Sunday | November 12, 2006 2:00 pm

Tara Road

Screening on Film

Directed by Gilles MacKinnon.
With Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Stephen Rea, Brenda Fricker.
US, 2005, 35mm, color, 100 min.

Two women, one in America, one in Ireland, both at the emotional crossroads of their lives, decide to do a house-swap. Borrowing something from each other’s lives they find that they alter each other’s destinies. Maeve Binchy’s much-loved novel makes for a poignant and heartfelt film with terrific performances from Andie MacDowell and Olivia Williams. Directed by Gilles MacKinnon (The Playboys) and produced by Noel Pearson (My Left Foot), with fine supporting performances from Stephen Rea and Brenda Fricker.

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The Unusual Inventions Of Henry Cavendish

Directed by Andrew Legge.
With Hugh O’Connor, Fiona O’Shaughnessy.
Ireland, 2005, 35mm, black & white, 15 min.

A young inventor in Victorian Dublin uses a time machine to foil the machinations of his rival for the love of a beautiful woman. Andrew Legge’s marvelous and inventive film is a charming throwback to the silent cinema, with smart nods to Buster Keaton and Jules Verne.