NEW YORK — Ah, Ireland! Martin McDonagh can't say enough about the eccentricities of the Emerald Isle in "The Cripple of Inishmaan," the playwright's darkly hilarious and surprisingly moving comedy which opened Sunday at off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company.
Moviemaker Martin McDonagh was so concerned that comments Colin Farrell's character makes about picturesque Bruges in his new film would upset Belgians, he insisted on screening it for tourism bosses.
Playwright Martin McDonagh makes audiences laugh -- and makes them uncomfortable about what they're laughing at. He's had hits on London's West End and Broadway. Now, the Irish writer is set to make a new audience squirm -- and chuckle -- as his screenwriter-director debut, In Bruges, opens in U.S. theaters.
Dramatist Martin McDonagh (The Pillowman) has been called a "stage Tarantino"; with In Bruges, his feature-film debut, he's left two Irish hit men at large in the picturesque Belgian city -- and created some moments that are pretty picturesque themselves.
Playwright Martin McDonagh breathes unabashedly obscene, new life into the overly familiar mismatched-buddy formula with ''In Bruges,'' a comedy about hit men sent into hiding in the quaint Belgian town.[...] Read more!
Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh takes audiences on a killingly funny trip in In Bruges, which is world-premiering as the opening-night film of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.[...] Read more!
With casting for the principal roles in Academy Award-winning writer/director Martin McDonagh's suspense thriller "In Bruges" confirmed, the project is gearing up for a February start date and shoot on location in Bruges, Belgium.[...] Read more!