John Carney
Flora and Son (Apple TV+) is a heartfelt ode of sorts to the transformative power of music, introducing us to Flora (portrayed by Eve Hewson), a single working class mom in Dublin who takes up guitar lessons online, learning about the instrument and much more from laid-back instructor...
John Carney, the Irish filmmaker of "Once," "Sing Street" and "Begin Again," makes the movie version of "three chords and the truth."
His films, unabashedly earnest, feel-good movies for cynical times, are lo-fi musicals that tell simple stories, charmingly. There are love interests,...
When the bassist turned filmmaker John Carney was young, a borrowed Walkman played while cycling to school was an epiphany.
"The idea of personalized music was outrageous to me," said the Irish writer-director in a recent interview. "My life changed...