Brendan Gleeson

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Tiger by the tail

The wild and woolly cinema of John Boorman
The wild and woolly cinema of John Boorman
By STEVE VINEBERG | November 18, 2008

Mediæval morality play

In Bruges is a good place to be
It’s location, location, location for Martin McDonagh.
By CAROLYN CLAY | February 06, 2008

Southie rules

Dot Ave goes to Hollywood
In Brad Gann’s film Black Irish , Tom Guiry plays a seething blur of Southie rage named Terry.
By MIKE MILIARD | October 24, 2007

Black Irish heartbreak

Neighborhood themes, or cliches?
You know there’s going to be a big game somewhere in this, as well as reconciliations in the intensive-care unit.
By PETER KEOUGH | October 24, 2007

Hormones submit to dreary Order
Whatever else it may be, the Harry Potter Edda is surely the most popular narrative about the dawning of pubertal awareness ever created.
By MICHAEL ATKINSON | July 10, 2007

Black Irish

Filled with guilt, redemption, family ties
Brad Gann’s feature debut, this year’s Boston Irish Film Festival opener, taps into some of the same neighborhood themes as The Departed: guilt, redemption, family ties. Or are they clichés?
By PETER KEOUGH | November 01, 2006

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