Bono at Cannes: ‘You wrote this story. The Edge wrote this story. Adam and Larry wrote this story. McGuinness wrote this story’
Magic Farm review: Chloë Sevigny channels Gen X-worthy self-deprecation in surreal satire that skewers Americans abroad
By Tara Brady
First Look: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: Tom Cruise gets all sentimental amid some suave mayhem
Final Destination: Bloodlines review – The same running gag, but not quite as much invention
Riefenstahl review: Unrepentant propagandist will make you want to yell at the screen, but this fine film gets her in the end
The Wedding Banquet review: Charming cast outshine the flimsy material in fluffy remake of Ang Lee’s indie classic
By Tara Brady
Ocean with David Attenborough review: Age has done little to quell the naturalist’s intellectual curiosity and childlike wonder
By Tara Brady
Screamboat: Mickey Mouse as a violent psychopath is no classic, but gory twist on Disney knows its audience
By Tara Brady
Amongst the Wolves review: This Irish drug dealer is in debt to a villain played by Aidan Gillen. That never bodes well
Thunderbolts* review: Florence Pugh stars in the least bad of Marvel’s trilogy of obscure team-up flicks
April review: This five-star film is difficult and abrasive, but it’s also cinematic poetry
The Ugly Stepsister: This Cinderella story is gruesome, hilarious and definitely not for children
By Tara Brady
Fréwaka review: Aislinn Clarke’s Gaeltacht horror mines Irish mythology for socially conscious spookery
By Tara Brady
The Friend review: Bill Murray and Naomi Watts are genuinely touching in this lovely New York fantasy
Verdigris review: Irish director Patricia Kelly’s remarkable debut is a delicate drama about tricky subjects
By Tara Brady
Sinners review: The best film of 2025 so far, right down to the Celtic vampires singing Rocky Road to Dublin
Warfare review: Few US war films have come this close to acknowledging the true suffering of combat
Fran the Man review: Irish TV comedy’s big-screen upgrade floods the zone with classy comic actors
One to One: John & Yoko review – Watch this film at a good cinema to really appreciate its seat-juddering sound
Holy Cow review: Box-office smash powered along by youthful exuberance, earthy sex scenes and keen naturalism
By Tara Brady
The Return: In Ralph Fiennes’s new film, a minimalist take on The Odyssey, even the loincloths are skimpy
By Tara Brady
A Minecraft Movie review: Jason Momoa and Jack Black have a ball in a proudly silly family adventure
By Tara Brady
Restless review: Perfectly pitched thriller makes an everyday irritation impressively stressful
Mr Burton review: Absorbing Richard Burton origin story features a tremendous Harry Lawtey as the future Hollywood star
By Tara Brady
Four Mothers review: Fionnula Flanagan excels as one of four Dublin partying matriarchs on a road trip
An Taibhse review: Queasy atmosphere and good performances drive this taut Irish-language horror
La Cocina review: A kitchen drama that makes The Bear feel like listening to Enya in a garden centre
By Tara Brady
The End review: Don’t be put off. This powerful, beautiful film could become a cult classic
Misericordia review: We know whodunit in this Hitchcockian murder-comedy. But what’s everyone else up to?
By Tara Brady
Brief History of a Family review: Startlingly eerie debut finds new angles to a familiar genre
Snow White review: Live-action reimagining of the classic 1937 film is a muddled mess
By Tara Brady
The Alto Knights review: Robert De Niro’s gimmicky mobster double act is an unnecessary distraction
By Tara Brady
Sister Midnight review: An endlessly inventive marriage of perfectly pitched comedy and deranged ambience
The Electric State: Netflix gives the Russos $320m and this is all they have to show for it?
By Tara Brady
Black Bag review: Soderbergh’s spy flick starring Blanchett and Fassbender beats streaming rivals hands down
Opus: John Malkovich’s bopping saves this inventive but frustrating horror film
By Tara Brady
Plankton: The Movie review – Who knew marital discord could be so much fun for all ages?
By Tara Brady
Mickey 17 review: Bong Joon Ho’s fitful sci-fi satire is a rickety follow-up to the Oscar-winning Parasite
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – Moving portrait of an exiled apartheid photographer
By Tara Brady
On Falling review: This superb debut about a lonely warehouse picker is an astonishing fable of hidden miseries
Fight or Flight review: Snapped arms, splattered brains, a surprise chainsaw – this is good, honest pulp
Vermiglio review: Captivating chronicle of the hardships and eccentricities of an ever-expanding family
By Tara Brady
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