Friday, Sep. 29, 2023

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...

Thursday, Sep. 21, 2023

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,...

Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2014

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...

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