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IFI presents the first part of the Stars Behind the Camera Season
IFI is examining the rich history of stars behind the camera that stretches back to D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille and Charlie Chaplin.
We Love … St Valentine: 'Annie Hall'
Get a bottle of Blue Nun, splash yourself with them cheap Christmas smellies your Auntie got you for Christmas, slip on your Penny’s underwear and turn up the stereo with the sweet, sweet sound of Barry White. And hey, if you have a partner that’s an added bonus. Yes, it’s that time of year, when St. Valentine comes to town. So in his honour the film lovers here at Film Ireland present their favourite lurve-themed flims. Now let’s get it on… Sarah Griffin Laa-dee-daas over ‘Annie Hall’.
Neil Sinyard talk on Woody Allen
The IFI’s Woody Allen season hosts an illustrated talk by Professor Neil Sinyard on 5pm Sunday 25th July.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen, master writer-director of the Jewish New York comedy, throws his faithful fans a witty, yet serious film that asks ‘why is love so hard to define?’ Being known for his artsy, intellectual characters of privileged means and ultra New York-ified scripts, Vicky Cristina Barcelona is typical Woody Allen – but set in Spain…
Cassandra's Dream
In Woody Allen’s most recent film, Cassandra’s Dream, Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell play two working-class London brothers. McGregor is Ian, the smart one, who works in their father’s restaurant while dreaming of a better life, and Farrell is Terry, a former potential sports star, who now works in a garage and is addicted to gambling. When Ian’s relationship with an actress (played by Hayley Atwell) brings his ambitions up a notch, and Terry’s gambling leaves him in serious debt, they go to their well-to-do Uncle Howard (played by Tom Wilkinson) to, effectively, beg for money. Uncle Howard is perfectly willing to help, on the condition that they kill a man whose testimony could put him in prison.
