darragh murray

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I went and saw a really great film last night. “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” has pretty much got it all - great direction, great acting, great photography and cinematography, and a great story. Kudos to Casey Affleck, younger brother of the mostly sterile Ben, who puts out an impressive [...]

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The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Monday, September 25th, 2006

I caught the Cannes Palme D’Or winning The Wind that Shakes the Barley - a harrowing depiction of the events in Ireland circa 1920. As far as I am aware, its a fictional story based around true events (or allegedly true for you revisionists out there!) that occurred in Ireland during the last years of [...]

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The Sea Inside/Mar Adentro

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Starring: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas
Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Released: 2004/2005
Since becoming a student of the Spanish language, I had been eagerly awaiting the release of “Mar adentro”, The Sea Inside. Due to a hectic schedule over the last month or so, I had thought I had missed out on it at the megaplexes, but [...]

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