Saturday, July 13, 2013

Thompson on Hollywood: Galway Film Fleadh: from Zachary Quinto and Saoirse Ronin to Aiden Gillen

Thompson on Hollywood
Thompson on Hollywood from IndieWire
Galway Film Fleadh: from Zachary Quinto and Saoirse Ronin to Aiden Gillen
Jul 13th 2013, 20:29, by John Anderson

You don't hear the phrase "under the blazing Irish sun" very often, but that's where the 25th annual Galway Film Fleadh is unfolding, in a city where it often rains and currently shines. Actually, it's hot as hell, but the people and films are cool. Zach Quinto, who arrived yesterday (a little late for the "Star Trek" presentation but in time for an acting masterclass and screening of "Margin Call," which he helped produce) almost immediately made a stop at a cafĂ© here where he used to work.  A-lister Saoirse Ronan is a native of Ireland, of course, and will be doing an on-stage interview adjacent to a screening of Joe Wright's lunatic action-thriller "Hanna" (2011). And while the terrific Aiden Gillen was off with the rest of the Irish acting world, conjuring up more "Game of Thrones" episodes, he sent along a bravura performance in Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's "Mister John's," which was filmed in Singapore; producer David Collins got a laugh from the Town Hall crowd, when...

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