The Irish Times

The World to Come: Tale of forbidden love in frontier America that subverts expectations

Award-winning drama features powerful performances and gorgeous cinematography

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 05:00

Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectable

Film review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnet

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00

‘I became a cop watcher. I was filming every time there was confrontation’

Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables marks documentary maker’s big league arrival

Tue Sept 01 2020 - 05:00

Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online

Art house classics rub shoulders with Palme d’Or winners and critically acclaimed works

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00

Dublin the last international film festival to dodge the global shutdown

The singularly imaginative film, one of many discoveries, was a worthy winner

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 11:55

Portrait of a Lady on Fire: A ravishing historical romance

Review: The film touches on 18th century abortion, drug-taking and all-girl parties

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 15:00

Céline Sciamma: I wanted to make something that breaks your heart. That’s a spoiler

Maker of Tomboy and Girlhood on being a woman in cinema and her ‘heartbreaking’ new film

Sat Feb 08 2020 - 05:00

European Film Awards another triumph for Irish production The Favourite

Dublin director of photography Robbie Ryan wins for Best Cinematography

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 21:41

Cannes 2019: Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite takes Palme d’Or

Antonio Banderas is among the other winners as contentious festival draws to a close

Sat May 25 2019 - 21:10

Tarantino, Almódovar and Loach head the old brat pack at Cannes

Fewer instant classics on show, but Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dark drama The Lighthouse and Irish horror Vivarium stand out

Fri May 24 2019 - 05:00

Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood: There’ll be fighting in the aisles

Cannes 2019: Quentin Tarantino reviewed, early Oscar buzz, plus Isabelle Huppert in Frankie

Wed May 22 2019 - 09:36

Cannes 2019: Banderas kills Banderas, Tarantino makes a spoiler plea, Maradona does a no-show

Cannes diary: Polanski’s latest film screens in secret; plus reviews of Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Young Ahmed

Tue May 21 2019 - 11:45

Cannes 2019: Thierry biffs back the beamers – and gives us brilliant bags

Cannes diary: Gender parity, populist politics, freebies and zombies. It’s all go already

Wed May 15 2019 - 11:00

‘Abused women know that danger can be lurking everywhere’

Xavier Legrand’s scintillating ‘Custody’ dramatises the horror of domestic violence

Fri Apr 13 2018 - 05:00

'Not everybody wants to confront death. And pay for the ticket'

The French director’s ‘Heal the Living’ follows the journey of a heart from donor to transplant recipient

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 06:30

Girlhood: a rare close-up for young black actresses in French cinema

Girlhood, set in the Paris suburbs, will make a star of Karidja Touré and is a milestone for French cinema

Mon May 04 2015 - 04:00