October 16, 2019
MY LEFT FOOT
DescriptionDescription My Left Foot won a Best Actor Oscar for Daniel Day Lewis as an Irish writer who overcomes cerebral palsy and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Brenda Fricker for the portrayal of his formidable mother. As Vincent Canby wrote, "My Left Foot is an intelligent, beautifully acted adaptation of Christy Brown's first book,...
October 16, 2019
THE MIRACLE (1991)
DescriptionDescription Neil Jordan's The Miracle is a beguiling yarn set in a seaside Irish resort. Told by Jimmy (Niall Byrne), a wet-behind-the-ears teen, The Miracle is a coming-of-age story spiked with a heavy dose of family history. Like Jordan's Mona Lisa, this is essentially a toadand- princess love story, but this time it's laced with...
October 16, 2019
MANIFESTO
DescriptionDescription Makavejev's long exile from his homeland ended in 1988 with the release of Manifesto, a Ruritanian political farce mostly shot in Yugoslavia. Although the film marks the most disciplined, traditional storytelling of Makavejev's career, it has seen only limited bookings in the US. An adaptation of a Zola short story, set in Central Europe...
