Tara Brady

Tara Brady

Contributor

Tara Brady, a contributor to The Irish Times, is a writer and film critic.

Brides review: Raw, compassionate chronicle of two teenage girls on a journey into extremism

Nadia Fall’s film is inspired by London schoolgirl Shamima Begum, who left home to join Islamic State

Sunphlowers review: Quietly powerful Irish drama of grief and renewal

Anne McCrudden gives performance of subtlety and strength in director Dave Byrne’s solid debut

Four new films to see this week: The Swallow, Steve, Girls & Boys, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

Brenda Fricker, Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 19th, 2025

Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘Leonardo DiCaprio talks endlessly during prep, but once shooting starts he’s all in’

The director’s latest film, One Battle After Another, features three Oscar-winning actors and the impressive newcomer Chase Infiniti

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review: Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell go nowhere slowly

Kogonada’s messy phantasmagoria is a hinterland for no one: a musical without musical numbers, a romcom without comedy

Girls & Boys review: Wildly impressive Irish debut features tremendous performances and a magical soundtrack

Donncha Gilmore allows the film to wander romantically yet never lets the pace slack

Four new films to see this week: Spinal Tap II – The End Continues, Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale, The Long Walk, and From Ground Zero

Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 12th, 2025

Deaf director Eva Libertad: ‘My parents found it really hard to watch. They never knew my sister suffered like this’

The Spaniard’s film is informed by the real-life experiences of her sister, Miriam Garlo, who plays the lead role, with the aim of starting a larger conversation

Seón Simpson’s on a Tangent, at Dublin Fringe, is a touching, hilarious monologue

Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: An audacious navigation of the intersection of form, comic provocation and mental health

From Ground Zero review: 22 stories told by Gazans under siege

Collection of short films highlights miraculous act of carrying on amid obliteration of normal life

Testo, at Dublin Fringe, is a kinetic, noisy, thrilling adventure into genderpunk and transmasc

Dublin Fringe Festival 2025: Discombobulated by the idea of a breaststroke through a butter orgy? Buckle up for Wet Mess’s show

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale review – Tiresome curtain call could turn ardent monarchists into Kneecap fans

For anyone except diehard fans, the third film from the hit TV show will feel like midseason filler

Robert Sheehan: ‘Living in Ireland helps with everything. Everyone feels like they’ve known you forever’

The actor discusses his craft, fame and cutting down forests as a ruthless emperor in Marvel Comics’ Red Sonja

Four new films to see this week: Highest 2 Lowest, The Cut, Sanatorium and Honey Don’t!

Denzel Washington, Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe and Margaret Qualley feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 5th, 2025

Honey Don’t! review: This queered-up take on noir cliches amounts to nothing

Nothing lands in the second instalment of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s unwanted lesbian B-movie trilogy

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