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
A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.
Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.
Director:
Mike Leigh
Stars:
Timothy Spall,
Brenda Blethyn,
Phyllis Logan
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>
This is one of the rare films with a plot twist that becomes a completely different film genre after the first viewing. See more »
Goofs
Dil's hair during the first scene taking place in the Metro. 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.
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When A Man Loves A Woman
Composed by Cameron Lewis and Arthur Wright
Published by Pronto Music Inc./Quinvy Music Publishing Co./Warner Tamberlane Publishing Corp.
By Kind Permission of Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Performed by Percy Sledge
Recording Courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd. See more »
This movie really asked a lot out of its cast......there's no way a person could play these roles without being internally effected....especially Rea I would think. There's much that could be said but almost any comment could be a spoiler. It's a unique plot....and it works....and the performances speak for themselves......The only way not to like or appreciate this would mean you already have attitudes about some of the areas represented here...in which case you'd just switch off pretty quickly once the movie sets its main tone.....which would say more about your attitude then the quality of the movie....which can be blatant and in your face and challenging.....I'd say there's material here to make a lot of people react....again...definitely unique.....great movie....
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This movie really asked a lot out of its cast......there's no way a person could play these roles without being internally effected....especially Rea I would think. There's much that could be said but almost any comment could be a spoiler. It's a unique plot....and it works....and the performances speak for themselves......The only way not to like or appreciate this would mean you already have attitudes about some of the areas represented here...in which case you'd just switch off pretty quickly once the movie sets its main tone.....which would say more about your attitude then the quality of the movie....which can be blatant and in your face and challenging.....I'd say there's material here to make a lot of people react....again...definitely unique.....great movie....