Summer’s sweaty backside remains exposed as leaves begin to fall. Will we never be set free?
We’re meant to love the heat. Culture seems implicitly aware that autumn cool is more attractive
Venice Golden Lion goes to Woman Unknown, postwar film about ‘female body as battleground’
Saoirse Ronan misses out after premiering directorial debut at festival
An Irish screen genius, raves for Robert Pattinson and early Oscar tips
Donald Clarke on what has gone down a storm in the opening week of Venice International Film Festival 2026
Barry Ward: ‘The fear is, if you’re trying to re-create New York in Skibbereen, it could look a bit hokey’
Everybody Digs Bill Evans, the Dublin actor’s new film, is a finely balanced marvel about the jazz pianist. You wouldn’t know it was shot in Ireland
The Movie Quiz: Which two films did Dolly Parton receive Oscar nominations for?
Plus: Sylvester the cat’s catchphrase is associated with which dish?
Everybody Digs Bill Evans review: A jazz movie on a par with ’Round Midnight and Bird
In its minor-chord fashion, this sad film immerses viewers in the coolness of jazz in the years before the explosion of rock
Pressure: Andrew Scott is brilliant in this intense D-Day drama
He plays James Stagg, who had pivotal role in second World War, with Kerry Condon as Eisenhower’s secretary
Irishman Darran Tiernan wins Emmy for best cinematography
Highest honour in US television awarded for Tiernan’s work on episode of Spider-Noir series
Do Venetians see depictions of their city in film as we Irish see Micksploitation movies?
If fiction is any guide, Venice remains unchanged by the cinematic locusts who descend for its annual film festival
Four new films to see this week: The Death of Robin Hood, The Incomer, Super Nature, Leviticus
Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Domhnall Gleeson and Joe Bird feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 4th, 2026
The Death of Robin Hood review: From harrowing ultraviolence to medieval reverie
What is it with Australians and Robin Hood? Errol Flynn, Russell Crowe and now Hugh Jackman
The Incomer: Domhnall Gleeson at his amiable best in this tale of oddball isolation
Louis Paxton’s fascinating feature debut alternates briny whimsy with something more sinister
The Venice Film Festival Movie Quiz: Who is the current holder of the Golden Lion?
Plus: Which Irish actor is premiering her first film as director at this year’s event?
First Look review: Bucking Fastard, mystery of Irish cinema, unveiled in all its peculiar glory
Venice film festival 2026: Werner Herzog’s imagination is as creatively offbeat as ever in this film starring Kate and Rooney Mara and Domhnall Gleeson
First Look review – Ink: Danny Boyle’s new Murdoch saga is dirty, gripping, enraging stuff
Venice Film Festival 2026: This rambunctious pageant chronicles how the British media lost the last strand of its innocence