Donald Trump says the US is in danger of ‘messaging and propaganda’ from international cinema. Pull the other one
When Donald Trump proposed slapping a 100% tariff on movies produced overseas, he left film-makers scratching their heads
Four new films to see this week
Portrait of the Nazi movie propagandist Leni Riefenstahl still outrages. Plus a fascinatingly freaky Nicolas Cage vehicle, David Attenborough’s voyage to the bottom of the sea, and a so-so remake of Ang Lee’s one-time indie hit The Wedding Banquet
‘Sometimes the reality is more Spinal Tap than Spinal Tap’: Philly Byrne of Gama Bomb on Irish thrash metal and the band’s new film
The lead singer riffs on friendship, Newry and guitar-shaped swimming pools
The Movie Quiz: Ronan, Farrell, Gleeson, Keoghan – who has yet to be directed by Neil Jordan?
Which film earned Meryl Streep the most recent of her 21 Oscar nominations?
Riefenstahl review: Unrepentant propagandist will make you want to yell at the screen, but this fine film gets her in the end
Andres Veiel focuses on the film-maker’s tireless efforts to distance herself from Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime
The Surfer review: Nicolas Cage, after too many wipeouts, catches a great wave
The Irish director Lorcan Finnegan has made a fascinating, weird, freaky drama
‘We would go to motels to have sex. In Brazil, as in every Catholic country, there’s a huge degree of hypocrisy’
Film-maker Aïnouz talks about Berlin parties, taking back Brazil from the military and coming to see cinema as an artform that can change the world
The Pitt could land in Ireland next year. What is taking so long?
Noah Wyle's new medical drama is taking its time getting to the Old World
Four new films to see this week
Thunderbolts*, Amongst the Wolves, Screamboat and Parthenope among film highlights
The Movie Quiz: Which is the only Bridget Jones not to feature Hugh Grant?
Plus: What is the highest grossing English-language film of 2025?
Amongst the Wolves review: This Irish drug dealer is in debt to a villain played by Aidan Gillen. That never bodes well
Luke McQuillan makes the most of a breakthrough lead in this grim survey of stubborn urban discontents
Thunderbolts* review: Florence Pugh stars in the least bad of Marvel’s trilogy of obscure team-up flicks
Florence Pugh and David Harbour star in jokey romp at home to tolerable quips amid mounting chaos
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
John Murry on being abused: ‘Those experiences as a teenager made me angry and they made me write. They gave me a lot of rage’
Singular US musician and former resident of Ireland is the subject of a fine documentary, The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John Murry
No, I didn’t watch Sinners all the way through before giving it five stars
Ryan Coogler’s terrific film has a post-credits sequence that adds important plot points. What the hell’s going on?