Neil Jordan's historical biopic of Irish revolutionary Michael Collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the UK, helped negotiate the creation of the Irish Free State, and led the National Army during the Irish Civil War.
In the 1970s, a young trans woman, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her gender identity is beyond the town's understanding.
Director:
Neil Jordan
Stars:
Cillian Murphy,
Morgan Jones,
Eva Birthistle
In the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Director:
Neil Jordan
Stars:
Sarah Patterson,
Angela Lansbury,
David Warner
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus (Stephen Rea), an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody (Forest Whitaker), a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude (Miranda Richardson), another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil (Jaye Davidson). Fergus adopts the name "Jimmy" and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' IRA background. But there is something about Dil that Fergus doesn't know, either.Written by
Eugene Kim <genekim@concentric.net>
Producer Stephen Woolley owned a repertory cinema in London called the "Scala"; when there were funding issues with the film Woolley ended up borrowing money from the Scala to keep the production afloat. See more »
Goofs
During the street assassination scene a sub-machine gun is used to attack officials entering a car; however, despite the wild spray of bullets and several officials on both sides of the car being hit, no glass breaks in any of the windows and there is no indication of any damage to the body of the car. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Jody:
[playing ring toss at a carnival]
Right.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
That.
[tosses a ring]
Jody:
And that. And that is cricket, hon.
Jody:
[wins a large teddy bear]
Do you want it?
Jude:
Sure!
Jody:
[hands her the teddy bear]
Doesn't matter if you don't. You know I won't be offended. Jody's never offended. What'd you say your name was?
Jude:
Jude.
[...] See more »
Live For Today
Composed by Cicero
Copyright Control
Performed by Cicero
Produced by Pet Shop Boys
Recording Courtesy of Spaghetti Recordings Ltd. See more »
By the time I actually got to see this film, I already knew about the plot twist. But that didn't make this film any less enjoyable. With a fantastic script by Neil Jordan and a great cast, with Miranda Richardson a standout as a heartless IRA terrorist, this is one of the best films of modern times. A must for the thinking man!
6 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful to you?
| Report this
By the time I actually got to see this film, I already knew about the plot twist. But that didn't make this film any less enjoyable. With a fantastic script by Neil Jordan and a great cast, with Miranda Richardson a standout as a heartless IRA terrorist, this is one of the best films of modern times. A must for the thinking man!