John Carney Movies
A Dublin-based busker and vacuum-cleaner repairman enters into a fruitful relationship with a piano playing florist in a toe-tapping "video album" directed by John Carney and featuring a cast comprised entirely of professional musicians. He (Glen Hansard of the Frames) was a six-stringed street musician. She (Markéta Irglová) was a flower woman who couldn't afford to purchase a piano of her own. One day, after admiring the musician's songs and asking if he would take a look at her broken vacuum, the flower-pushing piano player discovers that she shares a remarkable sonic rapport with the mechanically savvy guitarist. As their musical sensibilities quickly converge to striking effect, the talented pair soon determines to record an album together. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, (more)
A teenager finds himself reaching out to others as he tries to heal his emotional wounds in this drama. Jonathan (Cillian Murphy) is a young man who is having a difficult time coming to terms with the recent death of his father; after falling into a deep depression, he attempts to commit suicide by driving a car off an embankment. Jonathan survives the accident and is sent to a mental institution for treatment. While in the hospital, Jonathan becomes friendly with a disturbed youngster named Toby (Jonathan Jackson), and falls in love with Rachel (Tricia Vessey), another patient at the facility. Also featuring Stephen Rea, On the Edge was the third feature from Irish director John Carney and the first to be backed by a major American studio. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Cillian Murphy
- 1999
Irish filmmaker John Carney directs this chilling, challenging film about pedophilia. Troubled teen Catherine Irvine (Claudia Terry) reveals to her stunned therapist Maria Dunne (Jayne Snow) how years previously she succumbed to the dark power of eccentric park caretaker Adam Duffy (Des Nealon). Park was screened at the 1999 Montreal Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Des Nealon, Jayne Snow, (more)
- 1997
Filmed in black-and-white, this four-character Irish drama evidently takes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a model. At the Dublin airport, Rob (Michael McElhatton) picks up his sister Karen (Jayne Snow) and her clownish husband John (Mark Doherty). They are joined by Rob's girlfriend Kathy (Tristan Gribbin), who is seeking a deeper relationship from Rob. As the weekend progresses, it moves from drunken hijinks to disclosed secrets, intertwined revelations and unusual unmaskings. Shown at the 1997 Boston Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael McElhatton, Jayne Snow, (more)
