The Irish Times

Euphoria: The show that makes teenage self-destruction look weightless and beautiful

An unnerving but mesmerising journey into dark adolescence, Euphoria returns tonight

Mon Jan 25 2021 - 06:00

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

Bret Easton Ellis: ‘Ryan Adams and Joe Biden thrown under the #MeToo truck’

‘I am haunted by the way the indie musician Ryan Adams was put under the #MeToo banner’

Fri Apr 26 2019 - 15:30

The appeal of Phil Collins? It's his friendly, happy face

Phil Collins, who plays Dublin on Sunday, is hip again – but for Patrick Freyne he always was

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 10:20

Digging into the darkness of the young male psyche: Here Are the Young Men

Rob Doyle’s book is a rough but powerful debut, maybe the first novel since Kevin Power’s ‘Bad Day in Blackrock’ to interrogate the dark side of the young Irish male’s psyche

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

Choose your future. Choose life. Choose a different book to read: The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

Judging by his new novel, it may be time for ‘Trainspotting’ author Irvine Welsh to pipe down

Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00

A note-perfect homage to ‘American Psycho’, and other murders

A round-up of the best new crime thrillers

Sat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00

Shock horror! It’s Kim Newman

For four decades, Kim Newman has provided a peerless commentary to the lesser known gems of horror cinema – and is a dab hand himself at the monster myths

Fri Oct 18 2013 - 00:00