ACTOR Aidan Gillen played John Boy in the RTÉ crime series, Love/Hate, and will be back on our screens as Charlie Haughey, in Charlie, later this year. Gillen has selected seven of his favourite films for showings at Triskel Christchurch from Jan 17-20.

Peter Falk, the stage and movie actor who became identified as the squinty, rumpled TV detective in 'Columbo', has died.

Often described as the founding father of independent American cinema, John Cassavetes certainly carried the flag with some remarkable films.