John Boorman Articles

The Tiger's Tail (2007) Direction and Screenplay: John Boorman Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Briain Gleeson, Sean McGinley   Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall in The Tiger's Tail   One might initially be surprised to find that John Boorman's latest film, The Tiger's Tail, has all but gone straight to DVD in the United States. Surely the director of Point Blank, Deliverance, [...]

The nominees for the 2007 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards have been announced. Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto, the tale of an Irish transvestite cabaret singer in the London of the 1960s and 1970s, dominated the list with a total of 10 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor (Cillian Murphy, above, with Gavin Friday) and best screenplay (Jordan and Pat McCabe). Other [...]