Actor Awards: Jessie Buckley wins again with best actress award for HamnetSinners and Michael B Jordan are big winners at the former SAG (Screen Actors Guild) awards; Paul Mescal loses out to Sean Penn for best supporting actor Mon Mar 02 2026 - 06:47
Actor Amanda Seyfried: ‘My husband and I both love Ireland so much’Star of The Testament of Ann Lee has taken some unlikely career swerves. It makes it easier to disappear into roles, she saysSun Mar 01 2026 - 05:23
Four new films to see this week: Scream 7, Sirat, All You Need Is Kill and AmplifiedNeve Campbell, Courteney Cox and Sergi López feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 27thSun Mar 01 2026 - 05:00
Sirat: This nomadic rave adventure is tense, original and extraordinaryBest enjoyed in the biggest cinema with the best audio system, it leans into ravers’ musical preference with relishFri Feb 27 2026 - 05:12
The Movie Quiz: Who has not played the title character in a Martin Scorsese film?Plus: What was the first film to take a billion dollars at the world box office?Fri Feb 27 2026 - 04:53
Bafta N-word Tourette fallout has done nobody any good and there is no easy fixOn one thing everyone agreed: broadcast of the involuntary tics two hours after the live event defied all reasonThu Feb 26 2026 - 10:25
Scream 7: Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox return for meta-textual bloodlettingThe latest addition to the franchise struggles to find fresh ways to snark at slasher conventionsThu Feb 26 2026 - 09:01
‘I share this with my daughter’: Jessie Buckley wins best actress at 2026 BaftasIrish actor takes home one of award ceremony’s leading prizes, continuing her run towards the OscarsSun Feb 22 2026 - 21:32
TikTok’s analogue bags: Stuffed with wool, watercolour kits and no shortage of ironyCult of the smartphone-free bag hints at the enduring power of Big NeedlepointSun Feb 22 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: The Secret Agent, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, The Testament of Ann Lee and The MomentCharli XCX, Rose Byrne, Amanda Seyfried and Wagner Moura feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 20th, 2026Sun Feb 22 2026 - 05:00
Iftas 2026: Jessie Buckley, Ciarán Hinds and Cork drama Christy take prizesHamnet star pays tribute ‘to Kerry for reminding me of my wildness’ as she collects best actress awardFri Feb 20 2026 - 21:31
The Moment: Charli XCX mockumentary relies on damply written stereotypesSatire makes few jokes that weren’t made as well in Absolutely Fabulous 30 years agoFri Feb 20 2026 - 05:10
The Movie Quiz: Which is not a Sergio Leone film?Plus: What is the actual last line of Sunset Blvd?Fri Feb 20 2026 - 05:00
The Testament of Ann Lee: Oscar snub for steely Amanda Seyfried is a mysteryFive stars for a musical that argues for the often underexplored potency of female charismaThu Feb 19 2026 - 06:00
Fair Deal review: Aislín McGuckin holds nothing back as a pantomime monster for the agesUna McKevitt’s play turns into a riotous black farce. It’s a tonal shift that pays offWed Feb 18 2026 - 09:17
The Monk review: Gerry Hutch’s prologue is not the oddest aspect of this one-man showTheatre: Lights pick out the real Hutch in show that approaches truth from oblique angles Tue Feb 17 2026 - 08:21
Even the most pinch-mouthed Ulsterman is yearning for a rain-free momentRain does a lot for popular culture. You’ll see a fair bit of it in Wuthering Heights if you check it outSun Feb 15 2026 - 06:00
Four new films to see this week, from Wuthering Heights to Crime 101Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 13th, 2026Sun Feb 15 2026 - 05:00
‘Wuthering Heights’ star Alison Oliver: ‘I really didn’t imagine a film career for myself’The Irish actor stars alongside Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptationSat Feb 14 2026 - 05:31
The Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho: ‘I love the title. It’s short and sexy’After winning two Golden Globes, the proudly puzzling thriller is up for the best-picture Oscar. And now the Brazilian president is on the phoneFri Feb 13 2026 - 05:13
The Wuthering Heights Movie Quiz: Who did not do similar duty on the moors?Plus: Who has released a whole album for the new “Wuthering Heights”?Fri Feb 13 2026 - 04:59
Crime 101 review: Barry Keoghan brings his Love/Hate juice to LA – and eats the role aliveIrish actor stars alongside Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry in Bart Layton’s sleek thrillerWed Feb 11 2026 - 16:00
‘Wuthering Heights’ review: Less 120 Days of Sodom, more Carry on HeathcliffThe Irish actor Alison Oliver shines in a film that can’t shake off the problem with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and HeathcliffMon Feb 09 2026 - 20:00
Four new films to see this week: A Quiet Love, Send Help, My Father’s Shadow and TwinlessRachel McAdams, Sope Dirisu, Dylan O’Brien, James Sweeney and Aisling Franciosi feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of February 6th, 2026Mon Feb 09 2026 - 04:58
Lupita Nyong’o, Odessa A’zion and the Norman Nobrains of racially controversial castingNobody wants casting directors to be administering DNA tests to establish the genetic suitability of auditioning actorsSun Feb 08 2026 - 05:15
Sam Raimi: ‘I was very lucky that Stephen King gave The Evil Dead a good word. It got noticed and I was off’The Send Help director is best known for horror but his roots lie in comedy and no-budget shorts shot with pals in 1970s DetroitFri Feb 06 2026 - 05:12
The Movie Quiz: Who is not a Looney Tuner?Plus: The director of which sequence has just stepped up as the first lady’s official chronicler?Fri Feb 06 2026 - 04:59
A Quiet Love review: Charming and deeply humane As well as being touched by the sweetness of the stories, anyone ignorant about deafness will get an educationThu Feb 05 2026 - 05:10
Send Help review: Trash this classy doesn’t come along often enoughSam Raimi’s genre-skipping desert-island satire gives Rachel McAdams room to be charming, vicious and unsettling in equal measureWed Feb 04 2026 - 05:12
Four new films to see this week: Is This Thing On?, Nouvelle Vague, Primate and Rabbit TrapWill Arnett, Laura Dern, Zoey Deutch, Dev Patel and Rosy McEwen feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 30th, 2026Sun Feb 01 2026 - 04:48
Melania review: Shameless propaganda that could put you to sleep If this supposed documentary weren’t about what it’s actually about, it could at times play as an unlikely meditation aidSat Jan 31 2026 - 07:25
John Bishop: ‘I went into a mad depression because I realised I was a man being told what to do by another man’The Liverpudlian comedian on inspiring Bradley Cooper’s new film Is This Thing On?Fri Jan 30 2026 - 05:25
The Movie Quiz: Who has never been in a James Bond film?Plus: What song plays under the Walt Disney logo at the start of their films?Fri Jan 30 2026 - 04:59
Nigella Lawson descends from the heavens to redeem The Great British Bake Off with her sacred double entendresNews that the food guru is to join the Channel 4 cookery show has sent journalists crackersThu Jan 29 2026 - 12:00
Nouvelle Vague review: Richard Linklater’s love letter to an iconic era of French cinemaThis portrayal of the creation of Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard’s first feature film, celebrates Frenchness at its most proudly awkwardThu Jan 29 2026 - 05:12
Is This Thing On? review: A sincerely felt origin story for comedian John Bishop moved from Liverpool to New York Director Bradley Cooper’s approach takes us closer to an improv night than a session of disciplined joke-tellingWed Jan 28 2026 - 05:10
Baftas 2026: A record-breaking Hamnet, a slate of Irish talent, and a strange awards-race decisionJessie Buckley’s Bafta nomination confirms her as strong favourite for the best-actress awardTue Jan 27 2026 - 14:56
Sorry, what did Matt Damon just say? I was looking at my phoneThe Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences Sun Jan 25 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: The History of Sound, Mercy, No Other Choice and H Is for HawkPaul Mescal, Chris Pratt, Lee Byung-hun, Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 23rd, 2026Sun Jan 25 2026 - 04:53
The Movie Quiz: Which decade has seen the most Die Hard films?Plus: Who just passed out Scarlett Johansson’s record, set last July, as the highest grossing film star ever?Fri Jan 23 2026 - 04:52
Oscars 2026: Jessie Buckley is in strong position to win Ireland’s first best actress awardIrish talent ranked high in this year’s Oscar nominations, but Hamnet film-makers will be disappointed Paul Mescal didn’t make the final listThu Jan 22 2026 - 16:30
Oscars 2026: Donald Clarke’s predictions for today’s nominationsWatch out for One Battle After Another or Sinners shattering the record for most Academy Award nominationsThu Jan 22 2026 - 08:38
Mercy review: If AI does take over the world, it can’t be as boring as this film’s depictionWe spend a lot of time staring at Chris Pratt looking worried and a Rebecca Ferguson increasingly bored of sounding increasingly boringWed Jan 21 2026 - 17:00
‘The other new Paul Mescal film’: Classy production, engaging actors, no sparkDespite fine performances from Mescal and Josh O’Connor, Oliver Hermanus’s period drama remains curiously inertWed Jan 21 2026 - 05:12
Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-LewisIrish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nodsTue Jan 20 2026 - 08:30
Chris Pratt: ‘There’s this temptation to just cut the tether and fly off into space’Chris Pratt is one of Hollywood’s most bankable names. That makes it crucial to keep your feet on the groundTue Jan 20 2026 - 05:14
Performative readers could only dream of the reaction War and Peace got on the Belfast trainThe internet would have us believe public transport is full of men ostentatiously reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Is this a joke?Sun Jan 18 2026 - 05:15
Four new films to see this week: Rental Family, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Megadeth: Behind the MaskBrendan Fraser, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell and Dave Mustaine feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 16th, 2026Sun Jan 18 2026 - 04:52
Brendan Fraser: ‘My great-grandad escaped the Famine. He came across the Atlantic by himself aged 11’The Oscar-winning actor’s peripatetic life makes him a perfect fit for his new film, Rental FamilyFri Jan 16 2026 - 05:21
The Movie Quiz: Where will the Sundance Film Festival be from next year?Plus: Which Grease song was not in the original 1971 stage musical?Fri Jan 16 2026 - 04:50
