John Carney

07/16/09 An overweight alcoholic in red vinyl being confused for a superior life form?  |  Variety

05/15/09 In the past few years, Irish cinema has quietly come of age.  |  Variety

10/16/08 That's the producers' hope, anyway: Songwriters Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová will pass off a handful of unused tunes in addition to those from the film's platinum-selling soundtrack (including the Oscar-winner "Falling Slowly"), with writer-director John Carney brought in to shepherd the production on its inexorable path to lo-fi folk empire.  |  Defamer

10/16/08 John N. Hart Jr., Jeffrey Sine and Frederick Zollo have acquired the worldwide rights to produce a legit tuner version of the Oscar-winning 2007 pic "Once." Aiming for a Broadway berth during the 2010-11 season, "Once" is the first project announced for a new fund formed by the three producers with the intention of backing a number of stage projects.  |  Variety

07/30/08 "Falling Slowly," from the infectious indie romance "Once," won the Oscar for original song.  |  Variety

07/18/08 Made for less than $200,000, this scruffy indie from writer-director John Carney redefines the musical form.  |  Entertainment Weekly

05/16/08 While the success of micro-budget Irish pic "Once" at the Academy Awards (for original song) gave the ceremony a heartwarming boost, Irish film industry execs wonder if the surprise hit will provide a longer-term bounce to the Irish film industry.  |  Variety

05/16/08 Two decades since its inception, the Galway Film Fleadh ("festival" in Gaelic) has carved out an important niche in the often hardscrabble landscape of Irish cinema.  |  Variety