Martin Mcdonagh

Humor: There's Funny -- and There's Symptom of Decline

Carla Seaquist | Posted 05.01.2012

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Carla Seaquist

Any culture that can laugh at torture and murder is a culture in deep, deep trouble.

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Woody Harrelson Becoming A 'Psychopath'

Posted 01.09.2012

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Woody Harrelson has done some of his finest work while playing a psycho, so this next role seems tailor made for the star. The renegade survivor in...

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Colin Farrell: Dognapper!

Posted 11.30.2011

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Colin Farrell gave his funniest and most heralded performance in the 2008, Martin McDonaugh-directed comedy, "In Bruges," a black comedy that earned h...

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HuffPost Review: The Guard

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.03.2011

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Marshall Fine

Brutal -- and brutally funny -- The Guard joins a growing list of darkly witty contemporary Irish gangster movies. It's as amusing as it is occasionally shocking.

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Exclusive: Zoe Kazan's Acting "Explodes" with "A Behanding"

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brad Balfour

With A Behanding in Spokane playing on Broadway through this weekend and with feature films -- including the recent The Exploding Girl -- coming out, actress Zoe Kazan is one of New York's go-to talents.

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HuffPost Review: Perrier's Bounty

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Perrier's Bounty is delicious and propulsive, a film that rarely pauses to let the viewer catch his breath. It's an expert blend of thrills, laughs and jeopardy - like a strong Irish coffee with a jolt of pepper.

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Stage Door: Behanding in Spokane, Sin, Lady Rizo

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fern Siegel

Martin McDonagh is famous for dark, bloody humor. The curtain opens in Lieutenant of Inishmore with a dead cat dripping blood and ends with bullet-rid...

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HuffPost Review: A Film With Me in It

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

While there is violence galore in A Film with Me in It, the lion's share is accidental.

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Do You Know the Muffin Man? Yes, He Lives Down the Block

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Finkle

If it hadn't been for Karen, the mailperson, I still wouldn't know about The Muffin House and its importance to history and to my block, West 20th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues.

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Martin McDonagh On His "In Bruges" Debut And The Voices In His Head

Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin McDonagh has every reason to be a pretentious jerk (he's got two Olivier awards, four Tony nominations, and a 2006 Oscar for Best Live Action S...

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