Sinéad O'Connor Movies

Good Night, Thank You, You've Been a Lovely Audience captures singer/songwriter Sinéad O'Connor in 2003 performing a live concert in Dublin. She is backed by guitarist Graham Henderson, keyboardist $arol Isaacs, bassist Clare Kenny, and drummer John Reynolds. Special guest musicians include Rob O'Geibheannaigh on flute, Steve Wickham on fiddle, Sharon Shannon on accordion, and cellist Caroline Dale . Most of the songs are from {^Sean-Nós Nua|, O'Connor's 2003 album of traditional Irish music. She also performs a few classics from her breakthrough album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got and her 1994 release Universal Mother. The additional features on the DVD include a documentary and several music videos. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

From a Whisper to a Scream documents the rise of Irish musicians through the ranks of rock & roll royalty to become the vibrant force they are in music today. This segment looks at the year 1977, when punk rock stormed the Emerald Isle, spawning groups like the Pogues and setting the stage for the rise of supergroup U2. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide

From a Whisper to a Scream documents the rise of Irish musicians through the ranks of rock & roll royalty to become the vibrant force they are in music today. This segment examines the years 1987 to the present and the rise of performers like Sinead O'Connor, U2, and Therapy? Also profiled are the divergent paths of Irish popular musicians, including the ethereal sounds of performers like Clannad and Enya. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide

Many of the most important names in contemporary Celtic music were on hand for this historic concert, filmed live at the Point Theatre in Dublin. The distinguished bill includes The Chieftains, Clannad, De Dannan, Christy Moore, Sharon Shannon, Mary Black, Altan, Ashley MacIsaac, Afro-Celt Sound System, and Sinead O'Connor, performing both traditional folk numbers and new compositions. Emmylou Harris makes a guest appearance introducing the show. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Part two of the acclaimed PBS series explores the path taken by new Irish arrivals in the New World. Irish roles in the building of the American nation are examined, as well as the emergence of Irish-American heroes including such figures as John L. Sullivan and John Mackey. Still dogged by prejudice and often persecuted because of their heritage, the Irish often had no one but each other to turn to. The video examines such groups as the Molly Maguires and their role in the fight for early acceptance. Serious in tone and well documented, this tape is appropriate for use in the college classroom. ~ Rob Ferrier, All Movie Guide

Neil Jordan directed this adaptation of Patrick McCabe's novel about a boy's struggles with violence and mental illness. Francie Brady (Eamonn Owens) is a young boy growing up in Dublin in the early 1960s, where his life is dominated by his active imagination and his best friend Joe (Alan Boyle). But beneath this benign surface lurks a troubled soul; his father (Stephen Rea) is an embittered alcoholic, his mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) is emotionally unstable and periodically ends up in the local mental hospital (or as she calls it, "the garage," because it's where they take you when you break down), and their next-door neighbor, Mrs. Nugent (Fiona Shaw) often rants that the Bradys are "pigs" not fit to live with. For all their troubles, Francie fiercely loves his parents, and he can't abide Mrs. Nugent's insults. But his playful childhood pranks begin to advance into more destructive and menacing behavior, which leads him to his own stay in "the garage." Branded a lunatic by the community and shorn of his only close friendship when Joe takes up with Mrs. Nugent's son, Francie soon reaches the point of collapse. With nowhere to go, Francie takes an especially awful job as a butcher's assistant, and his overactive imagination goes into overdrive, flooding his mind with images of alien takeover, atomic apocalypse, and the Virgin Mary (Sinead O'Connor) that lead him further down the path toward shocking acts of violence. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

This program presents Irish music heroes and world citizens the Chieftains in a performance of their groundbreaking musical odyssey The Long Black Veil. Avidly interested in the music of other cultures and traditions, and how they can be incorporated into Irish music, the Chieftains draw here from artists as varied as Marianne Faithfull and Sting. Also appearing are Sinéad O'Connor and Tom Jones, as well as the Rolling Stones, who perform the haunting title cut. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter, All Movie Guide

Peter Kosminksy directed this faithful adaptation of the Emily Bronte classic. Ralph Fiennes has the role of Heathcliff, a wanderer adopted by the father of Cathy (Juliette Binoche), "a wild slip of a girl." Heathcliffe is looked down upon by his stepbrothers and becomes a servant. He is further crushed when Cathy, the love of his life, marries another man -- since to marry a servant would be the ultimate in humiliation for her. Heathcliffe disappears for a number a years but then returns, revenge and hatred for Cathy's family the only thing on his mind. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

This directorial effort from Phil Joanou stars Sean Penn as an Irish-American undercover cop working the Hell's Kitchen beat. Penn is ostensibly on a sentimental journey to his old neighborhood. Actually he's been assigned to infiltrate a criminal gang led by Ed Harris, the brother of Sean's best friend Gary Oldman. Penn suffers the requisite honor vs. duty anguish when he renews his childhood romance with Harris' sister Robin Wright. State of Grace would have had more clout had it been more clear as to time and place: it's supposedly set in the 1990s, but the attitudes and behavior are pure 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

"Troy," "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "Nothing Compares to You" are featured in this collection. ~ All Movie Guide

This 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Kyle MacLachlan and features musical guest Sinead O'Connor. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide

Passionate and controversial singer Sinead O'Connor was touring in support of her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, when this live video was recorded during a 1988 concert in London. Sinead O'Connor: The Value of Ignorance features the singer and her group performing the tunes "Jersusalem," "Jackie," "Troy," "Mandinka," "Just Call Me Joe," and more. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide