Cork-bound Alexander Balanescu was born in Romania but has lived in the UK for most of his life. He fronts the Balanescu Quartet, a group that broke through with their classically-tinged cover versions of tunes by Kraftwerk. 

Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo has climbed to the top of the British Film Institute’s poll of the greatest films ever made, dislodging Citizen Kane for the first time in 50 years.

GOODFELLAS has topped a list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.

Goodfellas has topped a list of the 100 greatest movies of all time.

A finely-worked tribute to Japanese moviemaker, Yasujiro Ozu.