Irish films won awards in three of the top categories at the recent Toronto International Film Festival. Terry George's latest work Hotel Rwanda won the prestigious AGF People's Choice Award. George, of course, has written such Irish film classics as In the Name of the Father, Some Mother's Son and The Boxer. The Discovery Award, meanwhile, was won by Peter Travis' Omagh, a … [Read more...] about Irish Awarded
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Ladder 49: A Film with Heart
Much has been written about fire-fighters since 9/11, and while no film could do justice to the heroism of the country's "bravest," Ladder 49 does a good job of exploring the everyday lives of firefighters, the dangers involved, and the emotional impact on families. Starting Joaquin Phoenix (fire-fighter Jack Morrison) and John Travolta (Chief Mike Kennedy), and directed by … [Read more...] about Ladder 49: A Film with Heart
The Met’s New Pres
Irish-American Emily Kernan Rafferty will become the next president of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. A 28-year employee of the Metropolitan, Rafferty will take over on the retirement of David E. McKinney on January 15, 2005. A native of New York City, Kernan Rafferty earned her B.A. degree cum laude from Boston University in 1971 and began her professional career that year … [Read more...] about The Met’s New Pres
The Faithful Fight Back
St. Catherine of Siena is a red brick church with arches for doorways, high vaulted ceilings covered with elaborate murals, an ornately carved marble altar, large stained glass windows and larger-than-life statues of saints. Occupying a small city block, the St. Catherine complex contains three other red brick buildings: a rectory, a three-story school building and a community … [Read more...] about The Faithful Fight Back
The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot
On a clear day you can see Inishturbot from Eyrephort beyond Kingston on the Connemara coast. It's a smallish hummock of an islet -- a mile long by a half-mile wide, lying a stone's throw from the Eyrephort pier and a 15-minute drive further east to Clifden. One of a score of Galway offshores -- neither as famous as the tourist-trod Arans, nor as sacred as neighboring Omey -- … [Read more...] about The Death and Resurrection of Inishturbot