Your kids are probably using the newish insult ‘chud’. But what does it mean?
The term appears to have evolved from ‘cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller’ to loser, via some other definitions
The Movie Quiz: What is the name of Quentin Tarantino’s fictional cigarette brand?
Plus: Which movie does not feature a credit for a member of The Beatles?
The Sacrifice review: No mistaking the quiet despair in reissue of Tarkovsky’s last film
Restoration of cinematic great’s final finished feature demands to be seen on the big screen
‘I saw a parallel with the colonial narratives I was looking at, between South Asian and Irish history’
After the BBC approached Ish director Imran Perretta about finding a co-writer, Dublin-born Enda Walsh jumped at the opportunity
Glen Hansard the film star was at the centre of two key moments in Irish cinema
His best-song Oscar win with Markéta Irglová in 2008 alerted the world that the country’s screen industry was on the march
Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Summery fun but it might as well have a barcode on screen
Chemistry between Tom Holland and Zendaya is a reminder of old-fashioned cinematic values, but tolerance of Marvel is required
Lesbian Lines director Cara Holmes: Growing up, the word ‘lesbian’ was not really being said out loud
Gaze International LGBTQIA Film Festival: In pre-internet Ireland, telephone lines sprang up around the country to let isolated gay women feel heard
Elon Musk’s Wokebusters and the failing campaign against The Odyssey
Let’s not pretend right-wing blowhards criticising Christopher Nolan’s film really care about infelicities in shipbuilding
Pure filth! Ireland’s banned films – and why the censor didn’t want you to see them
The Irish Film Censor’s Office cut some of the greatest lines in cinema, to the dismay of the last censor, John Kelleher
The Movie Quiz: Who has yet to direct a feature in black and white?
Plus: Which is the only Shakespeare play to have won the best picture Oscar?
Irish interest at Venice film festival 2026: Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard and more
The Venice event is, after Cannes, comfortably the second most important film festival on the calendar
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest review: Strikingly beautiful documentary unearths an alien world
Gary Lennon’s film about rewilding a patch of the Beara Peninsula is as beautiful as it is freaky
On the Sea review: A brave, honest film that closes around you like a squall
Grim drama set among hard-edged fishermen in north Wales stars Dubliner Barry Ward
Reading has become a hobby for which you need equipment, like scuba diving
Visits to BookTok and Bookstagram reveal readers remain as eccentric as ever
Four new films to see this week: The Odyssey, Animal Farm, Cactus Pears, Effi o Blaenau
Matt Damon, Zendaya, Seth Rogen and Kieran Culkin feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 17th, 2026