Based on the stage play Passages from Finnegans Wake which in itself is based on random passages from Finnegans Wake, Mary Ellen Bute’s adaptation is a comical avant-garde black and white kaleidoscope about a man named Finnegan who dreams about his wake and then wakes up from his dream so the “wake” has a double meaning. Now you don’t have to read 1400 pages unless you want to
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life’s important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one’s own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog
This 2004 version of the Arthurian legend is different from the traditional, as it is loosely based on the “Sarmatian hypothesis”, formulated by C. Scott Littleton and Ann C. Thomas in 1978, which holds that the Arthurian legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend
A singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone…and romance the local policeman’s daughter
Irish Film
In the 1930s political activist Jimmy Gralton is deported from Ireland during the ‘Red Scare’
Set in “Barrytown”, a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. “Bimbo” Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy Larry. Due to Ireland’s surprising success at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, their business starts off well, but the relationship between the two friends soon becomes strained as Bimbo behaves more like a typical boss
Meines Vaters Pferde, 1. Teil: Lena und Nicoline (1954) — Drama – 21 January 1954 Your rating: Not rated yet! Director: Gerhard Lamprecht Stars: Eva Bartok, Curd Jürgens, Martin Benrath, Sonja Sutter, Dagmar Altrichter, Paul Bildt, Ernst Stankovski, Reinhold Schünzel, Friedrich Domin Photos No images were imported for this movie. Storyline Collections: Gerhard Lamprecht Genres: Drama ..
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie’s world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story depicts one man’s wild, lifelong adventure of testing societal boundaries through his use of subversive art. This 98-minute film combines traditional documentary storytelling with original animation from over 70 years worth of art from the renegade children’s book author and illustrator. Using a historical palette of 20th century events to paint an artist’s epic yet controversial life story, this HD documentary film offers a feature-length retrospective ..
The third installment of the Sarah trilogy provides a glorious and touching story of a family drawn together by adversity. On a cold winter day a stranger shows up at the farm. He is slow to reveal his identity. When they find out he is Jacobs father, John Witting, thought long ago dead, hard questions about the past are difficult to get answered