The third annual Is For Lovers traveling emo fest has been announced, with Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Yellowcard, The All-American Rejects, and more among the acts playing the various stops.
Is For Lovers is curated by Hawthorne Heights, who are the only band to play each of the seven locations on the 2024 festival tour. The first stop, Lake Tahoe Is For Lovers, takes place June 22nd, with All-American Rejects and Movements among the acts on the bill.
Other locations are West Virginia Is For Lovers in Charleston, West Virginia on July 13th (featuring Underoath and Thursday); Obx Is for Lovers in Manteo, North Carolina on July 20th (featuring Motion City Soundtrack and Less Than Jake); Pop’s Is For Lovers in Sauget, Illinois on July 27th (featuring Thursday and Anberlin); Iowa Is For Lovers in Council Bluffs, Iowa on August 24th (featuring Yellowcard and State Champs); California Is For Lovers on...
Is For Lovers is curated by Hawthorne Heights, who are the only band to play each of the seven locations on the 2024 festival tour. The first stop, Lake Tahoe Is For Lovers, takes place June 22nd, with All-American Rejects and Movements among the acts on the bill.
Other locations are West Virginia Is For Lovers in Charleston, West Virginia on July 13th (featuring Underoath and Thursday); Obx Is for Lovers in Manteo, North Carolina on July 20th (featuring Motion City Soundtrack and Less Than Jake); Pop’s Is For Lovers in Sauget, Illinois on July 27th (featuring Thursday and Anberlin); Iowa Is For Lovers in Council Bluffs, Iowa on August 24th (featuring Yellowcard and State Champs); California Is For Lovers on...
- 4/9/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games star Natalie Dormer is set to lead the cast of White Lies, a South African crime thriller from M-Net, Quizzical Pictures and Fremantle.
The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that the British actress — who became a fan favorite for playing Margaery Tyrell across 26 episodes of Game of Thrones — is now in Cape Town, where shooting is due to start on March 6. Dormer also had major roles in Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Tudors, and moved into producing and writer with 2018 thriller In Darkness.
Joining Dormer is award-winning South African actor Brendon Daniels, whose credits include the acclaimed film Four Corners, Skemerdans and Trackers, another M-Net international co-production.
Created by Sean Steinberg and written by award-winning scriptwriter Darrel Bristow-Bovey, White Lies is described as an “urgent exploration of race and privilege, inequality and identity.”
Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, the...
The Hollywood Reporter can reveal that the British actress — who became a fan favorite for playing Margaery Tyrell across 26 episodes of Game of Thrones — is now in Cape Town, where shooting is due to start on March 6. Dormer also had major roles in Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Tudors, and moved into producing and writer with 2018 thriller In Darkness.
Joining Dormer is award-winning South African actor Brendon Daniels, whose credits include the acclaimed film Four Corners, Skemerdans and Trackers, another M-Net international co-production.
Created by Sean Steinberg and written by award-winning scriptwriter Darrel Bristow-Bovey, White Lies is described as an “urgent exploration of race and privilege, inequality and identity.”
Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, the...
- 2/28/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rise Films is nearing the end of what has been a monumental month for the London-based production outfit. Last week, HBO Max launched the company’s two-part documentary George Carlin’s American Dream, which chronicles the life and five-decade career of the comedian with Judd Apatow in the director’s seat.
The Oscar and Emmy-winning company also saw its documentary, All That Breathes, from Shaunak Sen, sell to HBO Documentary films earlier this week before it was shown in the Cannes Special Screening section last night. Last week, Deadline revealed that the company would be producing landmark Sky documentary Once Upon A Time In Londongrad with Hulu’s WeWork helmer Jed Rothstein. The NBCUniversal project explores 14 mysterious deaths in the UK with alleged connections to Russia over the last two decades.
It marks the culmination of the company’s 15-year climb to forge itself as one of the key indie...
The Oscar and Emmy-winning company also saw its documentary, All That Breathes, from Shaunak Sen, sell to HBO Documentary films earlier this week before it was shown in the Cannes Special Screening section last night. Last week, Deadline revealed that the company would be producing landmark Sky documentary Once Upon A Time In Londongrad with Hulu’s WeWork helmer Jed Rothstein. The NBCUniversal project explores 14 mysterious deaths in the UK with alleged connections to Russia over the last two decades.
It marks the culmination of the company’s 15-year climb to forge itself as one of the key indie...
- 5/24/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
There is a weight and heaviness to being Jason Bourne, nee David Webb, given that your life is constantly being manipulated and/or endangered. Trust doesn’t come easily and those around him tend to get hurt. Through three films, we’ve thrilled to Matt Damon’s interpretation of Robert Ludlum’s espionage hero in part thanks to the excellent filmmaking from directors Paul Greengrass and Doug Liman.
After skipping an installment that shifted the focus to a new agent played by Jeremy Renner, Greengrass and Damon returned this summer with Jason Bourne. Things have changed since 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum as skullduggery has increasingly gone digital so the lengths required to keep secrets buried have to go further. The film, out now from Universal Home Entertainment, explores what all that means.
Bourne has been in hiding these last few years, travelling the world as a bare-knuckled boxer, using physical...
After skipping an installment that shifted the focus to a new agent played by Jeremy Renner, Greengrass and Damon returned this summer with Jason Bourne. Things have changed since 2007’s The Bourne Ultimatum as skullduggery has increasingly gone digital so the lengths required to keep secrets buried have to go further. The film, out now from Universal Home Entertainment, explores what all that means.
Bourne has been in hiding these last few years, travelling the world as a bare-knuckled boxer, using physical...
- 12/8/2016
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Exclusive: Storyville, Irish Film Board commission is first production from Alan Maher at Roads Entertainment.
BBC4 doc strand Storyville and the Irish Film Board (Ifb) have ordered a documentary from Crazy About One Direction-director Daisy Asquith.
After the Dance will chart Asquith’s investigation into her own complicated family history on the west coast of Ireland.
The feature-length film will trace the fallout experienced by Asquith’s family after her mother was conceived to unmarried parents and adopted, unpicking a past dominated by secrets and shame and involving a new family in County Clare.
Asquith said: “My grandmother suffered an appalling injustice at the hands of the Catholic church, being forced to give up her baby after a secret pregnancy she dared tell no-one in her family about.
“The shame at these stories still exists, which makes this a tough film to make. But I make it with love and pride in my Irish family.”
After...
BBC4 doc strand Storyville and the Irish Film Board (Ifb) have ordered a documentary from Crazy About One Direction-director Daisy Asquith.
After the Dance will chart Asquith’s investigation into her own complicated family history on the west coast of Ireland.
The feature-length film will trace the fallout experienced by Asquith’s family after her mother was conceived to unmarried parents and adopted, unpicking a past dominated by secrets and shame and involving a new family in County Clare.
Asquith said: “My grandmother suffered an appalling injustice at the hands of the Catholic church, being forced to give up her baby after a secret pregnancy she dared tell no-one in her family about.
“The shame at these stories still exists, which makes this a tough film to make. But I make it with love and pride in my Irish family.”
After...
- 12/17/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Rise Films is reteaming with Longinotto for Us prostitution documentary.
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
London-based production company Rise Films is reteaming with Kim Longinotto for her latest feature documentary, The Dreamcatchers.
Principal photography started this week in Chicago, marking Longinotto’s first film shot in the Us.
The film will follow two former prostitutes who now help women get out of prostitution and teach vulnerable girls how to avoid sexual exploitation.
The veteran filmmaker will have unparalleld access to sex workers in Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. Rise has already worked in Chicago with Steve James’ The Interrupters, about gang violence.
Rise previously worked with Longinotto’s 2009 Sundance prize winner Rough Aunties.
On The Dreamcatchers, Rise’s Teddy Leifer produces with Lisa Stevens; John Stack serves as associate producer.
Finance comes from Impact Partners; executive producers are Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous and Regina Scully. (Rise recently worked with Dreyfous and Scully on The Invisble War.)
The Dreamcatchers...
- 9/26/2013
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
A drama about bareknuckle fighting in the Traveller community has some crowd-pleasing moments, but there's not a lot to it
This feels like a fictionalisation of Ian Palmer's 2011 doc, Knuckle, about rival clans of itinerants holding bare-fisted donnybrooks in Irish laybys, but the tone is erratic. Writer-director Mark O'Connor aims for authenticity, tying the Travellers to those other migrant labourers persecuted by locals. Yet he stumbles over a vein of notionally crowd-pleasing comedy that recalls Guy Ritchie's Snatch, with its gold-chained chancers doing mushrooms in the woods. A flibbertigibbet: it arrives with a twinkle in its eye, but little else between its cauliflower ears.
Rating: 2/5
DramaComedyMike McCahill
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This feels like a fictionalisation of Ian Palmer's 2011 doc, Knuckle, about rival clans of itinerants holding bare-fisted donnybrooks in Irish laybys, but the tone is erratic. Writer-director Mark O'Connor aims for authenticity, tying the Travellers to those other migrant labourers persecuted by locals. Yet he stumbles over a vein of notionally crowd-pleasing comedy that recalls Guy Ritchie's Snatch, with its gold-chained chancers doing mushrooms in the woods. A flibbertigibbet: it arrives with a twinkle in its eye, but little else between its cauliflower ears.
Rating: 2/5
DramaComedyMike McCahill
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- 3/29/2013
- by Mike McCahill
- The Guardian - Film News
The ninth annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place tonight at a Gala Awards Ceremony held at the Convention Centre Dublin.
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
In the field of film 'The Guard' was the big winner of the night receiving the Ifta for Best Film, with writer/director John Michael McDonagh named Best Director, Best Screenwriter and the Irish Film Board Rising Star for his feature directorial debut. Fionnula Flannagan who was honoured with a lifetime achievement award also won best supporting actress for her part in 'The Guard'.
Michael Fassbender picked up best actor for 'Shame' while Saoirse Ronan picked up best actress for her role in 'Hanna.' Ryan Gosling picked up the best international actor for 'Drive,' Chris O'Dowd picked up best supporting actor for 'Bridesmaids', and Glenn Close picked up best international actress for 'Albert Nobbs.'
'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 2/11/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard The Guard, Glenn Close, Ryan Gosling Win: Irish Film Awards 2012 Film Categories Best Film Albert Nobbs, Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Glenn Close Charlie Casanova, Terry McMahon Stella Days, Jackie Larkin, Leslie McKimm * The Guard, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo Best Director Rebecca Daly, The Other Side of Sleep * John Michael McDonagh, The Guard Terry McMahon, Charlie Casanova Thaddeus O'Sullivan, Stella Days Best Screenplay John Banville, Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs * John Michael McDonagh, The Guard Terry McMahon, Charlie Casanova Antoine O'Flaherta, Stella Days Best Actor * Michael Fassbender, Shame Brendan Gleeson, The Guard Ciarán Hinds, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Martin Sheen, Stella Days Best Actress Aoife Duffin, Behold the Lamb Antonia Campbell Hughes, The Other Side of Sleep Marcella Plunkett, Stella Days * Saoirse Ronan, Hanna Best Supporting Actor Liam Cunningham, The Guard Brendan Gleeson, Albert Nobbs Ciarán Hinds, The Debt * Chris O'Dowd,...
- 2/11/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Albert Nobbs and the other nominations for the 2012 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards have been announced. The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) “sole aim is to celebrate Ireland’s notably talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered to be one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards event, and can be viewed as the Irish equivalent to the American Oscars.” The awards ceremony will be held on February 11, 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (Ccd).
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards is below.
Film Categories
Best Film
Albert Nobbs – Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film & TV Productions)
Charlie Casanova – Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days – Jackie Larkin & Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Larke, Flore Fernandez Marengo(Element Pictures)
Director Film
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh...
- 1/11/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Michael Chabon's "The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay" could be coming to a screen near you.
According to Collider, director Stephen Daldry wants to turn the novel into a miniseries for HBO.
"I would love to do something for TV," he said. "I wanna do Kavalier & Clay on HBO as an eight-parter. It'll be so much better as a series, honestly."
There's just one catch -- Daldry doesn't have the rights to the book. Paramount does -- though Daldry himself was signed on at one point to direct a film version, the project has continued to languish.
"I spent a year working on it with Michael Chabon, so we're pretty close," Daldry told Collider. "And the rights, good question. Will Paramount give them to me? I don't know. It'll be a really good one. It'd go great with 'Boardwalk Empire.'"
HBO is already working with Chabon and...
According to Collider, director Stephen Daldry wants to turn the novel into a miniseries for HBO.
"I would love to do something for TV," he said. "I wanna do Kavalier & Clay on HBO as an eight-parter. It'll be so much better as a series, honestly."
There's just one catch -- Daldry doesn't have the rights to the book. Paramount does -- though Daldry himself was signed on at one point to direct a film version, the project has continued to languish.
"I spent a year working on it with Michael Chabon, so we're pretty close," Daldry told Collider. "And the rights, good question. Will Paramount give them to me? I don't know. It'll be a really good one. It'd go great with 'Boardwalk Empire.'"
HBO is already working with Chabon and...
- 12/13/2011
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
“Brothers and cousins fighting brothers and cousins”—this simple statement summarizes generations of hatred and a spellbinding feature documentary that is Knuckle. Filmmaker Ian Palmer was working as a wedding videographer when he was thrown right in the middle of Irish Traveller culture and, within it, the perpetuation of clannish hate expressed most often through violent bare-knuckled fighting among the men. Asked if he would film a fight between rival families, Palmer was sucked still further into the mysterious lives of these Travellers who believe so dearly in the honor of solving problems with their fists....
- 12/9/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
"Knuckle," documentarian Ian Palmer's portrait of Irish families constantly engaging in bare-knuckle fights, generated immediate industry buzz when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. HBO wanted to adapt its fierce, absurdly proud subjects for a series and Hollywood stars asked about playing them. However, none of this attention necessarily validated "Knuckle" as a movie; it demonstrated that Palmer had chosen ideal characters for pop-culture appropriation. Watching "Knuckle," it's impossible not to realize how their brutality could go mainstream. Palmer spent 10 years following a pair of warring Irish traveler families, the Quinn-McDonaughs and their distant cousins, the Joyces. Both sides are locked into a feud dating back to 1992, when a drunken brawl in London resulted in the death of a Joyce and the incarceration of a Quinn. However, that incidentonly served to resurrect lingering animosities from half a century...
- 12/9/2011
- Indiewire
Given the recent explosion of mixed martial arts in the last several years, it seems like a no-brainer that someone would make a documentary about real-life pugilists who don’t just fight but have a real, deep-rooted beef with one another. But Ian Palmer’s documentary “Knuckle” isn’t a celebration of competition, or even the chronicle of a journey some ambitious hopeful makes en route to victory, or even defeat; rather, it takes a long and in many ways tragic look at two warring Irish clans who have engaged in a rivalry for so long that they keep it going without ever knowing why, and certainly without considering stopping it. A chronicle of two intertwined family histories whose ongoing conflict is as raw and unrefined as the fists of the men who fight, “Knuckle” is an understated but powerful look at a world people know little about, in a...
- 12/9/2011
- The Playlist
Aside from maybe Errol Morris' "Tabloid," there is no story you'll see in a docmentary this year as astonishingly odd and visceral as that in Ian Palmer's "Knuckle." But unlike Morris' film, which centers on a single incident in the already quirky life of one woman, Palmer's film tracks the simmering real life feuds between multiple families that has deloved in an endless series of bare knuckle fights between warring members. In "Knuckle," Palmer weaves an incredible tale, captured from more than a decade's worth of footage he shot as an invited witness to the matches, centered around the Quinn-McDonaugh family of Irish travellers and their battles with the Joyce and Nevins clans. The film is raw, brutal stuff with men of all ages -- from lads barely out of their teenage years to grandfathers -- meeting every few months to settle a variety of scores in bloody...
- 12/8/2011
- The Playlist
Forget all those criminal Cockney cliches populating Guy Ritchie movies. If you want to see what a real life tough as nails subculture looks like take yourself along to the movies and see Knuckle, which opens in New York, Los Angeles and Austin, Texas on Friday. A you-are-there portrait of a hardy Irish traveling community in Britain and Ireland, it’s a true to life picture of feuding Irish traveling clans and their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing. First we meet James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy “The Lurcher” Joyce, two men who are related by blood but separated by a family feud that dates back generations and whose origins are mostly long forgotten. As the heads of rival families, they represent what they call their “breeds” through the brutal -- and illegal -- street fights they spend most of their adult lives training for. ------------------------ Read More: Ireland may...
- 12/8/2011
- IrishCentral
Knuckle is a documentary about feuding families of Irish Travelers who settle their grudges with bare-knuckle boxing matches, so it’s bound to be inherently fascinating, regardless of how well it’s assembled. First-time filmmaker Ian Palmer has been following his subjects, the Quinn McDonagh clan, for more than a decade, and the film exhibits both the benefit of that long investment, and the problem that likely kept Palmer at it for so long—there’s no escalation, no conclusion, just a series of brutal bouts in the name of grudges that will never be settled. It’s an involving ...
- 12/8/2011
- avclub.com
In a landscape of movies where actors pretend to beat one another to a bloody pulp, it’s rare – whether or not you see it as a privilege – to watch people on screen actually trade blows. But in Ian Palmer’s Knuckle, audiences watch unflinching depictions of bare-knuckle fights, held in unglamorous locations and shot with unglossy brutality. At the same time, Palmer didn’t merely infiltrate a world of Irish bare-knuckle boxing and milk it of its visceral intensity, but chronicled its emotional underpinnings, as he follows the historic rivalry between two warring clans who can’t seem to resolve differences that began so long ago that the people almost literally have to invent new reasons to keep it going. Movies sat down with director Ian Palmer...
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- 12/8/2011
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Movies.com
In a landscape of movies where actors pretend to beat one another to a bloody pulp, it’s rare – whether or not you see it as a privilege – to watch people on screen actually trade blows. But in Ian Palmer’s Knuckle, audiences watch unflinching depictions of bare-knuckle fights, held in unglamorous locations and shot with unglossy brutality. At the same time, Palmer didn’t merely infiltrate a world of Irish bare-knuckle boxing and milk it of its visceral intensity, but chronicled its emotional underpinnings, as he follows the historic rivalry between two warring clans who can’t seem to resolve differences that began so long ago that the people almost literally have to invent new reasons to keep it going. Movies.com sat down with director Ian Palmer and...
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- 12/7/2011
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
I've heard of fights at weddings, but this is ridiculous.
Filmmaker Ian Palmer was hired to shoot a wedding between members of what are called Irish Traveller clans, nomadic families notorious for their longstanding feuds with other Traveller clans. Palmer shot the wedding and was quickly invited to film a bare knuckle boxing match between two Travellers. Instantly, he was hooked on the endless drama and the explosive fights, and he spent the next decade recording the ups and downs of the Quinn McDonaghs, particularly their biggest and best fighter, James.
At Fantastic Fest 2011, I got the chance to talk with Palmer and Quinn McDonagh about their film and the fascinating world it explores. We touched on the logistics of spending more than ten years shooting a movie, and how the finished doc has affected the easily disturbed relationships between the clans. And thankfully, no one punched me in the face.
Filmmaker Ian Palmer was hired to shoot a wedding between members of what are called Irish Traveller clans, nomadic families notorious for their longstanding feuds with other Traveller clans. Palmer shot the wedding and was quickly invited to film a bare knuckle boxing match between two Travellers. Instantly, he was hooked on the endless drama and the explosive fights, and he spent the next decade recording the ups and downs of the Quinn McDonaghs, particularly their biggest and best fighter, James.
At Fantastic Fest 2011, I got the chance to talk with Palmer and Quinn McDonagh about their film and the fascinating world it explores. We touched on the logistics of spending more than ten years shooting a movie, and how the finished doc has affected the easily disturbed relationships between the clans. And thankfully, no one punched me in the face.
- 12/6/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Title: Knuckle Director: Ian Palmer Starring: James Quinn-McDonagh, Michael Quinn-McDonagh and Ian Palmer The violent world of bare-knuckle boxing has long been a secret one, as the community who largely embarks in the sport, the nomadic Travellers, remain silent about certain aspects of their lifestyle. But two rival Irish Traveller families, the Quinn-McDonaghs and the Joyces, allow filmmaker Ian Palmer into their elusive world, to show their long-standing hatred of each other. The first-time director surprisingly shows the families’ pressure to fight for the honor of their name and the need for revenge. ‘Knuckle’ chronicles the fight between the Quinn-McDonagh and Joyce families, who are distant relatives but are separated...
- 12/3/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Every single year come awards season, it's always upsetting to see the blatant misfires on the Academy's short list of films eligible for the Best Documentary Oscar. Just last year [1], the big story wasn't so much that Exit Through the Gift Shop or Restrepo were up for the award, it was that films like Catfish, Best Worst Movie and Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work were snubbed. This year it's more of the same. Much more. Fifteen films have been chosen that will be narrowed down to five to tangle for the Oscar itself and on that list are several exceptional documentaries: Bill Cunningham New York, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and Project Nim (above) just to name a few. Not on the list, however are Constance Mark's Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Steve James’s The Interrupters, Werner Herzog‘s Into the Abyss, Errol Morris' Tabloid, Ian Palmer's Knuckle,...
- 11/19/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Boxing gloves are for wimps.
The upcoming documentary "Knuckle" chronicles a decade in the neverending feud between Irish Traveller clans. For reasons neither can quite remember, the Quinn McDonaghs and the Joyces have been at each other's throats for generations. Their arguments simmer through elaborate taunting videos they record and send to one another (and, nowadays, post on YouTube) and then explode at frequent underground bare knuckle boxing matches.
It was a fluke that director Ian Palmer discovered this world, and it was even more unlikely that he, an outsider among the Travellers, would be invited to document year after year in the war between the Quinn McDonaghs and Joyces. But that's exactly what happened, and the gripping "Knuckle" is the result.
In this exclusive clip from the film, which opens on December 9, you get a taste of what an underground bare knuckle boxing match looks like: it's a bloody,...
The upcoming documentary "Knuckle" chronicles a decade in the neverending feud between Irish Traveller clans. For reasons neither can quite remember, the Quinn McDonaghs and the Joyces have been at each other's throats for generations. Their arguments simmer through elaborate taunting videos they record and send to one another (and, nowadays, post on YouTube) and then explode at frequent underground bare knuckle boxing matches.
It was a fluke that director Ian Palmer discovered this world, and it was even more unlikely that he, an outsider among the Travellers, would be invited to document year after year in the war between the Quinn McDonaghs and Joyces. But that's exactly what happened, and the gripping "Knuckle" is the result.
In this exclusive clip from the film, which opens on December 9, you get a taste of what an underground bare knuckle boxing match looks like: it's a bloody,...
- 11/9/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
The 2011 Sitges Film Festival has concluded its competition portion and announced awards in more categories than we've seen at any other fest. The biggest winners are Kevin Smith's Red State and Joe Cornish's Attack the Block, but several other films we've been closely watching here on Dread scored victories as well, including Kill List, Livid, The Divide, The Woman, Bellflower, Hell, and Detention.
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
Here's the full breakdown from the fest, held 6-16 October on the Catalan coast of Spain. Congratulations to all the winners!
Oficial FANTÀSTIC In-competition – Sitges 44
J. A. Bayona, Quim Casas, Lisa Marie, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Richard Stanley (judges)
Best Short Film (tie)
Dirty Silverwear by Steve Daniels
The Unliving by Hugo Lilja
Best Production Design
Marc Thiébault for Livide (Alexandre Bustillo & Julian Maury)
Best Makeup FX
Steven Kostanski for The Divide (Xavier Gens)
Best Special Effects
Lluís Castells and Javier García for Eva (Kike Maíllo)
Best...
- 10/15/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Another good day (night even) for Irish film. This time round, it was at Irish Film New York, where Knuckle (about bare knuckle boxing amongst the traveller community and is well worth a watch) by Ian Palmer picked up the Moet Best Film. The Moet Most Promising Film Maker went to Ian Power who is behind one of the feel good movies of the year, The Runway. And last, but not least, Paul Rowley picked up the Moet Rising Star award for Pyjama Girls. Congrats to all!
- 10/4/2011
- by vicbarry@gmail.com (Vic Barry)
- www.themoviebit.com
by Nick Schager
The docs have it at Irish Film New York, a new screening series founded and directed by Niall McKay, former steward of the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and co-founder of the L.A. Irish Film Festival. Taking place this weekend (September 30th though October 2nd) at Nyu's Cantor Film Center, Ifny aims to be a premiere showcase for movies and moviemakers hailing from the Emerald Isle, offering a selection of six varied features that speak, directly and indirectly, to the past and modern Irish condition. And for its inaugural outing, Ifny stands tall courtesy of its non-fiction works, which unlike its somewhat more clichéd and formulaic fictional submissions, capture a stinging sense of Irish history, character and culture with an effortlessness that’s matched by an insightfulness into its all-too-human subjects.
Ifny commences with a bang, as its opening night film Knuckle is its indisputable standout.
The docs have it at Irish Film New York, a new screening series founded and directed by Niall McKay, former steward of the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and co-founder of the L.A. Irish Film Festival. Taking place this weekend (September 30th though October 2nd) at Nyu's Cantor Film Center, Ifny aims to be a premiere showcase for movies and moviemakers hailing from the Emerald Isle, offering a selection of six varied features that speak, directly and indirectly, to the past and modern Irish condition. And for its inaugural outing, Ifny stands tall courtesy of its non-fiction works, which unlike its somewhat more clichéd and formulaic fictional submissions, capture a stinging sense of Irish history, character and culture with an effortlessness that’s matched by an insightfulness into its all-too-human subjects.
Ifny commences with a bang, as its opening night film Knuckle is its indisputable standout.
- 10/1/2011
- GreenCine Daily
by Nick Schager
The docs have it at Irish Film New York, a new screening series founded and directed by Niall McKay, former steward of the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and co-founder of the L.A. Irish Film Festival. Taking place this weekend (September 30th though October 2nd) at Nyu's Cantor Film Center, Ifny aims to be a premiere showcase for movies and moviemakers hailing from the Emerald Isle, offering a selection of six varied features that speak, directly and indirectly, to the past and modern Irish condition. And for its inaugural outing, Ifny stands tall courtesy of its non-fiction works, which unlike its somewhat more clichéd and formulaic fictional submissions, capture a stinging sense of Irish history, character and culture with an effortlessness that’s matched by an insightfulness into its all-too-human subjects.
Ifny commences with a bang, as its opening night film Knuckle is its indisputable standout.
The docs have it at Irish Film New York, a new screening series founded and directed by Niall McKay, former steward of the San Francisco Irish Film Festival and co-founder of the L.A. Irish Film Festival. Taking place this weekend (September 30th though October 2nd) at Nyu's Cantor Film Center, Ifny aims to be a premiere showcase for movies and moviemakers hailing from the Emerald Isle, offering a selection of six varied features that speak, directly and indirectly, to the past and modern Irish condition. And for its inaugural outing, Ifny stands tall courtesy of its non-fiction works, which unlike its somewhat more clichéd and formulaic fictional submissions, capture a stinging sense of Irish history, character and culture with an effortlessness that’s matched by an insightfulness into its all-too-human subjects.
Ifny commences with a bang, as its opening night film Knuckle is its indisputable standout.
- 9/30/2011
- GreenCine Daily
Fantastic Fest is not a big festival for documentaries. This year, there's just two in the lineup: Morgan Spurlock's "Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope" and "Knuckle," the true story of a family of Irish bare knuckle boxers, the so-called Traveller clan known as the Quinn McDonaghs. You may think of documentaries as stately, educational things with somber voiceovers and slow-motion zooms of photographs of men with handlebar mustaches who died in the Civil War. "Knuckle," with its perpetually smoldering blood feuds and brutal bare knuckle combat, is another breed of doc entirely, one that feels right at home amidst the rest of the funky, frenzied films at Fantastic Fest.
Its director is Ian Palmer, who stumbled into this world by accident, when he was hired to film a Traveller family wedding. There he met James Quinn McDonagh, his clan's biggest and best bare knuckle fighter. For reasons largely lost to history,...
Its director is Ian Palmer, who stumbled into this world by accident, when he was hired to film a Traveller family wedding. There he met James Quinn McDonagh, his clan's biggest and best bare knuckle fighter. For reasons largely lost to history,...
- 9/28/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
I may no longer be in Austin enjoying Fantastic Fest, but it doesn’t mean my movie watching stops. On Monday I did some catching up thanks to screeners and finally got to one of the more buzzed films at the festival: Clown (or Klovn: The Movie). Now, the film has absolutely nothing to do with face paint and big shoes, but it does feature a buffoon. This Danish road trip comedy stands out at Fantastic Fest because it is a straight comedy without any genre elements, but that’s the beauty of this festival. Not everything is necessarily genre, and the programmers pick whatever they feel strongly about. Anyways, let’s get back to the film.
Clown follows Frank and Casper, two long-time friends that are preparing for a wild canoe getaway from their female companions to go on a “Tour de Pussy.” However, when Frank is stuck with...
Clown follows Frank and Casper, two long-time friends that are preparing for a wild canoe getaway from their female companions to go on a “Tour de Pussy.” However, when Frank is stuck with...
- 9/27/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
As a westerner I always wondered whether the depiction of "pikeys" in Guy Ritchie's film Snatch had any semblance of truth in them, or were they exaggerated caricatures. Thanks to Ian Palmer's documentary Knuckle I got my answer to elements I didn't even think to question. Oh, and by the way the answer is no - Brad Pitt and his fellow fast-talk-mumbling-slang spitters in love with caravans and bare-knuckle fighting are not caricatures. Not completely, anyway.
- 9/27/2011
- by Adam Charles
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Acquired by Lionsgate and pulled from all but one of its screenings at the festival, the crowd-pleasing horror-comedy "You're Next" still killed at the Fantastic Fest 2011 Awards. The story of a couple trapped in a remote house by crazed animal-mask-wearing killers won four awards: Best Horror Feature, Best Director (Adam Wingard), Best Screenplay (Simon Barrett), and Best Actress (Sharni Vinson). Unofficially, it also won my award for Best Defacement of the Alamo Drafthouse. Look for this one from Lionsgate, probably sometime late in 2012.
The other big winner of the night was "Bullhead," which made a huge splash in the Amd & Dell Next Wave Spotlight Competition devoted to emerging filmmakers. The dark character study of a steroid-taking Mafia enforcer won Best Picture, Best Director (Michael R. Roskam), and Best Actor (Matthias Schoenaerts). According to IMDb, the film does not yet have a Us distributor.
Choosing the winners in any of the categories couldn't be easy.
The other big winner of the night was "Bullhead," which made a huge splash in the Amd & Dell Next Wave Spotlight Competition devoted to emerging filmmakers. The dark character study of a steroid-taking Mafia enforcer won Best Picture, Best Director (Michael R. Roskam), and Best Actor (Matthias Schoenaerts). According to IMDb, the film does not yet have a Us distributor.
Choosing the winners in any of the categories couldn't be easy.
- 9/27/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Being the only documentary playing this year at Fantastic Fest it was sure to be about something outside the mainstream. And it is. Knuckle is a fly on the wall story about feuding clans of traveler families in rural Ireland. Traveler families are basically the western european version of gypsies, with their own set of rules and laws, never staying at the same place for very long and staying on the fringe of "normal" society. Director Ian Palmer started making the film by accident really when asked to film a Quinn family wedding he found out about James Quinn McDonagh, the undefeated champion of bare knuckle fighting within the Traveler community. Intrigued by this tradition he asked to film some of these fights and...
- 9/26/2011
- Screen Anarchy
See clips from the Knuckle documentary. Journey into the world of an Irish Traveller community's bare-knuckle fighting lives We have 5 clips from Arc Entertainment's documentary helmed by Ian Palmer. After watching all of the clips (also available in HD) showing different on-camera challenges, as well as several fights, I was left quite intrigued by this film, which is naturally rated R. Knuckle is a long twelve-year journey into in the world of an Irish Traveller community, taking viewwers inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honour of their family name.
- 9/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See clips from the Knuckle documentary. Journey into the world of an Irish Traveller community's bare-knuckle fighting lives We have 5 clips from Arc Entertainment's documentary helmed by Ian Palmer. After watching all of the clips (also available in HD) showing different on-camera challenges, as well as several fights, I was left quite intrigued by this film, which is naturally rated R. Knuckle is a long twelve-year journey into in the world of an Irish Traveller community, taking viewwers inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families, the story focuses on two brothers as they fight for their reputations and the honour of their family name.
- 9/25/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
We're in Austin, Texas for the shank of this year's Fantastic Fest. If our preview chat with Tim League had you interested, be sure to hit refresh on this page over and over and over like a moon-eyed crazy person all day Sat, Sun and Monday for updates.
Friday 9/23/11
Fantastic Fest is already in full swing. I'm not there yet, but I'm flying in tonight. Last night I was all over Twitter to hear descriptions of The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)'s pre-screening antics. An hour and a half later, I read virtually every critic say it was awful. (Though one or two defended it as "having something to say about obsessed fandom.")
As a jury member for this year's "features" division - which means full length movies that aren't straight-up horror movies - I've actually been able to get a sneak peek at some of the eight movies in competition.
Friday 9/23/11
Fantastic Fest is already in full swing. I'm not there yet, but I'm flying in tonight. Last night I was all over Twitter to hear descriptions of The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)'s pre-screening antics. An hour and a half later, I read virtually every critic say it was awful. (Though one or two defended it as "having something to say about obsessed fandom.")
As a jury member for this year's "features" division - which means full length movies that aren't straight-up horror movies - I've actually been able to get a sneak peek at some of the eight movies in competition.
- 9/23/2011
- UGO Movies
Poster created by Mike Saputo
The time is nearly upon us, the annual gathering of genre hounds, eager to experience the greatest, the most shocking and exhilarating collection of fascinating feature (and short) films of 2011 — Fantastic Fest, presented by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas.
Look, the truth is, this is my first time. Yes, I am a Fantastic Fest virgin, but I am overwhelmingly excited to finally be experiencing this tradition that promises to be more than just a film festival. Having recently announced in three waves its lineup of feature films, as well as its short film lineup and even its special events, Fantastic Fest is now speeding towards us at full throttle, barreling into Austin with the force of a Texas-sized stampede of longhorn steers jacked full of Red Bull and Viagra.
With such a diverse and eclectic mix of films, and so many to choose from,...
The time is nearly upon us, the annual gathering of genre hounds, eager to experience the greatest, the most shocking and exhilarating collection of fascinating feature (and short) films of 2011 — Fantastic Fest, presented by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, Texas.
Look, the truth is, this is my first time. Yes, I am a Fantastic Fest virgin, but I am overwhelmingly excited to finally be experiencing this tradition that promises to be more than just a film festival. Having recently announced in three waves its lineup of feature films, as well as its short film lineup and even its special events, Fantastic Fest is now speeding towards us at full throttle, barreling into Austin with the force of a Texas-sized stampede of longhorn steers jacked full of Red Bull and Viagra.
With such a diverse and eclectic mix of films, and so many to choose from,...
- 9/20/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The main thing that people have been comparing the documentary Knuckle to is Guy Ritchie‘s Snatch, in particular the Brad Pitt character of Pikey. If you’ve seen it, you probably remember the muscled fighter with a lovable spirit and an indecipherable brogue. Knuckle is in that same vein, since it follows Irish bare-knuckle boxers who go against each other, with pride and money on the line.
Playing at Sundance (to positive reviews) and showing up at Fantastic Fest this month, a trailer has appeared from Yahoo! (via FirstShowing), giving us a look at the men beating each other with their fists. Director Ian Palmer followed his subjects over the course of twelve years, chronicling how fighting changes both themselves and their families; that should allow for the audience to get a full picture of these people. The trailer gives you a brief glimpse of that, although some of...
Playing at Sundance (to positive reviews) and showing up at Fantastic Fest this month, a trailer has appeared from Yahoo! (via FirstShowing), giving us a look at the men beating each other with their fists. Director Ian Palmer followed his subjects over the course of twelve years, chronicling how fighting changes both themselves and their families; that should allow for the audience to get a full picture of these people. The trailer gives you a brief glimpse of that, although some of...
- 9/19/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
"We will fight because we are men!" Are you ready for this?! Yahoo (via SlashFilm) recently debuted the official trailer for a documentary called Knuckle, directed by Ian Palmer, about an epic 12-year journey into the brutal and secretive world of Irish Traveler bare-knuckle fighting. This could honestly be described as the real-life, brutal, bloody version of Snatch, which they even play up somewhat in this trailer. Its been receiving some solid praise already, so give it a shot, as long as you can handle violence. This is also the film, and the guy, that Tim League is fighting at Fantastic Fest later this week in a live boxing match - he's crazy! Watch the official trailer for Ian Palmer's documentary Knuckle, debuted on Yahoo: Knuckle is an epic 12-year journey into the brutal and secretive world of Irish Traveler bare-knuckle fighting. The film gives a rare inside look...
- 9/19/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
When Benji Carver hit Sundance for us earlier this year, he fell in love with Knuckle, saying it’s “a film that shares bloody punches and sardonic wit as we see various brothers and cousins fight each other the back-roads of Ireland. It plays out like a true rough and tumble version of Michael Apted’s Up series.” If I weren’t already sold on it, this trailer would do the trick. Of course, it has more up its sleeveless shirt than just violence. Director Ian Palmer promises that there will be blood, but there will also be a socially fascinating look at family, status, and honor. Check out the trailer for yourself: Freeze-framing on that kid’s joyous face is both disturbing and poetic. Genius. Knuckle is playing Fantastic Fest, and with any luck, make its way into a theater near you with the quickness. Would you go see it?...
- 9/19/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Sundance selection Knuckle, Ian Palmer's documentary about feuding Irish families who engage in illegal bare-knuckle fights to bring honor to their clans, is more than scary: It's angry. The new trailer shows all the hateful grit, bloodied torsos, and familial sanctity you can imagine, and it even throws in a few shots of the children fighting too. The gloves are off, and the intimidation is on. (Who am I, Gene Shalit?) Lock up your sons, and watch the trailer after the jump.
- 9/17/2011
- Movieline
Here's the first full theatrical trailer for the documentary Knuckle. The film follows long standing family fueds over the course of 12 years who settle their disputes in the streets and with their fists, to uphold their honor, get their revenge, and fight for their family. I saw this movie at the Sundance Film Festival, and regardless of how unsettling it was to watch I thought it was an incredible riveting film! This movie is the real thing, and it's hard-freakin-core. It was amazing to see how deep the hatred goes between these families and how they feel that bare-knuckle boxing is the best, safest, and only way to settle things, of course there's a huge amount of money involved as well.
Did you see the Guy Ritchie film Snatch? You know the Irish Boxing character that Brad Pitt played in that movie? This is that world... only this is the real thing.
Did you see the Guy Ritchie film Snatch? You know the Irish Boxing character that Brad Pitt played in that movie? This is that world... only this is the real thing.
- 9/17/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
We've all been so mad at someone we wanted to punch them in the face. Some of us might have even gone through with it. But with Knuckle, Ian Palmer's documentary about a long lasting family feud between Irish clans, we see where real anger leads. Palmer shot the film over a decade as two families with a deep seeded hatred of each other continually settle the score in illegal bare knuckle boxing matches for huge sums of money. The winners are loved and respected by their family. The losers, shamed for not defending the family name. The film, which had its world premiere at Sundance in January [1] and was optioned by HBO to be turned into a TV series [2], will be playing at Fantastic Fest next week [3] before its release date of December 2. Check out the brand new trailer after the jump. Here's the trailer for Knuckle thanks...
- 9/17/2011
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
Each year the Sitges Film Festival commercial spot is almost as eagerly awaited by the general public as its lineup, and Rafa Antón, creative director of the China agency and the man responsible for its campaigns over the last ten years, has presented this year’s commercial, entitled "Alter Ego". In addition, the preliminary lineup for the Festival has been revealed, but it's not complete by any means. More will be announced throughout the month.
Antón presented the commercial at the Velodrome, property of the brand, along with Festival director Angel Sala and one of Sitges 2011’s partners Moritz Beer.
As explained at the presentation of the Sitges 2011 posters, artificial intelligence is this year’s central theme, represented through the geminoids created by professor Ishiguro in Japan. For the commercials, Rafa Antón stated that he’d “continued with the same commemorative leitmotif of the tenth anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg...
Antón presented the commercial at the Velodrome, property of the brand, along with Festival director Angel Sala and one of Sitges 2011’s partners Moritz Beer.
As explained at the presentation of the Sitges 2011 posters, artificial intelligence is this year’s central theme, represented through the geminoids created by professor Ishiguro in Japan. For the commercials, Rafa Antón stated that he’d “continued with the same commemorative leitmotif of the tenth anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg...
- 9/16/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
MovieWeb has the first U.S. poster for Knuckle, a stirring controversial documentary on the underground fighting scene.
Meet James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy “The Lurcher” Joyce. Related by blood and separated by a feud that dates back generations. As the heads of rival families, they train to represent their feuding traveling clans, in their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing.
Ian Palmer directs. Should be out soon stateside.
Meet James Quinn McDonagh and Paddy “The Lurcher” Joyce. Related by blood and separated by a feud that dates back generations. As the heads of rival families, they train to represent their feuding traveling clans, in their long-standing history of violent bare-knuckle boxing.
Ian Palmer directs. Should be out soon stateside.
- 9/7/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
The Antenna International Documentary Film Festival has announced their inaugural line-up for the event which runs 5-9 October.
Boasting 15 Australian premieres and 25 Sydney premieres with films from 18 different countries, there is $10,000 in prizes.
Opening night at the Dendy Opera Quays will screen Robert Nugent’s Memoirs of a Plague that looks at the relationship between humans and the locust.
Closing night will be Philip Cox’s The Bengali Detective followed by an awards presentation to announce the winner of the Sbs Award for International Documentary (worth $5000) and the Best Australian Documentary ($2500). Both films are in competition.
Other films in International Competition: Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity, Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, Danfun Dennis’ Hell and Back Again and Marcus Linden’s Regretters – winner of the Prix Europa Best Documentary at Berlin 2010 about two transgender people regretting their decisions to undergo surgery.
In the international special screenings, see Alex Gibney’s...
Boasting 15 Australian premieres and 25 Sydney premieres with films from 18 different countries, there is $10,000 in prizes.
Opening night at the Dendy Opera Quays will screen Robert Nugent’s Memoirs of a Plague that looks at the relationship between humans and the locust.
Closing night will be Philip Cox’s The Bengali Detective followed by an awards presentation to announce the winner of the Sbs Award for International Documentary (worth $5000) and the Best Australian Documentary ($2500). Both films are in competition.
Other films in International Competition: Michael Madsen’s Into Eternity, Robin Hessman’s My Perestroika, Danfun Dennis’ Hell and Back Again and Marcus Linden’s Regretters – winner of the Prix Europa Best Documentary at Berlin 2010 about two transgender people regretting their decisions to undergo surgery.
In the international special screenings, see Alex Gibney’s...
- 9/6/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Imaginary Forces Trailer Getting sent an unsolicited trailer is tricky. Sure, every week I ask for them (send them directly to Christopher_Stipp@yahoo.com...
- 8/13/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Illegal bare-knuckle fights are still held in non-sporting venus like underground car parks in London or - as the new documentary film Knuckle demonstrates - on the edge of Traveller encampments all over the UK. Directed by Ian Palmer, who began the project by filming the wedding of Michael Quinn McDonagh until his introduction to this hidden world took over, Knuckle explores the world of bare-knuckle fighting, and for 12 years it has tracked the longstanding feud between the three Irish Traveller families, the Quinn McDonaghs and their opponents the Joyces and the Nevins. The grudge between the families began after two different Traveller clan members had a fight outside a London pub in 1998, which ended in the death of one and a manslaughter conviction for the other. _______________________ Read more: Irishman charged with inciting hatred of Travellers on Facebook ‘Big Fat Gypsy Wedding’ Irish Travelers plan to sue after TV show...
- 8/9/2011
- IrishCentral
Super 8 (12A)
(Jj Abrams, 2011, Us) Riley Griffiths, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler. 112 mins
With Steven Spielberg producing, neo-sci-fi superstar Jj Abrams harks back to the kid-friendly action fantasies of the 80s (Et, The Goonies) while adding a few modern monster-movie scares of his own. The two genres don't always sit well together, and the retro lens flare becomes wearing, but Super 8 has character and charm, especially in the three young leads, whose plans to make a super-8 zombie movie are scuppered by the arrival of a dangerous creature.
French Cancan (PG)
(Jean Renoir, 1954, Fr) Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Félix. 104 mins
Digital restoration of Renoir's salute to the swinging, sensual Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec et al. Gabin stars as the ambitious entrepreneur whose plan to spice up his new nightclub, the Moulin Rouge, with dancing girls creates a new star, a new craze and a love triangle.
Knuckle (15)
(Ian Palmer,...
(Jj Abrams, 2011, Us) Riley Griffiths, Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler. 112 mins
With Steven Spielberg producing, neo-sci-fi superstar Jj Abrams harks back to the kid-friendly action fantasies of the 80s (Et, The Goonies) while adding a few modern monster-movie scares of his own. The two genres don't always sit well together, and the retro lens flare becomes wearing, but Super 8 has character and charm, especially in the three young leads, whose plans to make a super-8 zombie movie are scuppered by the arrival of a dangerous creature.
French Cancan (PG)
(Jean Renoir, 1954, Fr) Jean Gabin, Françoise Arnoul, Maria Félix. 104 mins
Digital restoration of Renoir's salute to the swinging, sensual Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec et al. Gabin stars as the ambitious entrepreneur whose plan to spice up his new nightclub, the Moulin Rouge, with dancing girls creates a new star, a new craze and a love triangle.
Knuckle (15)
(Ian Palmer,...
- 8/5/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
2011
Dir: Ian Palmer
Rating: 15
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
A documentary spanning several decades of fighting between conflicting Irish families; Knuckle is undoubtedly engaging, but struggles to shake off a persistent feeling of voyeuristic grubbiness. This results in a brutal and draining experience which never quite manages to construct a strong enough focus to compliment its disturbing handheld footage of violent bare-knuckle brawls.
Pieced together from grainy footage filmed over 12 years, the film follows the bitter rivalry between travelling families the McDonagh’s and the Joyce’s. Despite the families being related, they have long been engaged in an aggressive and increasingly vicious feud resulting in escalating violence. In order to prevent more deadly incidents occurring, the families arrange fights to let loose the pent up aggression between the travellers; but also to keep honour and respect for each family name.
In quiet country lanes and deserted industrial estates, fights are...
Dir: Ian Palmer
Rating: 15
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
A documentary spanning several decades of fighting between conflicting Irish families; Knuckle is undoubtedly engaging, but struggles to shake off a persistent feeling of voyeuristic grubbiness. This results in a brutal and draining experience which never quite manages to construct a strong enough focus to compliment its disturbing handheld footage of violent bare-knuckle brawls.
Pieced together from grainy footage filmed over 12 years, the film follows the bitter rivalry between travelling families the McDonagh’s and the Joyce’s. Despite the families being related, they have long been engaged in an aggressive and increasingly vicious feud resulting in escalating violence. In order to prevent more deadly incidents occurring, the families arrange fights to let loose the pent up aggression between the travellers; but also to keep honour and respect for each family name.
In quiet country lanes and deserted industrial estates, fights are...
- 8/5/2011
- by Stephen Leigh
- Obsessed with Film
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