It’s been a little more than 72 hours since President Donald Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States — but a lot can happen in 72 hours.
From contentious executive orders to a crowd-size controversy, here are six key things that have happened during Trump’s first days in office.
1. Press Secretary Sean Spicer disputed reports on the inauguration crowd sizes — and Kellyanne Conway coined the term “alternative facts”
The first press briefing came on Saturday afternoon, when White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused members of the media of “deliberately” deflating the number of people...
From contentious executive orders to a crowd-size controversy, here are six key things that have happened during Trump’s first days in office.
1. Press Secretary Sean Spicer disputed reports on the inauguration crowd sizes — and Kellyanne Conway coined the term “alternative facts”
The first press briefing came on Saturday afternoon, when White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer accused members of the media of “deliberately” deflating the number of people...
- 1/23/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: Dublin-based Roads Entertainment readies Trade and Pat Collins biopic Song Of Granite.
BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou (Lilting) is newly attached to direct drama Trade, written by Garage and Adam & Paul screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
Dublin-based Roads Entertainment (Being AP) is producing Trade, about a young man searching for stability in the wake of his father’s death.
Shoot is due to get underway later this year on the project, adapted from O’Halloran’s play of the same name. Development was supported by the Irish Film Board (Ifb) and Roads’ facility Portico Development Fund.
Khaou’s 2014 debut Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, debuted at Sundance and played at a number of international festivals before being released in the UK by Artificial Eye.
O’Halloran, who is also an actor and collaborated with Lenny Abrahamson (Room) on Garage and Adam & Paul, most recently scripted Paddy Breathnach’s 2015 drama, Viva.
Song Of Granite
Next up for Roads Entertainment, the company...
BAFTA-nominated director Hong Khaou (Lilting) is newly attached to direct drama Trade, written by Garage and Adam & Paul screenwriter Mark O’Halloran.
Dublin-based Roads Entertainment (Being AP) is producing Trade, about a young man searching for stability in the wake of his father’s death.
Shoot is due to get underway later this year on the project, adapted from O’Halloran’s play of the same name. Development was supported by the Irish Film Board (Ifb) and Roads’ facility Portico Development Fund.
Khaou’s 2014 debut Lilting, starring Ben Whishaw, debuted at Sundance and played at a number of international festivals before being released in the UK by Artificial Eye.
O’Halloran, who is also an actor and collaborated with Lenny Abrahamson (Room) on Garage and Adam & Paul, most recently scripted Paddy Breathnach’s 2015 drama, Viva.
Song Of Granite
Next up for Roads Entertainment, the company...
- 3/8/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | The Lone Ranger | Foxfire | David Bowie Is Happening Now | Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters | Grown Ups 2 | Looking For Hortense | Silence | Chennai Express
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)
(Declan Lowney, 2013, UK) Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Felicity Montagu, Anna Maxwell Martin. 90 mins
Coogan's comic alter-ego goes big screen at last, but fear not: he's just as pathetically provincial and inadvertently offensive as he ever was – and just as consistently hilarious. A siege situation at Partridge's Norfolk radio station is the excuse to "open out" the scenario and explore the talk DJ's latent heroic side, but – as usual – the day is saved by Coogan's deft characterisation, some great writing and a love/hate fascination with Middle English mediocrity.
The Lone Ranger (12A)
(Gore Verbinski, 2013, Us) Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 149 mins
Where Verbinski and Depp struck a great action-comedy balance with Pirates Of The Caribbean (and Rango), attempts...
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (15)
(Declan Lowney, 2013, UK) Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Felicity Montagu, Anna Maxwell Martin. 90 mins
Coogan's comic alter-ego goes big screen at last, but fear not: he's just as pathetically provincial and inadvertently offensive as he ever was – and just as consistently hilarious. A siege situation at Partridge's Norfolk radio station is the excuse to "open out" the scenario and explore the talk DJ's latent heroic side, but – as usual – the day is saved by Coogan's deft characterisation, some great writing and a love/hate fascination with Middle English mediocrity.
The Lone Ranger (12A)
(Gore Verbinski, 2013, Us) Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer. 149 mins
Where Verbinski and Depp struck a great action-comedy balance with Pirates Of The Caribbean (and Rango), attempts...
- 8/10/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Irish writer-director Pat Collins's ideas-driven drama takes us on a very quiet journey into sound
Here's a carefully sustained experiment from Irish writer-director Pat Collins, aiming to turn cinemagoers away from gawping and back towards sustained listening. The bulk of Silence bombards us with the findings of a heartbroken soundman (Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride) as he snuggles up to his boom mic in a bid to record pure silence in the countryside – a project invariably compromised by chuffing trains or locals clomping over to ask what's going on. More so than The Conversation, it's dense with ideas sourced from sonic theory (is silence radical or conservative, normative or a break from the norm?), but its thesis doesn't preclude songs, wry sound gags, and even an unexpected tension as we're cued to consider whether the protagonist's ideal actually exists. Anyone caught trying to smuggle in popcorn should obviously be taken...
Here's a carefully sustained experiment from Irish writer-director Pat Collins, aiming to turn cinemagoers away from gawping and back towards sustained listening. The bulk of Silence bombards us with the findings of a heartbroken soundman (Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride) as he snuggles up to his boom mic in a bid to record pure silence in the countryside – a project invariably compromised by chuffing trains or locals clomping over to ask what's going on. More so than The Conversation, it's dense with ideas sourced from sonic theory (is silence radical or conservative, normative or a break from the norm?), but its thesis doesn't preclude songs, wry sound gags, and even an unexpected tension as we're cued to consider whether the protagonist's ideal actually exists. Anyone caught trying to smuggle in popcorn should obviously be taken...
- 8/8/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
★★★★☆ Poetic in form yet piercingly haunting in function, Pat Collins' Silence (2012) is a truly absorbing sensory experience. Imbuing documentary-style filmmaking with a contemplative narrative about identity, Collins has fashioned a mournful allegory for humanity's inherent desire to return to our roots and bathe in cherished memories and the simplicity of youth. Eoghan (Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride) is a sound recorder living in Berlin who receives a job offer which requires him to return to Ireland and capture samples of natural sound - free from the audio fingerprints of the man-made noises which punctuate everyday life.
It's a chance for Eoghan to reconnect with his past, and whilst his voyage for solitude is persistently disrupted by the reverberations of globalisation (whether it be the sound of distant traffic, an industrial rock-breaker or an inquisitive local), our protagonist's numerous encounters offer a refreshing new perspective on his own existence. Silence is...
It's a chance for Eoghan to reconnect with his past, and whilst his voyage for solitude is persistently disrupted by the reverberations of globalisation (whether it be the sound of distant traffic, an industrial rock-breaker or an inquisitive local), our protagonist's numerous encounters offer a refreshing new perspective on his own existence. Silence is...
- 8/7/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
The Irish Film and Television Academy has announced the nominations for its tenth annual awards ceremony (February 9). Leading the pack are Lenny Abrahamson's "What Richard Did" and Ian Fitzgibbon's "Death of a Superhero," with Martin McDonagh's "Seven Psychopaths" nabbing mentions for Best Director, Script and Lead Actor (Colin Farrell). Full list below. Film Death of a Superhero (Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke, Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures) Good Vibrations (Chris Martin, Andrew Eaton, Canderblinks Films) Grabbers (David Collins, Martina Niland, Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films) Shadow Dancer (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures) What Richard Did (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures) Director (Film) Lenny Abrahamson, What Richard Did (Element Pictures) Pat Collins, Silence (South Wind Blows and Harvest Films) Ian Fitzgibbon, Death of a Superhero (Bavaria Pictures,...
- 1/9/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
The nominations for this year's Ifta's have been announced, and it is great news for Grabbers and What Richard Did, two Irish films we absolutely loved (check out the reviews here and here), and really show what the talent in this country have to offer. As does every single person on this list. Congratulations, and best of luck, to everybody. Film Death of a Superhero (Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke, Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures) Good Vibrations (Chris Martin, Andrew Eaton, Canderblinks Films) Grabbers (David Collins, Martina Niland, Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films) Shadow Dancer (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures) What Richard Did (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures) Director Film Lenny Abrahamson, What Richard Did (Element Pictures) Pat Collins, Silence (South Wind Blows and Harvest Films) Ian Fitzgibbon, Death of a Superhero (Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures) Martin...
- 1/9/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
The Irish are out in force at this years BFI London Film Festival, now in its 56th year. The festival runs from October 10th to October 21st and us Irish are out in force. Ok, so not of all of us, but congrats to all who got selected. In the Features section… Pilgrim Hill: Dir. Gerard Barrett Silence: Dir. Pat Collins What Richard Did: Dir. Lenny Abrahamson Citadel : Dir. Ciarán Foy (Co-production with UK) Good Vibrations: Dir. Lisa Barros D’Sa and Glenn Leyburn (Co-production with UK) Kelly + Victor: Dir. Kieran Evans (Co-production with UK) Legends Of Valhalla - Thor (Hetjur Valhallar - ÞÓR): Dir. Óskar Jónasson (Co-production with Iceland and Germany) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God: Dir. Alex Gibney (Co-production with USA) The Pervert’S Guide To Ideology: Dir. Sophie Fiennes (Co-production with UK) The Road: A Story Of Life And Death: Dir.
- 9/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
Cork-born filmmaker Pat Collins has made a name for himself directing factual documentaries. Now as he releases his debut feature 'Silence, he talks to Iftn. 'Silence' is a South Wind Blows and Harvest Films Production. The feature was directed by Pat Collins from a script by Collins, Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride and Sharon Whooley. It was edited by Tadhg O'Sullivan (About Beauty), with Richard Kendrick (An Crisis) as director of photography. Tina Moran was the producer.
- 7/24/2012
- IFTN
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