Welcome to silly season, starring Dobby, James Bond, Count Binface and Brian MayOne can hardly imagine a better example of a mid-August story than this week’s report poking fun at Harry Potter fansSun Aug 16 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: The End of Oak Street, Lady, The Mahabharata and TonyAnne Hathaway, Sian Clifford, Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Dominic Sessa feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of August 14th, 2026Sun Aug 16 2026 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many films in the Rambo franchise?Plus: How well do you know the Ocean’s Eleven cast?Fri Aug 14 2026 - 05:00
Lady review: Oddball mockumentary that cannot fail to pick up a cult followingSian Clifford does not hold back grandness of her gestures in satire of the eccentric gentryThu Aug 13 2026 - 05:10
The End of Oak Street review: Ripping sci-fi entertainment as Anne Hathaway fights dinosaursIt might be a stretch to describe the film as a pastiche of Steven Spielberg, but the echoes are unmistakableWed Aug 12 2026 - 16:01
Four new films to see this week: The Summer Book, Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller?, Nimrods: A Green Day Comedy and Queens of the DeadGlenn Close, Emily Matthews, Mason Thames and Katy O’Brian feature in quartet of movies released in the week of August 7th, 2026Sun Aug 09 2026 - 04:53
Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have broken a chart record with Rein Me In. You know the one. Don’t you?The song has surpassed a 73-year-old record for longest stay at number one. Blame the death of the monoculture for the fact people haven’t heard (of) itSat Aug 08 2026 - 05:15
The Summer Book review: Lovely moments in unhurried adaptation of treasured Tove Jansson novelEnglish-language film directed by Charlie McDowell is old-fashioned in both good and bad waysFri Aug 07 2026 - 05:12
The Movie Quiz: How many films are there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Plus: To whom did Chris Rock eventually present an Oscar after being smacked by Will Smith?Fri Aug 07 2026 - 04:56
Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller? review: An Irish showman with ties to Johnny Cash, a famed Dublin venue, the Mafia and gold digging Charismatic talking heads help tell the story of an epic life in David Burke’s filmThu Aug 06 2026 - 14:10
Horror director Eli Roth: ‘All you can do is prepare your child. You can’t protect them’As his latest film, Ice Cream Man, is released, the film-maker explains why horror can’t be just ‘gross and repellent’. It has to be clever tooMon Aug 03 2026 - 05:12
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 definitionsSun Aug 02 2026 - 05:15
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?Fri Jul 31 2026 - 05:55
The Sacrifice review: No mistaking the quiet despair in reissue of Tarkovsky’s last filmRestoration of cinematic great’s final finished feature demands to be seen on the big screenFri Jul 31 2026 - 05:10
‘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 opportunityThu Jul 30 2026 - 05:15
Glen Hansard the film star was at the centre of two key moments in Irish cinemaHis best-song Oscar win with Markéta Irglová in 2008 alerted the world that the country’s screen industry was on the marchWed Jul 29 2026 - 15:00
Spider-Man: Brand New Day review – Summery fun but it might as well have a barcode on screenChemistry between Tom Holland and Zendaya is a reminder of old-fashioned cinematic values, but tolerance of Marvel is requiredTue Jul 28 2026 - 15:43
Lesbian Lines director Cara Holmes: Growing up, the word ‘lesbian’ was not really being said out loudGaze International LGBTQIA Film Festival: In pre-internet Ireland, telephone lines sprang up around the country to let isolated gay women feel heardMon Jul 27 2026 - 05:02
Elon Musk’s Wokebusters and the failing campaign against The OdysseyLet’s not pretend right-wing blowhards criticising Christopher Nolan’s film really care about infelicities in shipbuildingSun Jul 26 2026 - 05:15
Pure filth! Ireland’s banned films – and why the censor didn’t want you to see themThe Irish Film Censor’s Office cut some of the greatest lines in cinema, to the dismay of the last censor, John KelleherSat Jul 25 2026 - 05:31
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?Fri Jul 24 2026 - 04:56
Irish interest at Venice film festival 2026: Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard and moreThe Venice event is, after Cannes, comfortably the second most important film festival on the calendarThu Jul 23 2026 - 15:25
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest review: Strikingly beautiful documentary unearths an alien worldGary Lennon’s film about rewilding a patch of the Beara Peninsula is as beautiful as it is freakyThu Jul 23 2026 - 05:10
On the Sea review: A brave, honest film that closes around you like a squallGrim drama set among hard-edged fishermen in north Wales stars Dubliner Barry WardWed Jul 22 2026 - 05:12
Reading has become a hobby for which you need equipment, like scuba divingVisits to BookTok and Bookstagram reveal readers remain as eccentric as everSun Jul 19 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: The Odyssey, Animal Farm, Cactus Pears, Effi o BlaenauMatt Damon, Zendaya, Seth Rogen and Kieran Culkin feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 17th, 2026Sun Jul 19 2026 - 04:56
Brenda Fricker opened the door to a new Ireland when she won her Oscar for My Left FootIn person and on screen the late actor radiated an earthy integrity that cannot be fakedFri Jul 17 2026 - 18:46
Brenda Fricker, Irish Oscar-winning actor, has died aged 81Dublin born and raised, Fricker was the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for her role in Jim Sheridan’s My Left FootFri Jul 17 2026 - 13:27
The Movie Quiz: How many actors have won Oscars for roles in Christopher Nolan films?Plus: Which Odyssey character is played by a veteran of the Dark Knight trilogy?Fri Jul 17 2026 - 04:53
The Odyssey review: Set aside any doubts. This star-studded film is Christopher Nolan at his bestThis take on Homer’s classic – with a celebrity cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya – should win over even the most passionate scepticsWed Jul 15 2026 - 17:00
One star for Animal Farm: Not all films are equal, but few are less equal than thisThe animation has the animals of Manor Farm revolt against Farmer Jones in the opening five minutes and set up something like a collectiveWed Jul 15 2026 - 05:10
Remembering Sam Neill: The breadth of Omagh-born actor’s work was extraordinaryThe breadth of the Omagh native’s work was extraordinary. Any festival celebrating his work would last for weeks Mon Jul 13 2026 - 10:59
‘Would you believe I got a call from Liam Neeson?’: Catherine Corless film premieres in GalwayThe Lost Children of Tuam, featuring Monica Dolan as the mother and baby home historian, gets an emotional response at Galway Film FleadhSun Jul 12 2026 - 10:45
The lucrative but frustrating musical afterlife of The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Bob DylanWe’ll enjoy their new material. Then we’ll put it back on the shelfSun Jul 12 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Rosebush Pruning, Moana, Evil Dead Burn, The Last One for the RoadCallum Turner, Riley Keough, Dwayne Johnson, Catherine Laga’aia and Souheila Yacoub feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 10th, 2026Sun Jul 12 2026 - 04:55
Christopher Nolan interview: ‘It’s exciting to bring The Odyssey out. It’s also terrifying’Christopher Nolan on big-budget pressure, finally conquering Ulysses and why The Odyssey, his highly anticipated adaptation of Homer’s epic, deserves to be seen on the big screenSat Jul 11 2026 - 05:28
The Movie Quiz: Which is the first Alfred Hitchcock film in colour?Plus: Who flew Heywood Floyd to Space Station Five?Fri Jul 10 2026 - 04:52
Moana review: Lazy Disney live-action remake sullies the good name of ‘content’A decade since the animation, nothing of value is added in this lifeless, half-hearted pictureWed Jul 08 2026 - 16:00
Rosebush Pruning: A film too smug in its own show-off depravityThe audience is forced to endure a great deal of performative weirdness from an extraordinary array of talentWed Jul 08 2026 - 05:10
The World Cup – soccer in general – seems to have escaped its once-stubborn naffnessThe vast efficiency of the current tournament wipes out the comforting leathery embarrassment football once allowedSun Jul 05 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Enola Holmes 3, The Invite, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Minions & MonstersMillie Bobby Brown, Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 3rd, 2026Sun Jul 05 2026 - 04:55
Olivia Wilde: ‘My family is all in Ireland right now. We still have the same house’The director and star of The Invite on returning to Waterford, marriage and her love of Oscar WildeSat Jul 04 2026 - 06:00
The Invite review: Problems of privilege play out in a canny comedy of toxic luxury and uneaseThis unsettling four-hander from Olivia Wilde shines light through the cracks in deceptively upright relationshipsFri Jul 03 2026 - 05:12
The Movie Quiz: Who shouldn’t really be playing dead in Toy Story?Plus: Which film is the least likely to be a favourite of Andy Dufresne?Fri Jul 03 2026 - 04:48
Himesh Patel on Enola Holmes 3: ‘The casting decisions were made to tell a very honest story about colonialism’The actor has gone from his teenage break in EastEnders to playing Dr Watson in Netflix’s Sherlock Holmes franchise, and roles in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Ryan Coogler’s The X-FilesWed Jul 01 2026 - 05:14
Enola Holmes 3 review: Old-school, funhouse yucks with unexpected pockets of gritMillie Bobby Brown as our daredevil heroine is back and unleashing the right kind of funWed Jul 01 2026 - 00:01
Penelope Keith: A commanding actor with an intense feel for comic timing ‘I wasn’t going to get very far on my looks’, Keith once told Michael Parkinson. ‘So I thought I’d better be the gag girl’ Mon Jun 29 2026 - 14:07
Actor Agnes O’Casey: ‘I have a very clear sense of my great-grandfather’s spirit and his mind’The Star City and Black Dove actor recalls being brought to productions of Séan O’Casey’s plays as childSun Jun 28 2026 - 06:00
Happy birthday, Mel Brooks: 100 gloriously tasteless years. Long may you remain above groundBrooks continues to live one of the great American lives. Let’s break with tradition and celebrate him while he’s still aliveSun Jun 28 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: In the Hand of Dante, Supergirl, Jackass: Best and Last, and Blue HeronOscar Isaac, Gal Gadot, Milly Alcock and Johnny Knoxville feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of June 26th, 2026Sun Jun 28 2026 - 04:58
