The best Irish films of all time: the definitive top 30
What makes our favourite films our favourite films? Nostalgia? Beloved stars? Stunning cinematography? Heart-rending scenes and compelling stories?
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Angela's Ashes Loses Its Voice | Irish America
Anyone who has read Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes -- and by now that probably takes in about half the planet -- knows that what makes McCourt's memoir of an impoverished Irish childhood so magical is the unique "voice" the author uses to tell the story. McCourt struggled for many years until he "started writing in
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Patrick McCabe: 'If I can make enough money to stay out of the asylum, I'm happy'
You don’t need to be told that it’s a writer’s home. As soon as you pass the threshold of the two-storey house in the centre of Clones, you can tell that at least one bibliophile resides here.
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Filming Ireland's Pagan Underbelly
Joseph McBride reviews Irish movies about Paganism, including 'The General' and 'Butcher Boy'.
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The Butcher Boy movie review & film summary (1998)
Neil Jordan's "The Butcher Boy'' tells the story of an Irish boy who turns violent and insane under the pressure of a tragic childhood and a sense of betrayal. By the end of the film, when he acts out his murderous fantasies, I was thinking of course about the shooting spree by the two young boys in Jonesboro.
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