In Byzantium, debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, we’re introduced to Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) who can’t help but want to share her story of living as a 200-year-old vampire. She ...

CANNES – “Calvary,” “Byzantium” and “Philomena” were the biggest winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards in Dublin, with each film taking three awards. Guests at the event, which was hosted by ...

Byzantium Trailer. Neil Jordan‘s Byzantium (2012) international movie trailer stars Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Jonny Lee Miller, Warren Brown, and Caleb Landry-Jones. Byzantium‘s plot synopsis: ...

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[TW: This article discusses the general topic of sexual assault and how it is portrayed in Byzantium.] The 2010s gave us many sacred pop culture moments and movements; most notably a worldwide frenzy ...

“Stories are fundamental things,” says a high school English teacher in Byzantium. “We tell them to learn about the world and about ourselves.” This line could be uttered in almost any of Neil ...

Director Neil Jordan presents a female twist on the bloodsucking genre. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Born in 1804 yet forever 16, Eleanor is first seen living on a drab council estate where she ...

Adam Chitwood is a former Managing Editor at Collider, where he covered film and television with a focus on interviews, features, and industry analysis. A new domestic trailer and poster for director ...

Byzantium knows exactly what it wants to be: a vampire movie that offers a fresh look at an oft-explored subject. Interesting new ideas challenge the genre’s tropes, ultimately making Byzantium a very ...