Irish Arts Center Film Series
About the Show
The Irish Arts Center has teamed up with Fordham University’s Irish Studies Institute for the next two screenings in its fall Film series.
November 4th, 7pm
The General is based on the story of Martin Cahill, a notorious Dublin gangster who was the mastermind behind a series of daring robberies that stunned Ireland in the 1980s. John Boorman (Deliverance, Hope and Glory) directs and Brendan Gleeson gives a dazzling performance as Cahill.
November 11th, 7pm
John Ford’s 1935 film, The Informer, written by Liam Flaherty and featuring an Academy Award winning performance from Victor MacLaglen, screens the following week. This classic film is set in the Irish Civil War, in 1922 and tells the story of an Irish rebel who informs on his friend then feels doom closing in.
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