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March 17, 2023

WIFF’S WEEKEND WATCH LIST — 3/17

Check out our recommendations of what to watch this weekend.

IF YOU want a powerful irish drama

in the name of the father

Vincent Georgie: Irish Writer-Director Jim Sheridan reteams with his MY LEFT FOOT leading man Daniel Day-Lewis for this outstanding, energizing and moving true story of justice gone awry. The film will make you cheer. Emma Thompson and the great Irish character actor Pete Postlethwaite (who Spielberg described as “the best actor in the world”) are terrific in supporting roles. 

Synopsis: Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast. When local IRA leaders get fed up with him, he flees to England and meets up with his friend Paul Hill (John Lynch). On the same night that the IRA bombs a nearby pub, the friends get kicked out of their communal digs and are forced to sleep in a park. He returns to Belfast, but is arrested as the prime suspect in the bombing and imprisoned, where he spends 15 years trying to clear his name.

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if you want a great Irish romance

once

Come for the very appealing lead performances, stay for the heart-tugging and memorable ballads. This beloved gem of a film spawned a Broadway musical of the same name. The film is small, genuine and makes you smile. 

Synopsis: A vacuum repairman (Glen Hansard) moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant (Marketa Irglova), who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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if you want something to go with your green beer

the boondock saints

Vincent Georgie: A thrilling, darkly stylish and frequently funny Irish gangster film. 

Synopsis: The Boondock Saints is a 1999 American vigilante action thriller film written and directed by Troy Duffy. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as fraternal twin brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defence.

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DOUBLE FEATURE

all hail, ke huy quan

The most remarkable and unabashedly joyous highlight of this year’s Oscar season has been the out-of-nowhere resurgence of child actor Ke Huy Quan. The Oscar winner is a welcome dose of gratitude and energy in the industry. Let’s look back on his two iconic films from the ’80s. 

Indiana jones and the temple of doom

Adventure sequel. Intrepid archaeologist Indiana Jones, on the trail of fortune and glory in Old Shanghai, is ricocheted into a dangerous adventure in India. With his faithful companion Short Round and nightclub singer Willie Scott, Indie goes in search of the magical Sankara stone, and uncovers an ancient evil which threatens all who come into contact with it.

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the goonies

Old-fashioned yarn about a band of adventurous kids who take on the might of a property developing company which plans to destroy their home to build a country club. When the children discover an old pirate map in the attic, they follow it into an underground cavern in search of lost treasure but come up against plenty of dangerous obstacles along the way.

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