Neil Jordan – MRQE

Not I

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young woman sits down in a chair. Only her mouth is visible as she begins to speak at a rapid clip, describing events that she insists did not really happen to her.

In Dreams

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person’s motives through her dreams.

The Good Thief (2002/I)

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone’s already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

The Miracle

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two teenagers Jimmy and Rose spend their vacation at the small Irish sea-resort Bray. Out of boredom they observe other people and imagine wild stories about them. One day they observe the blonde Renee, and Jimmy is immediately fascinated by her and even follows her home. She, too, seems to like him, but for a mysterious reason keeps him at a distance.

Byzantium

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local resort.

Ondine

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother’s. Annie discovers Ondine’s presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.

The Brave One

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

Breakfast on Pluto

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In the 1970s, a foundling lass, Patrick “Kitten” Braden, comes of age by leaving her Irish town for London, in part to look for her mother and in part because her transgender nature is beyond the town’s understanding.

The End of the Affair

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix’s obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

The Butcher Boy

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie’s world turns to madness, he tries to counter it with further insanity, with dire consequences.