Speaking of the Cannes Film Festival, the Irish Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, yesterday launched the Irish Pavilion there and confirmed that a new […]

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Speaking of Terrance O’Malley’s Nelly Don movie, I finally got my hands on the companion book over the weekend, and it’s a beautiful piece with […]

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Nelly Don: A Stitch In Time, has had extra showings added for this weekend, but mesmerized for days by Finnish monsters I missed it.
You can […]

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If you’re following the Cannes Film Festival, you’ll notice that so far all things Barley are creating more of a buzz than the other contenders […]

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And finally the BBC offers us its commentary on Ken Loach’s film about the original Irish Troubles, though no sign of Mairtin yet.
I’ve been following […]

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You can ignore my background on Ken Loach and why I think The Wind That Shakes The Barley is an important part of growing up […]

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• The Wind That Shakes The Barley WINS Palme d’Or• Reviews from Britain and Ireland
When Mairtin & I swapped a couple of emails when he […]

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Speaking of movies, Woody Allen has chosen Colin Farrell for his next film, according to SoFeminine in Britain.
British actors Ewan McGregor and Tom Wilkinson […]

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Speaking of My Left Foot - well okay it was actually Liam Brady’s left foot of which we spoke - but nontheless it reminds me […]

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Born in Dublin just in time to see Luke Skywalker learn how to kill the leader of the opposition, Jonathan Rhys Meyers grew up fairly […]

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Kansas City native, famous Irish-American, Nelly Don is the subject of a new book and a feature-length documentary by Terence O’Malley who is Nelly Don’s […]

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The Kansas City Star yesterday ran a feature on A Dozen Magical Music Moments from the Movies and it included The Commitments at number one, […]

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Bloomsday Books is showing the movie Shakespeare in Love this Sunday, April 23, beginning at 5:30 pm. to celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday. Steve Simpson is […]

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I once knew a four-year-old boy who knew all the words of Titanic by heart. You needn’t try too hard to remember that particular Irish […]

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The Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee begins its annual feast of independent film and filmmakers tomorrow, Friday.
Having a look through the Jubilee program, the only […]

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Opening today at the Glenwood Arts and Studio 30 is Robert Towne’s adaptation of John Fante’s Ask the Dust, starring Irish actor, Colin Farrell.
Dubliner […]

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If you’re thinking you’d like to escape all things Irish in Kansas City tomorrow, and say, go to a movie - well make sure it’s […]

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The Irish language TV station based in the West of Ireland, TG4, needs your help!
The station is very interested in uncovering old moving picture footage […]

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The Irish language TV station based in the West of Ireland, TG4, needs your help!
The station is very interested in uncovering old moving picture footage […]

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Film Festivals, Cinema, Film, DVDs, TV, Free Events, whatever form movies take they’re unavoidable and pop up on Irish KC a bit:
   • Ireland as England […]

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