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The Odyssey is so conservative, I am half surprised it wasn’t written by Jacob Rees-Mogg
We have been told that the left’s grasp on the culture is all but total – yet the biggest film of the year is a Christian morality play
Sex, gods and executions: What Christopher Nolan left out of The Odyssey
If you smooth out Homer’s epic poem and modernise it too much, you lose what made it so important to begin with
The Irish Times view on The Odyssey: from epic poem to blockbuster
Every age has remade the poem in its own image
I feel sorry for anyone who’s skipping The Odyssey because of ‘wokeness’
Complaints about Christopher Nolan’s commitment to ‘historical accuracy’ are deeply entertaining
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
The Odyssey review: Set aside any doubts. This star-studded film is Christopher Nolan at his best
This take on Homer’s classic – with a celebrity cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya – should win over even the most passionate sceptics
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 screen
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding: What we know so far
Apparently a gathering for 100 is expected at Madison Square Garden tonight, and another for 1,000 people tomorrow afternoon
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-Files
A victim of its own popularity – Dalkey’s second World War Eire sign gets a facelift
Dozens of volunteers repainted the sign which has become scuffed from people walking across it
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey isn’t evidence of a cultural void. It’s the opposite
With a little hindsight we will know what is interesting about the 2020s. It won’t be Marvel franchises, but it could be Taylor Swift
So the Odyssey trailer has upset you. Shut up and stop whinging
Christopher Nolan's film doesn’t open for another two months, and pedants are already getting their underwear in knots
Emer McLysaght: If I’d met Matt Damon with his SuperValu bag, I’d have jumped into the sea
My pathological fear of inconveniencing anyone extends to the brightest stars
Oscars 2027: Which films will be up for best picture? Donald Clarke predicts the nominees
From Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey to Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, a look at next year’s potential best-picture contenders
Sorry, what did Matt Damon just say? I was looking at my phone
The Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences
I’ve moved to a Sydney suburb so posh, it makes me uneasy
I’ll have to introduce my neighbours to fluffy house socks, squirty cream in a can and the cultural importance of the Real Housewives series
In Dalkey I feel the same thing Matt Damon surely did before me: this is where I’m meant to be
The sea air masks a weight that would otherwise be crushing: no kidney transplant or living donor has worked out for me yet
Trading places: The baseball stars who swapped wives, kids and even their pets
When New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announced their unusual ‘life swap’ 50 years ago, it was shocking even for the permissive 1970s
Michael D Higgins’s dogs, Cillian Murphy’s blue eyes and Enya’s voice: Patrick Freyne’s 30 real Irish icons
Forget national heroes, martyrs and rank celebs. These are the certifiable emblems of our small but great nation
Drive-Away Dolls review: This yellow-pack comedy from Ethan Coen raises the question ‘Oh brother, where art thou?’
No good will can wholly brush away the ersatz hokeyness of this venture. It’s as if The Beatles managed to release a record by Herman’s Hermits
Cillian Murphy’s Magdalene laundries film grips audience at Berlin festival
Small Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’
Charlie Engle: ‘Running saved my life, then running gave me a life’
He has done time in a US prison, kicked drink and drug addictions, and run the length of the Sahara desert. Next stop: Dublin. Then maybe Mount Everest
Hollywood should make a film about some lad in the Tayto factory cleaning staff inventing smoky bacon
Donald Clarke: Films have been made lately about Tetris, Air Jordan, the BlackBerry and Cheetos, a trend that connects with the American god of the brand
Tom Hanks to speak at Dalkey Book Festival about release of debut novel
Dalkey Book Festival: Oscar-winning actor will discuss his path from film to fiction writing on June 16th
Producers of Last Duel film hit with ‘Covid-related expenses’ bill of €8.17m
Production was delayed here due to Government Covid-19 restrictions
Air: Ben Affleck’s creamy period project seeking to glorify a Nike gym shoe
This portrayal of Nike’s efforts to get Michael Jordan’s endorsement for its new basketball shoe buzzes furiously through its engagement with unlikely truths
The year in people: Who had a good one? Who didn’t?
From politics to entertainment and sport, Eoin Butler casts a critical eye over the heroes and the zeros of 2022
Tide turns on crypto currencies as recession fears stalk markets
Sector’s value, led by bitcoin, has slumped by more than two-thirds since $3 trillion peak in November
Vikings: Valhalla production firm receives €34m in film tax credits
Metropolitan Films International also received credits for Disenchanted
Emer McLysaght: The two lines on the antigen test came with a certain relief
As restrictions eased, I relaxed very slowly. My vigilance was still at 75% when I got Covid
Rezoning Dalkey for affordable housing? The natives are up in orms
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: Keeping social housing out is a Killiney hill they’re willing to die on
Killiney planning: ‘There is no way housing built on that strip of land would help solve the crisis’
Should Dalkey be exempt from large-scale development? Councillors believe coast is unsuited to such house-building but regulator disagrees
Celebrity NFT bores, Peloton’s new drama woes and Joe Biden v Fox’s Peter Doocy
Planet Business: A week of sarcasm and close shaves
Matt Damon’s The Last Duel big winner in tax relief for films
Disney’s Disenchanted only other film to recieve betweem €10m and €30m in support
Catriona Balfe: ‘Monaghan in the ’80s, a guard’s daughter … you’re not particularly welcomed’
The Monaghan star on modelling, motherhood – and becoming Kenneth Branagh’s ma
Yours for €13.25m: Ireland’s 10 top property sales of 2021, inside and outside Dublin
More than 800 sales of €1m or more were recorded this year, most notably of Lissadell
Nothing says festive warmth like The Muppets, Home Alone and some psychological horror
Emer McLysaght: Netflix knows all too well that I am a divil for a Christmas comfort film
Lady Gaga: ‘When I got back from Italy, I threw out my cigarettes, threw out the booze’
The singer discusses her role in House of Gucci with film director Ridley Scott
Ross O’Carroll Kelly: ‘You are not giving me a combover – I’m a quiff goy’
Blinky the borbor in Monkstown suggests a Jude Law or a Matt Damon
The Last Duel: Yes, it brought Matt Damon to Dublin, but there’s far more to it than that
Review: Ridley Scott’s historical epic gives a man and a woman’s differing accounts of a rape
Miriam Lord: Joe Duffy sleeps in oxygen tent to prepare for reaction to free contraceptives
Outbreak of civility as Ministers unveil Budget 2022, with even SF toning it down
Ireland has the weather, the landscape and the spotty extras that medieval movies need
Donald Clarke: The country easily delivers the desired sense of mildewed desolation
Matt Damon: ‘Ben came over for dinner, then called me at 7am the next day and said, Let’s do this’
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Nicole Holofcener on making their film The Last Duel with Ridley Scott
Minnie Driver on her mother’s death: ‘Grief is just another expression of love’
Modern Love actor says being bereaved amid the pandemic has given her greater insight on loss
‘Perhaps if I was 20 I would think, Oh my God, maybe I’m going to have an Oscar’
The Call My Agent! and Stillwater star Camille Cottin doesn’t take success for granted
Director Tom McCarthy: ‘American movies don’t often come to France and embrace the backdrop’
Spotlight director on his new film starring Matt Damon adrift in Marseille
‘Life goes on all the same’: Olympic gold just another race for O’Donovan and McCarthy
Remarkable Skibbereen duo already looking ahead to Paris as they savour historic success
Graham Norton: ‘I’m not lonely – let’s put it that way’
The talkshow host, a master of deflection, has been living in Ireland during lockdown
The best new movies coming to cinema and TV this summer
Films are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+
Sean Moncrieff: Dublin looks like the 1980s again
Recently, I started to absorb just how much the centre of Dublin has changed
Róisín Ingle: Another lockdown – it won’t come to that. Will it?
We are in the last throes of the virtual now. That’s what you’d hope, anyway
‘Cinema is not dead.’ Cannes film festival makes a promising return
After cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programme
‘Was there red wine late at night involved?’ the hairdresser asks
I’m more than delighted with My New Hair; now all I need is somewhere to take it
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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