... »
Fango scribe’s Blood Spattered Book!
23 September 2009 2:32 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
If you enjoy Fango blogger/writer Chris Alexander’s contributions to this site, you’ll want to run out and grab Chris Alexander’S Blood Spattered Book when Midnight Marquee Press publishes it in November. The tome is a collection of essays and writings on films—many featured here in his Blood Spattered Blog —that have personally affected Alexander and often, flown under the radar of many others.
The essays, many never before published, address a wide variety of genre fare, including Alice, Sweet Alice, Anthropophagous (a.k.a. The Grim Reaper), City Of The Living Dead (a.k.a. The Gates Of Hell), The Lair Of The White Worm, Count Dracula’S Great Love, The Sentinel, Lifeforce, The Devil’S Nightmare, Demon Seed, Ravenous, Land Of The Minotaur, Nomads, Angel Heart, Psychomania and more. The book will also include new interviews conducted by the author with such film personalities as directors Roger Corman, »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
Tiff Picks 09: Neil Jordon's Ondine
7 September 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
- #29. Ondine Director: Neil Jordan Cast: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Stephen Rea, Alison BarryDistributor: Paramount Vantage is selling the world rights Buzz: I can't say that I was itching to see this fantasy fish tale, Neil Jordan is a hit and miss director in my books, but then I learned who the cinematographer was. I look forward in seeing how Christopher Doyle and Neil Jordan partnership will work with all things Irish. The Gist: Scripted by Jordan, this tells the story of a fisherman (Farrell) in southwest Ireland who hauls up a live girl (Bachleda) in his nets. Ondine is a mythological sea nymph, and theories about the girl's origins blossom as she transforms the lives of the fisherman and local townsfolk. Tiff Schedule: Click here for screen times ... »
Trailer for beautiful Irish drama Nothing Personal
4 September 2009 4:36 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
I've always had an attraction to films about solitude (hence the post apocalyptic fetish), and coupled with my thing for weird romances, I'm really digging this. It's beautifully shot, features Stephen Rea, and is directed by feature length first timer Urszula Antoniak. I should also mention that Fastnet, the production company, was also behind Lance Daly's Kisses.
A young, rebellious Dutch woman walks the trails of Ireland, vagabond by choice, enjoying the solitude she was looking for in the austere landscape of Connemara. He is a man in his prime, living a solitary life in a secluded house on a beautiful island. She is radical and uncompromising. He is wise and ironic. What connects them is solitude they both see as freedom. He proposes her to work for him in exchange of food. She agrees at one condition: there will be no personal contact between them, just work. Soon »
Rosie Perez Joins McCormack, Walter, Rea and Lahti In New Season Of Law & Order: Svu
20 August 2009 11:43 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
TV Guide is reporting that Rosie Perez has been added to an already starry list of guest stars for the return of Law & Order: Svu, which begins its season on September 23. Previously announced was the news that Eric McCormack, Jessica Walter and Stephen Rea will guest-star in the new season of Law & Order: Svu. The theatre performers will join Christine Lahti, who was previously announced to be joining the show as a new Assistant District Attourney. »
Rea And McGinley Reprise Roles In Shepard's Ages Of The Moon, Buffini's Gabriel Makes Us Premiere For Atlantic's 2009/2010 Season
12 August 2009 2:58 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award® and Tony Award® nominee Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me) and Sean McGinley (the film On a Clear Day) will reprise their starring roles in the American premiere of The Abbey Theatre's production of Sam Shepard's Ages Of The Moon. The American premiere of Moira Buffini's award-winning play Gabriel will mark the final main stage production of Atlantic's 2009-2010 season at the Linda Gross Theater. Previews will begin in April toward a May 2010 opening. Dates and casting will be announced. »
Toronto's Irish A-list: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy (IrishCentral)
29 July 2009 11:08 AM, PDT | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
The Toronto Film festival, which takes place from September 10-20, will see a plethora to top Irish acting talent in attendance as Hollywood's top Irish stars are slated to turn up to support their respective movies. Brendan Gleeson, who received rave reviews earlier this year for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the HBO movie “Into the Storm,” will be in town to plug “Perrier’s Bounty,” which also stars Cillian Murphy, the versatile Cork star who is currently working on a film with Leonardo Di Caprio and “Dark Knight” director Christopher Nolan. Colin Farrell will also be in the Canadian city to support his upcoming flick “Ondine,” which was directed by Neil Jordan. The movie tells the story of a fisherman (Farrell) who nets a mesmerizing being (Bachelda) that his daughter (Barry) believes possesses magical powers. The film also stars Stephen Rea, Alicja Bachelda and Alison Barry and will »
Movie Reviews: G-Force
24 July 2009 11:13 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times heaps faint praise on G-Force, describing it as "pleasant, inoffensive." "It will possibly be enjoyed by children of all ages," he remarks with hardly a trace of enthusiasm. A.O. Scott in the New York Times says that it "manages to be fairly entertaining in that exhausting, rackety, late-summer-kiddie-movie way." He goes on to imagine how the project got sold. "If you make a movie that has both robots and rodents, plus a bunch of swaggering catch phrases, a couple of flatulence jokes and a bunch of human actors hopping around pretending to interact with the computer-generated rodents -- well, the pitch makes itself, doesn't it?" What actually emerges from the paring of Jerry Bruckheimer with Walt Disney is, according to Claudia Puig in USA Today, "chases and explosions, plus a distinctly cute and cuddly factor." However, as if in response, Elizabeth Weitzman writes in the New York Daily News, "There's certainly nothing cute 'n' cuddly about the animals" in the film. But "we'd expect nothing less from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who's apparently bent on expanding his action empire into the family market." Stephen Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer calls the film a "dud" in the first paragraph of his review, but in the next one he asks "Do little kids know what a good movie is?" Maybe they do, Dan Kois in the Washington Post suggests. He calls the movie "a dispiriting primer on the low regard Hollywood has for the intelligence and curiosity of children -- and the time and money of their parents." »
'Ondine' & 'Cracks' Premiere at Toronto Film Festival
17 July 2009 6:19 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Neil Jordan's latest film 'Ondine' and Jordan Scott's 'Cracks', both filmed on location in Ireland, will receive Premiere screenings at the 34th Annual Toronto Film Festival, which takes place 10 – 19 September. 'Ondine', which stars Colin Farrell (Intermission, In Bruges), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game, V for Vendetta), Alicja Bachleda (Comme des Voleurs) and Alison Barry, Castletownbere, Co. Cork last summer will have its World Premiere in the Special Presentations strand at the festival. »
Interview: Tom Johnson Talks 'Pippa Lee' & 'Ondine' at Ardmore Sound
6 July 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Having just completed work on Neil Jordan's 'Ondine', Rebecca Miller's 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee' and the 2009 animated hit 'Coraline', Tom Johnson, sound effects editor and sound re-recording mixer discusses the "emotional logic" in the films he has lent his talent to, being a sound artist and working in Ardmore Sound. Johnson, who has a very colourful filmography to his name, most recently finished working on Neil Jordan's 'Ondine' and Rebecca Miller's 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'. 'Ondine', starring Colin Farrell and Stephen Rea, tells the story of a fisherman in southwest Ireland who hauls up a live girl in his nets. Theories about the girl's origins blossom as she transforms the lives of the fisherman and local townsfolk. 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee', written and directed by Miller, stars Robin Wright Penn, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reaves, »
Interview: 'Father & Son' Drama Premieres on Rte
25 June 2009 7:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
'Father & Son', Rte One's latest summer drama will premiere Monday June 29 at 9.30pm. A co-production between Rte and ITV, this four part drama which has a formidable cast of actors including Dougray Scott, Stephen Rea and Sophie Okonedo, is tipped to be rich, compelling and highly entertaining. Director of the project was Brian Kirk (My Boy Jack, Middletown), whilst producer was Micheal Casey (My Boy Jack, Middletown), the script was written by Emmy award winning Irish writer Frank Deasy (Prime Suspect: The Final Act) and Dop wasRuairi O'Brien (Running Mate). These talents coupled with an all star cast including Dougray Scott (Mission Impossible II), Stephen Rea (The Crying Game), Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda), John Kavanagh (The Tudors) and Flora Montgomery (When Brendan Met Trudy) guarantees that audiences are in for a treat with this four part series. Iftn caught up with the series producer Michael Casey to talk about the scale of the series, »
Auteur Theory: Douglas Buck
8 June 2009 10:33 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
A true independent filmmaker, Douglas Buck's short films have made him a recognizable name in the festival circuit. Beginning his filmmaking career in the early 90s, shooting his films on Long Island, Buck pretty quickly managed to build up a following. His films meld gore-based horror with harrowing stories of American tragedy, and attract a jumble of gore hounds and film snobs. His work speaks equally to both audiences, detailing blood and violence alongside delicate meditation on human nature and reaction to horrifying circumstances, all contained in suburban households. His first three films, Cutting Moments, Home, and Prologue, have been compiled into a trilogy titled Family Portraits. The three films have a distinct air of low budget horror, yet it is not a very common horror in movies, it is a domestic one. The grainy bleakness of 16mm makes them feel visually raw, and long static shots supplement the disquieting content. »
- Madeleine Koestner
Myles of Footage: The Company of Wolves
8 June 2009 9:34 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
It is by complete surprise that I ended up with a copy of this movie. There I was, walking the aisles of my virtual movie store, looking for 'The Empire of the Wolves' when my clumsy fingers stumbled and clicked on Neil Jordan's (The Crying Game, In Dreams, Breakfast on Pluto) film instead. The result? Pure delight. I normally stay away from the 3 W's: witches, wizards and werewolves, but I'm glad I took a chance on this. Based on the werewolf stories in Angela Carter's short story collection 'The Bloody Chamber'[1] [1], this collection of gothic-themed tales was much scarier and darker than I expected it to be. Furthermore its release year (1984) and lead characters (Sarah Patterson and Angela Lansbury) lead me to believe that it was just another fantasy classic from the 80s, in the same vein as Time Bandits, Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal. In short, I »
- Myles Dolphin
Irish Docs at Guth Gafa
28 May 2009 7:24 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
The Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival (12 – 14 June) has unveiled details of their Irish documentary programme for the 2009 Festival. The lineup includes five Irish language and three English language films. In the Irish language three TG4-funded films have been chosen and are expected to have a strong resonance for Donegal audiences. 'Peadairin na Stoirme', directed by Paddy Hayes, is a new perspective on the life and works of Dungloe man, Peadar O'Donnell, writer, agitator, radical and to many, the godfather of Irish socialism; 'MacGill: Tachran gan Todchai', directed by Des Bell, is a docu-drama about writer Patrick McGill (played in the film by Stephen Rea) who went from crushing poverty in Donegal to become one of Ireland's most successful authors; and 'An Mhuc Dubh', directed by Grainne McGuinness, which is a gentle nostalgic look at the old Donegal railway line through Fintown that closed in the 1940s. »
O'Sullivan & Sheen Approach 'Stella Days'
15 May 2009 7:28 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
Thaddeus O'Sullivan (Ordinary Decent Criminal, December Bride) is being lined up to direct a new Irish feature 'Stella Days', a drama based on the events surrounding the establishment of a cinema in a small Irish town. Us Actor Martin Sheen (The West Wing) is attached to star. Sheen will play an the parish priest Daniel Barry, whose love for the cinema leads him to on a path to help set up local a cinema in the town but comes against the opposition of doubtful local parishioners questioning his faith and from the Bishop who is more interested in raising funds for a new church. Screen International reports Irish actor Stephen Rea (The Butcher Boy) and Brit actress Romola Garai (Atonement, Inside I'm Dancing) are also attached to the film. »
Get Stuck on UK R2 DVD and BluRay from Monday
8 May 2009 6:19 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Stuck was one of the best surprises of last year, a wonderfully macabre and worrying B-movie based on the true story of a Texan woman who ran over a homeless man and then drove home with him ‘stuck’ in her windshield (still alive). She garaged her car, and had sex with her boyfriend. Though embellished for the screen, knowledge that much of the absurdity on display really happened makes it all the more appealing. Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator, Fortress) manages to stay true to the B-movie material, with tight plotting and some truly cringe-inducing, gooey moments as Stephen Rea’s homeless man struggles to free himself. Increasingly tense with a sly dose of black comedy, what ultimately impresses is the sense of melancholy that strings the whole thing together whether in sympathy for the victim or puzzlement of how someone could wrong-do an innocent so horribly.
Stuck is out on UK »
- James Dennis
Guth Gafa Doc Fest Highlights Unveiled
7 May 2009 4:29 AM, PDT | IFTN | See recent IFTN news »
The Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival, running 12th - 14th June, will bring Films On The Edge - a varied programme of 25 international and Irish documentaries, to the small village of Gort an Choirce, in the Donegal Gaeltacht. This year's Guth Gafa, (Gaelic for Captive Voice) Festival will be opened by Minister for Communications Eamon Ryan with the programme placing emphasis on children's human rights, the Irish language, and South African, German and Swiss films. Actor Stephen Rea will be a special guest in attendance for the screening of 'An Paiste Beo Bocht / Child of The Dead End'. Directed by Desmond Bell, this docudrama tells the story of navvy poet, novelist, dramatist and screenwriter Patrick MacGill (Rea). The film was shot in Ireland, Scotland and England. »
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