Reviews
- 28 Days Later... |
- Batman Begins |
- Breakfast on Pluto |
- Broken |
- Cold Mountain |
- The Dark Knight Rises |
- The Dark Knight |
- Disco Pigs (film) |
- Disco Pigs (play) |
- The Edge of Love |
- From Galway to Broadway and back again. |
- Girl With a Pearl Earring |
- How Harry Became a Tree |
- Inception |
- Intermission |
- Love Song |
- Misterman |
- On the Edge |
- Peacock |
- Perrier's Bounty |
- Red Eye |
- Red Lights |
- Retreat |
- Sunshine |
- TRON: Legacy |
- The Trench |
- Watching the Detectives |
- The Water |
- Waveriders |
- The Way We Live Now |
- The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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28 Days Later...
- LA Weekly, by John Powers (3 July 2003)
- The San Francisco Chronicle, by Mick LaSalle (27 June 2003)
Salon.com, by Andrew O'Hehir (27 June 2003)
The New York Times, by A. O. Scott (27 June 2003)- Rolling Stone, by Peter Travers (25 June 2003)
- The Village Voice, by Michael Atkinson (24 June 2003)
Under the Radar, by Zach Ralston (2003)- BBC News, by Caroline Westbrook (1 November 2002)
Batman Begins
The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (17 June 2005)- Salon.com, by Stephanie Zacharek (15 June 2005)
- The New York Times, by Manohla Dargis (15 June 2005)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Lisa Schwarzbaum (15 June 2005)
The Los Angeles Times, by Kenneth Turan (14 June 2005)
Variety, by Todd McCarthy (3 June 2005)
Breakfast on Pluto
- Seattle Weekly, by Kate Silver (14 June 2006)
- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (13 January 2006)
- RainbowNetwork.com, by Richard Bevan (12 January 2006)
City Paper, by Ian Grey (11 January 2006)- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Joe Williams (6 January 2006)
- The Columbus Dispatch, by David Germain (6 January 2006)
- Empire, by Anna Smith (January 2006)
The San Francisco Chronicle, by Ruthe Stein (23 December 2005)
The Seattle Times, by Ted Fry (23 December 2005)- The Globe and Mail, by Liam Lacey (23 December 2005)
- Premiere, by Glenn Kenny (18 November 2005)
- Rolling Stone, by Peter Travers (17 November 2005)
The New York Times, by Stephen Holden (16 November 2005)- The Irish Times, by Michael Dwyer (2005)
Broken
- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (18 May 2012)
- Screen International, by Mark Adams (16 May 2012)
- CineVue, by John Bleasdale (May 2012)
Cold Mountain
- The Boston Globe, by Ty Burr (25 December 2003)
The Dark Knight
ScreenRant.com, by Kofi Outlaw (21 July 2012)- The National Post, by Chris Knight (16 July 2008)
- New York, by David Edelstein (12 July 2008)
The Dark Knight Rises
ScreenRant.com, by Kofi Outlaw (21 July 2012)
Disco Pigs (film)
- Channel 4, by Alistair Harkness (February 2002)
RTE.ie, by Harry Guerin (11 October 2001)- Time Out London, by TJ (October 2001)
- Empire, by Patrick Peters (October 2001)
- Variety, by Derek Elley (26 March 2001)
- Program, Berlin International Film Festival, by Phillip Bergson (January 2001)
Disco Pigs (play)
- The Telegraph, by Charles Spencer (16 August 1997)
The Edge of Love
- The San Francisco Chronicle, by Mick LaSalle (3 April 2009)
The New York Times, by Manohla Dargis (20 March 2009)- The Onion A.V. Club, by Noel Murray (19 March 2009)
- The New York Daily News, by Elizabeth Weitzman (19 March 2009)
- The Village Voice, by Melissa Anderson (17 March 2009)
- Paste Magazine, by Sean Gandert (17 March 2009)
- The Los Angeles Times, by Kenneth Turan (13 March 2009)
- The Christian Science Monitor, by Peter Rainer (13 March 2009)
- The Sydney Morning Herald, by Paul Byrnes (22 August 2008)
- The Age, by Jim Schembri (21 August 2008)
- The Sunday Business Post, by John Maguire (22 June 2008)
- The Independent, by Jonathan Romney (22 June 2008)
- The Sun, by The Sneak (20 June 2008)
- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (20 June 2008)
- The Scotsman, by Jonathan Melville (19 June 2008)
- RTE, by Glenn Mason (19 June 2008)
- The Daily Mail, by Tom Cox (19 June 2008)
- ViewLondon, by Matthew Turner (18 June 2008)
Variety, by Leslie Felperin (18 June 2008)- Time Out London, by Dave Calhoun (18-24 June 2008)
- Digital Spy, by Ben Rawson-Jones (19 June 2008)
- The Hollywood Reporter, by Ray Bennett (17 June 2008)
- Orange, by Rob Carnevale (16 June 2008)
- BBC News, by David Woolley (15 June 2008)
GQ U.K., by Alex Blimes (June 2008)- Eye for Film, by Dylan Matthew (June 2008)
- Empire, by Olly Richards (June 2008)
From Galway to Broadway and back again.
- The Irish Times, by Lorna Siggins (24 May 2010)
Girl With a Pearl Earring
- The San Francisco Chronicle, by Ruthe Stein (26 December 2003)
- Variety, by Todd McCarthy (1 September 2003)
How Harry Became a Tree
- DVDVerdict.com, by Eric Profancik (8 September 2005)
Variety, by David Rooney (14 September 2001)
Inception
- Popshifter.com, by Less Lee Moore (30 July 2010)
- Los Angeles Times, by Kenneth Turan (16 July 2010)
- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (15 July 2010)
- Slate.com, by Dana Stevens (14 July 2010)
- New York, by David Edelstein (11 July 2010)
- Variety, by Justin Chang (5 July 2010)
- The Hollywood Reporter, by Kirk Honeycutt (5 July 2010)
Empire, by Nev Pierce (5 July 2010)
Intermission
- The San Francisco Chronicle (26 March 2004)
- Salon.com, by Stephanie Zacharek (19 March 2004)
- The New York Times, by Elvis Mitchell (19 March 2004)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Lisa Schwarzbaum (17 March 2004)
- The Village Voice, by Jessica Winter (9 March 2004)
RTE.ie, by Caroline Hennessy (March 2004)- BBC , by Jamie Russell (25 November 2003)
Variety, by Derek Elley (21 August 2003)
Love Song
- This Is Local London, by Martina Smit (11 December 2006)
- The Daily Telegraph, by Charles Spencer (6 December 2006)
- The Independent, by Alice Jones (6 December 2006)
- The London Times, by Benedict Nightingale (5 December 2006)
- The London Theatre Guide, by Peter Brown (5 December 2006)
- The Guardian, by Michael Billington (5 December 2006)
- The Evening Standard, by Nicholas de Jongh (5 December 2006)
- MusicOMH.com, by Natasha Tripney (December 2006)
Misterman
- TheaterMania.com, by Andy Propst (5 December 2011)
The New York Times, by Ben Brantley (4 December 2011)- BackStage.com, by Clifford Lee Johnson III (4 December 2011)
- Entertainment.ie, by Caomhan Keane (26 July 2011)
- GalwayNews.ie, by Judy Murphy (15 July 2011)
- The Guardian, by Helen Meany (14 July 2011)
- Galway Advertiser, by Charlie Mcbride (14 July 2011)
- The Irish Times, by Peter Crawley (13 July 2011)
Irish Theatre Magazine, by Matthew Harrison (11 July 2011)
On the Edge
- Entertainment Weekly, by Erin Richter (24 May 2002)
- FilmCritic.com, by Christopher Null (May 2002)
RTE Guide, by Harry Guerin (20 September 2001)
Peacock
- HorrorMovies.ca, by Meh (22 June 2010)
- Popshifter.com (27 May 2010)
Perrier's Bounty
- FirstShowing.net, by Alex Billington (20 September 2009)
- MONDO, by Rachel West (15 September 2009)
Popshifter.com, by The Automatik (14 September 2009)- The Film Stage, by Jordan Raup (13 September 2009)
Screen International, by Fionnuala Halligan (12 September 2009)
Moving Pictures, by Barrett Hooper (September 2009)
Red Eye
Naples Daily News, by Joe Altomere (12 January 2010)- The New Yorker, by David Denby (12 September 2005)
- The Washington Post, by Michael O'Sullivan (19 August 2005)
- The San Francisco Chronicle, by Peter Hartlaub (19 August 2005)
Salon.com, by Stephanie Zacharek (19 August 2005)- The New York Times, by Manohla Dargis (19 August 2005)
The Chicago Sun-Times, by Roger Ebert (19 August 2005)- Slate.com, by David Edelsteinted (18 August 2005)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Lisa Schwarzbaum (17 August 2005)
- The Village Voice, by Dennis Lim (9 August 2005)
- Empire (August 2005)
Red Lights
- Popshifter.com, by Less Lee Moore (13 July 2012)
- Fangoria, by Samuel Zimmerman (13 July 2012)
- The Guardian, by Jeremy Kay (23 January 2012)
- Collider.com, by Matt Goldberg (23 January 2012)
- MTV.com, by Eric Ditzian (21 January 2012)
- HitFix.com, by Daniel Fienberg (21 January 2012)
Retreat
411mania.com, by Jeremy Thomas (21 October 2011)- The Film Pilgrim.com, by Laura Clark (14 October 2011)
- WhatCulture!, by David Hawkins (14 October 2011)
- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (13 October 2011)
- CineVue, by Daniel Green (12 October 2011)
Sunshine
- New York, by David Edelstein (23 July 2007)
- Toronto Sun, by Liz Braun (20 July 2007)
- The Toronto Star, by Bruce Demara (20 July 2007)
- The New York Times, by Manohla Dargis (20 July 2007)
- The Globe & Mail, by Rich Groen (20 July 2007)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Lisa Schwarzbaum (20 July 2007)
- Chicago Tribune, by Michael Philips (20 July 2007)
- The New York Post, by Kyle Smith (20 July 2007)
- Cinematical.com, by Nick Schager (19 July 2007)
- LA Weekly, by Ella Taylor (18 July 2007)
- IFC Blog, by Alison Willmore (18 July 2007)
The Village Voice, by Nathan Lee (17 July 2007)
The San Francisco Bay Guardian, by Cheryl Eddy (17 July 2007)- The Associated Press, by David Germain (16 July 2007)
- The Prague Post, by Steffen Silvis (18 April 2007)
- Daily Yomiuri, by Atsuko Matsumoto (14 April 2007)
- IGN.com, by Patrick Kolan (9 April 2007)
The Sunday Times, by Cosmo Landesman (8 April 2007)- Sunday Herald, by Demetrios Matheou (8 April 2007)
- The Independent, by Jonathan Romney (8 April 2007)
- The Daily Telegraph (6 April 2007)
The Scotsman, by Alistair Harkness (6 April 2007)- The Independent, by Anthony Quinn (6 April 2007)
The Times, by Wendy Ide (4 April 2007)
Reuters, by Kirk Honeycutt (3 April 2007)- Digital Spy, by Ben Rawson-Jones (3 April 2007)
- Sunday Mirror, by Mark Adams (1 April 2007)
The Scotsman, by Allan Hunter (1 April 2007)- SFX Magazine, by Steve O'Brien (April 2007)
The Observer, by Mark Kermode (25 March 2007)
The Trench
- The New York Times (15 July 2009)
- EyeForFilm.co.uk, by Angus Wolfe Murray (July 2009)
TRON: Legacy
- Los Angeles Times, by Betsy Sharkey (16 December 2010)
- The Guardian, by Steve Rose (5 December 2010)
Watching the Detectives
- The Mercury, by Amy Longsdorf (17 August 2008)
- The Washington Post (15 August 2008)
FilmCritic.com, by Christopher Null (12 August 2008)- Centre Daily Times, by Billy O'Keefe (12 August 2008)
- Boston Herald, by Tenley Woodman (10 August 2008)
- FilmCritic.com, by Christopher Null (August 2008)
Cinematical, by Ryan Stewart (8 May 2007)
Variety, by Jay Weissberg (7 May 2007)- ComingSoon.net (2 May 2007)
The Water
- Torontoist.com, by Ashley Carter (10 April 2009)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Jeremy Medina (10 April 2009)
Waveriders
- Channel 4, by Richard Luck (April 2008)
The Way We Live Now
- Paste Magazine, by Sean Gandert (23 July 2009)
- The New York Daily News, by David Bianculli (2 April 2002)
- The New York Times, by Caryn James (1 April 2002)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Metroactive, by Richard von Busack (11 April 2007)- The Washington Times, by Kelly Jane Torrance (6 April 2007)
The San Francisco Chronicle, by Ruthe Stein (6 April 2007)
The American Prospect, by Noy Thrupkaew (6 April 2007)
Inside Bay Area, by Mary Pols (6 April 2007)
Chicago Sun-Times, by Jim Emerson (6 April 2006)- The Daily Californian, by Louis Peitzman (5 April 2007)
New York, by David Edelstein (26 March 2007)
The New Yorker, by David Denby (19 March 2007)- The Toronto Star, by Geoff Pevere (16 March 2007)
PopMatters, by Cynthia Fuchs (16 March 2007)- The New York Times, by A.O. Scott (16 March 2007)
- The New York Daily News, by Jack Mathews (16 March 2007)
- Newsday, by Jan Stuart (16 March 2007)
Los Angeles Times, by Kenneth Turan (16 March 2007)- iF Magazine, by Abbie Bernstein (16 March 2007)
- Los Angeles Daily News, by Glenn Whipp (15 March 2007)
- Irish Voice, by Cahir O’Doherty (15 March 2007)
- Entertainment Weekly, by Owen Gleiberman (15 March 2007)
- The Boston Herald, by James Verniere (15 March 2007)
- New York Sun, by S. James Snyder (14 March 2007)
- IndieWIRE, by Chris Wisniewski (14 March 2007)
The Nation, by Stuart Klawans (12 March 2007)
Stylus Magazine, by Nancy Keefe Rhodes (2 March 2007)- Athlone Advertiser, by Sinead McGovern (5 July 2006)
- BFI, by Edward Lawrenson (July 2006)
- New Statesman, by Ryan Gilbey (26 June 2006)
The Observer, by Mark Kermode (25 June 2006)
The Independent, by Jonathan Romney (25 June 2006)
The Daily Telegraph, by Sukhdev Sandhu (23 June 2006)- The Guardian, by Peter Bradshaw (23 June 2003)
- The Scotsman, by Alistair Harkness (22 June 2006)
Scotland On Sunday (19 June 2006)- Entertainment.ie, by Gavin Burke (2 June 2006)
- musicOMH.com, by Danuta Kane (2006)
- Film4, by Ian Winterton (2006)
Counterpunch, by Harry Browne (30 May 2006)- BBC News, by Darren Waters (30 May 2006)
- Time Out London, by Dave Calhoun (19 May 2006)
A Footnote About This Archive
All articles and reviews archived here are copyrighted by their original creators. We make them available for the sole purpose of spreading the word about Cillian and his rising career. If you'd like to copy them for your personal use, we ask that you properly credit the original authors/publications.