In Bruges, the opening night film at Sundance this year, is an interesting story that takes place, as the title points out, in Bruges, Belgium. While not a masterpiece in any sense, In Bruges ...

Little Bruges, the perfect pocket-sized medieval city, was a Sleeping Beauty. Laced with canals, it was one of the great North European trading ports in late medieval times. The magnificently detailed ...

In Bruges is a hard movie to describe. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, Bruges might be called a neo-noir crime comedy, or a postmodern Shakespearean tragedy, or even a medieval morality tale.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the prettiest spots in Bruges is the Minnewater lake, part of a tranquil green space in ...

“After I killed ‘em, I dropped the gun into the Thames, washed the residue off my hands at Burger King and walked home to wait for instructions,” says a voice at the start of “In Bruges,” the first ...

The best films waste no time, and In Bruges hits the ground sprinting with this pin-sharp voiceover: "After I'd killed him, I dropped the gun in the Thames, washed the residue off my hands in the ...

Martin McDonagh is behind some true gems, from the wicked Seven Psychopaths to last year’s tremendous The Banshees of Inisherin. However, his now-prestigious career began with a little 2008 film that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruges is a small city, but it manages to pack in plenty of the best things to do in the walkable city centre - Getty Bruges’s ...

A decade ago, Martin McDonagh was only known for his work as a playwright. Though using the word “only” there is a bit misleading, as it implies a certain minor quality to his work. In truth, McDonagh ...

One of the most noticeable sea changes in movies over the years has been the ever-narrowing time span between a cult film’s initially underwhelming reception and the eventual reappraisal it receives ...

Should professional hitmen be depicted as funny and lovable? Morally speaking, I don’t think so—but then, morals in movies, books, and TV shows are relative (as moralists frequently complain). Quentin ...