That's how much Irish 'blockbuster' Black 47 has made at the USA box office! As expected our illiterate media describes it as Ireland's first famine movie but anyone who reads this blog will have heard of Under the hawthorn tree. The problem with Irish film is it will always be considered art house abroad; there's a tiny market for this. Roll on the IFTAS!
Monday, 22 October 2018
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Master of the world
Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...
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Ah, maybe not the best decade for cinema but there were some decent Irish movies made back then. Some are forgotten, others didn't make ...
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Scanned (read) the issues from that year and here are some interesting points and quotes: 'Male, pale, and stale' - description o...