The American 1998  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Unwin
Cast: Matthew Modine, Diana Rigg, Brenda Fricker, Aisling O'Sullivan, Paul Hickey, Andrew Scott, Eva Birthistle, T.P. McKenna, Phillip O'Sullivan, Ian Fitzgibbon, Joe Pilkington, Ed Bishop, Alison McKenna, David Heap, Anita Reeves
Based on Henry James' 1877 novel, this story is set in the post-Civil War era when an American, Christopher Newman (Matthew Modine), arrives in Paris where he is more than a little impressed with European society. Christopher falls in love with Claire (Aisling O'Sullivan), but her mother Madame de Bellegarde (Diana Rigg) and her older brother Valentin (Andrew Scott) oppose Claire's marriage to Christopher because he does not represent French aristocracy. The problem might be solved when Christopher gains evidence that Madam de Bellegarde may have murdered her husband, and he finds himself in the position of blackmailing his way into European society.
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Borstal Boy 2000 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Sheridan
Cast: Shawn Hatosy, Danny Dyer, Michael York, Robin Laing, Mark Huberman, Eva Birthistle, Lee Ingleby
During World War II, I.R.A. soldier Brendan Behan (Shawn Hatosy) is caught trying to assemble a bomb in Liverpool. He is sentenced to an East Anglian reform school where his fellow inmates include a Polish Jew, a Scot, a rapist, and a gay sailor. By movie's end, the story implies that Brendan is transformed by his experience into an enlightened young man intent on leaving his fight for the I.R.A. and discovering his creative self. The facts of Brendan Behan's life, however, do not support the conclusion. Upon release from reform school, Brendan returned to Ireland where he shot a policeman and was sentenced to prison–the first of a number of prison terms.
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Breakfast on Pluto 2005 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Gavin Friday, Ruth McCabe, Ian Hart, Eva Birthistle, Steven Waddington
Patrick "Kitten" Braden's (Cillian Murphy) father is the town priest (Liam Neeson), and his mother abandoned him at birth. Now, it is the 1960s, and young adult Patrick leaves Ireland and travels to London where he becomes a transvestite cabaret singer, works as a prostitute, and is mistaken for an IRA terrorist.
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A Fond Kiss 2004  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle, Shabana Bakhsh, Ahmad Riaz, Shamshad Akhtar, Ghizala Avan, David McKay, Raymond Mearns, Gary Lewis, Shy Ramsan, Gerard Kelly
When the good citizens of Glasgow refuse to accept the mixed-race relationship between a Muslim (Atta Yaqub) and an Irish Catholic (Eva Birthistle), troubles ensue.
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Imagine Me & You 2005  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ol Parker
Cast: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Darren Boyd, Sue Johnston, Boo Jackson, Sharon Horgan, Eva Birthistle
As she is walking down the aisle on her wedding day, Rachel (Piper Perabo) locks eyes with the lesbian florist, Luce (Lena Headey), and then goes on to say her "I dos" to new husband Heck (Matthew Goode). But the two women do remain attracted to each other in this unconventional comedy about true love.
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Miracle at Midnight 1998 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Cameron
Cast: Sam Waterston, Mia Farrow, Justin Whalin, Patrick Malahide, Benedick Blythe, Barry McGovern, Daisy Beaumont, Nicola Mycroft, Alan Devine, Maria Rosenstock, Eva Birthistle, Halina Froudist
In 1945, when Nazis began arresting Danish Jews, Dr. Karl Kosler (Sam Waterston) and his wife, Doris (Mia Farrow), hid Rabbi Ben Abrams (Barry McGovern) and his family–an act that would spread, enabling 7,000 Jews to escape to neutral Sweden.
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| 1. The American (1998)
2. Borstal Boy (2000)
3. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
4. A Fond Kiss (2004)
5. Imagine Me & You (2005)
6. Miracle at Midnight (1998)
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