‘I couldn’t sit through it’: New Oscars rule requires members to watch all films before voting
Donald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shift
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Julie Keeps Quiet director Leonardo Van Dijl: ‘I didn’t want to make a film about a hashtag’
The director’s debut feature is a gripping post-#MeToo drama about a teenage tennis prodigy. Has she been groomed?
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March 2nd-7th, including Towards Zero, The Academy Awards, The Skinny Jab Revolution and Réaltaí na Gaeltachta
Landmark Japanese documentary on rape was nominated for an Oscar, but may never be widely seen there
Victim Shiori Ito directed the ‘emotionally wrenching’ film about her attack and its aftermath
Oscars 2025: Kneecap’s failure to get a nomination is a genuine upset
Biopic of the West Belfast rap trio lost out on Oscar nomination for best international picture and best original song
Oscar nominations 2025: The full list
From The Brutalist to Wicked, to Emilia Pérez and Conclave, all the contenders, for the 97th Academy Awards
Show must go on in ‘great but very troubled’ Hollywood. But how?
After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward
Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of Los Angeles wildfires
The film industry’s highest honours will now be announced on Thursday, January 23rd
Anora director Sean Baker: ‘What Mikey Madison did was so impressive. She shadowed lapdancers. She spent time in the club’
The US director used to be one of indie cinema’s best-kept secrets. Now his funny, sexy, action-packed new film is frontrunner for the best-picture Oscar
Kneecap: Could Ireland be on track for its second international feature Oscar nomination?
In 2023, An Cailín Ciúin secured Ireland’s first ever nomination in this category. Could Kneecap make it twice in three years?
Maggie Smith, with a voice as unmistakable as Churchill’s, was a star for six decades
Dame Maggie Smith, who has died in London at the age of 89, was a singular talent on stage and screen
Sugarcane: Gripping story of abuse in Catholic schools in Canada is an early Oscar favourite
Documentary details horrific cruelty towards and abuse of First Nations children in residential schools and discovery of unmarked graves
Robot Dreams: How Pablo Berger created the most soulful tin man since The Wizard of Oz
Director’s animated depiction of friendship between a robot and dog in 1980s New York is far more affecting than its expensive Oscar rivals
Post box painted gold in honour of Oscar winner Cillian Murphy who ‘delivered for Cork’
Post box in Dublin also given gold treatment by An Post to mark success of Element pictures
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