This is the second half of my interview with director Oliver Hirschbiegel. His film Five Minutes of Heaven, which stars Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, opens today. Maria: You got so many the details of the time and place so right (the Ford Cortina, the Georgie Best poster, etc.). One image I […]
Category: Ireland
Oliver Hirschbiegel interview, pt. 1
This Friday an amazing film – Five Minutes of Heaven – opens in NYC and the UK, and I can’t urge you enough to check it out (I’ve already seen it twice in as many weeks last month). You can watch the trailer here. Each subsequent Friday after August 21st it will open […]
Wishing you a filmi St. Patrick’s Day
It’s a lovely sunny St. Patty’s Day here in New York City, folks are dressed in all sorts of bizarre green gear (Mardi Gras beads?? what the???), and there are men in kilts lugging pipes and drums on public transportation. Sure I’ve even donned a kurti with a green floral pattern and carried […]
Leaving Ireland, After Seeing Angus
Another bright movie to chase away any dark thoughts is Gurinder Chadha’s latest, which I saw today with my great-aunt, less than 24 hours before leaving dear old Dublin for New York. Check back soon for a review.
Bachna Ae Haseeno
So I’m back in the motherland, home of jovial cabbies (be they from eastern Nigeria or Cavan) and three-point plugs for all outlets (common currency my foot, when will Europe have a common plug??). I decided to flee for a few hours from the choices of floral arrangements (hmmm, one that spells out “Mam”? […]
A death in the family
Dear friends, fillum fans, occasional visitors, My blogging has slowed to a trickle in recent weeks due to the sudden illness and now passing of my mother. She was an incredibly strong woman who emigrated to the US in search of better career options. Thanks to her work in the travel industry, she showed […]