Horseshoe review: warring siblings, sullen silences and unwanted cups of teaThere is dark humour and emotional complexity in this impressive debut feature from Edwin Mullane and Adam O’Keeffe Thu Dec 04 2025 - 05:06
The 50 best films of 2025: No 50 to No 31Our list again leans strongly on the cultural cinema that emerged from big festivals such as Cannes and VeniceWed Dec 03 2025 - 05:35
Folktales review: Intimate portrait of three teens on the anxious verge of adulthoodHuskies in this Arctic Circle film become nonverbal catalysts for change, stealing each scene they’re inWed Dec 03 2025 - 05:08
George Clooney interview: ‘I’m not a guy who lives with regret’The actor wasn’t a star until he was in his 30s. It let him make his mistakes before he got famous – unlike Jay Kelly, the A-lister he plays in his new filmSun Nov 30 2025 - 05:31
Four new films to see this week: Blue Moon, Christy, Pillion and The Ice TowerEthan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Marion Cotillard and Sydney Sweeney feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of November 28th, 2025Sun Nov 30 2025 - 05:01
The Ice Tower review: Cool take on Hans Christian Andersen tale casts a hypnotic spellLucile Hadzihalilovic’s movie, which stars Marion Cotillard, leans into the sinister corners of coming-of-ageThu Nov 27 2025 - 05:08
Blue Moon review: Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott make performances to rememberBoth are upstaged by Richard Linklater’s obsessive attempts to shrink his leading man to a sub-five-foot statureWed Nov 26 2025 - 05:06
Four new films to see this week: Wicked – For Good, Testimony, Jay Kelly, The Thing With FeathersAriana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Benedict Cumberbatch feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of November 21st, 2025Sun Nov 23 2025 - 04:59
The Thing with Feathers review: Benedict Cumberbatch stars as struggling father in Max Porter adaptionWriter-director Dylan Southern works hard to fashion material into a pleasing film, with mixed resultsThu Nov 20 2025 - 05:06
The Ice Tower director Lucile Hadzihalilovic: ‘Marion Cotillard has this very warm presence, but sometimes she can be cold’Acclaimed Hans Christian Andersen adaptation has its Irish premiere this week as part of Irish Film Institute’s French film festivalWed Nov 19 2025 - 05:17
Jay Kelly review: George Clooney and Adam Sandler can’t save this Noah Baumbach movie The film around them though with its pointless comings and goings is not up to the taskWed Nov 19 2025 - 05:08
Four new films to see this week: Nuremberg, Born That Way, Alpha and Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution Russell Crowe, Remi Malek and Patrick and Gladys Lydon feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of November 14th, 2025Sun Nov 16 2025 - 04:57
Director Jon M Chu on Wicked: ‘I’m excited for the world to finally know what Wicked really is’The sequel to Wicked: Part One shows Jon M Chu is still a firm believer in the power of movie musicals Sat Nov 15 2025 - 05:16
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution review – A kinetic, fantastically violent self-referential spectacle for fansIf you’re hoping to surf the anime wave, this might not be the best place to startThu Nov 13 2025 - 05:06
Nuremberg review: Russell Crowe gives his best performance for years in this nervy battle of witsJames Vanderbilt turns one of history’s most documented trials into a psychological two-stepTue Nov 11 2025 - 10:32
Predators director David Osit: ‘The raw footage made me feel disgusted ... Horrified, really’The documentarian’s latest film is an uneasy exploration of early reality TV ‘sting’ show To Catch a PredatorMon Nov 10 2025 - 05:13
Benedict Cumberbatch: ‘Cillian Murphy’s manifestation of Crow on stage was a great thing’In The Thing With Feathers, the English actor follows in the Irish star’s footsteps as he takes the lead in Max Porter’s acclaimed story about griefSun Nov 09 2025 - 05:29
Four new films to see this week: Anemone, Abode, Die My Love and Train DreamsDaniel Day-Lewis, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton and Kerry Condon feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of November 7thSun Nov 09 2025 - 04:55
Train Dreams review: Joel Edgerton gives monumental performance in moving filmClint Bentley directs portrait of a man and his country undergoing a quietly radical transformationThu Nov 06 2025 - 05:07
Die My Love review: Jennifer Lawrence’s new film could be the worst date movie ever madeUncompromising, hypnotic, brave and often indelible looking, even when the theatricality and fractured structure erode any emotional weightWed Nov 05 2025 - 05:06
Joel Edgerton: ‘I’ve always enjoyed playing and celebrating quieter characters’Australian actor has had a varied career, including roles in Bluey and Star Wars, before starring in Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams alongside Kerry CondonTue Nov 04 2025 - 05:14
Four new films to see this week: Kontinental 25, Kenny Dalglish, Bugonia and Palestine 36Hiam Abbass, Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and Eszter Tompa feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 31st, 2025Sun Nov 02 2025 - 04:54
Kontinental ’25 review: Five stars for this dark comedy of ethical heft and barbed witRadu Jude’s film takes a scattershot approach to antisemitism, capitalism, nationalism and religious hypocrisyFri Oct 31 2025 - 05:08
Kenny Dalglish: A warm, generous portrait and welcome antidote to Liverpool’s current woesAsif Kapadia’s signature technique allows the Anfield legend to tell his story, replete with compelling archive footage Wed Oct 29 2025 - 16:00
Four new films to see this week: The Mastermind, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Regretting You, and FrankensteinJosh O’Connor, Jeremy Allen White, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 24th, 2025Sun Oct 26 2025 - 05:00
Jeremy Allen White on playing Bruce Springsteen: ‘Learning guitar was the hardest part’Preparing for his starring role in the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, the actor had a moment of panic when he realised his fingers wouldn’t co-operateSat Oct 25 2025 - 05:14
Frankenstein review: Jacob Elordi is a beautiful Creature, but the film feels sewn togetherDirector Guillermo del Toro’s innovations and invented characters feel crudely grafted on to the source materialFri Oct 24 2025 - 05:08
Bruce Springsteen biopic review: Jeremy Allen White broods beautifully in Deliver Me From NowhereDirector Scott Cooper’s reflective biopic captures The Boss at a creative crossroadsThu Oct 23 2025 - 11:00
Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro: ‘Mary Shelley was a Protestant girl. I’m a Catholic boy. Big difference’ The director’s quest to adapt Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has spanned more than 30 years, marked by false dawns and studio politicsTue Oct 21 2025 - 05:16
Four new films to see this week: After the Hunt, Ballad of a Small Player, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man, and Souleymane’s StoryJulia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 17th, 2025Sun Oct 19 2025 - 04:57
Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man review – Compelling storytelling, elegant directionTrisha Ziff allows the former Sinn Féin president to reflect on his life and times in a documentary filmed over five yearsFri Oct 17 2025 - 04:59
Souleymane’s Story: A powerful and moving chronicle of life on the marginsBoris Lojkine’s much-decorated film follows a Guinean immigrant over three frantic days in ParisWed Oct 15 2025 - 05:05
The Leap, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is an imaginative dive into the emotional world of a preteenDublin Theatre Festival 2025: Gavin Kostick’s play is Fishamble’s first for young audiencesMon Oct 13 2025 - 10:52
Four new films to see this week: I Swear, Good Boy, A Want in Her and Tron: AresRobert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Jared Leto and Greta Lee feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 10th, 2025Sun Oct 12 2025 - 05:03
A Want in Her review: Daring and provocative search for a missing motherMyrid Carten turns the camera to her own fractured family in this fascinating hybrid documentary featureThu Oct 09 2025 - 05:03
Tron Ares review: Great music, but it is deja vu all over again for sequel nobody wantsFabulous styling and camera work cannot save drama about AI program that wants to become human – just like Pinocchio didTue Oct 07 2025 - 17:00
Four new films to see this week: A House of Dynamite, Re-Creation, The Smashing Machine and UrchinIdris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Vicky Krieps, Aidan Gillen and Emily Blunt feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 3rd, 2025Sun Oct 05 2025 - 04:54
‘An illusion of safety’: Kathryn Bigelow and Idris Elba on nuclear-attack thriller House of DynamiteDialogue about nuclear weapons has been nonexistent for years, says Oscar-winning directorSat Oct 04 2025 - 05:19
The God and His Daughter, at Dublin Theatre Festival, has plenty of classical lamentation but not enough Marina CarrDublin Theatre Festival 2025: Second part of Marina Carr’s reworking of Sophocles’ Theban plays has plenty of lamentation but not enough CarrThu Oct 02 2025 - 11:39
Marina Carr’s The Boy, at Dublin Theatre Festival, asks us to look unflinchingly at the world we have madeDublin Theatre Festival 2025: Version of the Oedipal myth distinguishes itself with unique Irish sense of fatalism and witThu Oct 02 2025 - 11:05
Urchin review: Harris Dickinson’s impressive directorial debut follows a homeless addict around LondonThere’s a deep empathy running through the film, which fervently resists sentimentalityThu Oct 02 2025 - 05:05
Him star Julia Fox: ‘I don’t enjoy adrenaline any more. I just want everything to be calm and soft’Having endured trauma and instability in her youth, the New York-Italian artist and actor has since had ‘a huge revelation’Wed Oct 01 2025 - 05:10
The Smashing Machine review: Dwayne Johnson rocks in bruising biopic of MMA pioneerContemplative, careful performance in ‘anti-sports movie’ could land punch in awards seasonWed Oct 01 2025 - 05:07
Four new films to see this week: One Battle After Another, Sunphlowers, The Lost Bus and Brides Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 26th, 2025Sun Sept 28 2025 - 04:53
Brides review: Raw, compassionate chronicle of two teenage girls on a journey into extremismNadia Fall’s film is inspired by London schoolgirl Shamima Begum, who left home to join Islamic StateThu Sept 25 2025 - 05:09
Sunphlowers review: Quietly powerful Irish drama of grief and renewalAnne McCrudden gives performance of subtlety and strength in director Dave Byrne’s solid debutWed Sept 24 2025 - 05:04
Four new films to see this week: The Swallow, Steve, Girls & Boys, A Big Bold Beautiful JourneyBrenda Fricker, Cillian Murphy, Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 19th, 2025Sun Sept 21 2025 - 05:00
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 InfinitiSat Sept 20 2025 - 05:17
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey review: Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell go nowhere slowlyKogonada’s messy phantasmagoria is a hinterland for no one: a musical without musical numbers, a romcom without comedyThu Sept 18 2025 - 05:06
Girls & Boys review: Wildly impressive Irish debut features tremendous performances and a magical soundtrackDonncha Gilmore allows the film to wander romantically yet never lets the pace slackWed Sept 17 2025 - 05:08
