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Irish playwrights Conor McPherson and Martin McDonagh cross swords over Irish identity (IrishCentral)

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:09:04 PST

By: KELLY FINCHAM

Playwrights Martin McDonagh and Conor McPherson are in a war of words over Irish identity.

Conor McPherson's The Eclipse eclipses IFTAs (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:30:15 PST

I was thrilled to learn that Conor McPherson's new film The Eclipse swept the Irish Film and Television Awards on Saturday, snagging awards for Best Film, Best Film Script, and Best Supporting Actor for Aiden Quinn I saw the film Monday night at a press screening and was excited, I'll admit largely because The Eclipse stars the unpronounceable Iben Hjejle, best known in America for her star turn opposite John Cusack in High Fidelity (easily one of my top five favorite movies) In The Eclipse, which is set at a literary festival in Cobh -- the gorgeous and eerie scenery holds a supporting role all on its own -- Hjejle plays a novelist caught between the competing desires of Nicholas (Aiden Quinn), an absolute asshole American writer/drunk (Quinn is fantastic in this, alternately hilarious, tragic and complexly, awfully intense, and the award is well-deserved) and Michael (Ciaran Hinds), a widower who serves as a volunteer at the festival and thus is a much ignored silent witness to the egomaniacal and neurotic writers' personalities The movie, which was shot in five weeks on a very small budget, is categorized, depending on what reviews you read, as a romance, a thriller, a ghost drama, or an "indie film" READ MORE

Irish movie 'Eclipse' picked up for worldwide release (IrishCentral)

Mon, 04 May 2009 07:13:55 PDT

By: MEGHAN SWEENEY

Even more success for the much-buzzed about Irish film “The Eclipse” – Magnolia Pictures has picked up the worldwide rights to the Conor McPherson flick, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Ciaran Hinds wins Tribeca’s Best Actor award (IrishCentral)

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:24:11 PDT

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Ireland's Ciaran Hinds has won best actor at a top New York film festival for his role in spooky movie "The Eclipse."

'Terms of Endearment' meets 'Night of the Living Dead' in 'Eclipse' (IrishCentral)

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:07:28 PDT

By: CAHIR O'DOHERTY

“The Eclipse,” the new film based on a collaboration between Irish playwrights Billy Roche and Conor McPherson, had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival at the weekend. Word from the festival is that several major U.S. distribution companies were impressed, and the Irish made film will have a general release her later this year.