Kontinental ’25 review: Five stars for this dark comedy of ethical heft and barbed wit
Radu Jude’s film takes a scattershot approach to antisemitism, capitalism, nationalism and religious hypocrisy
Kenny Dalglish: A warm, generous portrait and welcome antidote to Liverpool’s current woes
Asif Kapadia’s signature technique allows the Anfield legend to tell his story, replete with compelling archive footage
Four new films to see this week: The Mastermind, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Regretting You, and Frankenstein
Josh O’Connor, Jeremy Allen White, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 24th, 2025
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-operate
Frankenstein film review: Jacob Elordi is a beautiful Creature, but the rest feels crudely sewn together
Director Guillermo del Toro’s innovations and invented characters feel crudely grafted on to the source material
Bruce Springsteen biopic review: Jeremy Allen White broods beautifully in Deliver Me From Nowhere
Director Scott Cooper’s reflective biopic captures The Boss at a creative crossroads
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 politics
Four new films to see this week: After the Hunt, Ballad of a Small Player, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man, and Souleymane’s Story
Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 17th, 2025
Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man review – Compelling storytelling, elegant direction
Trisha Ziff allows the former Sinn Féin president to reflect on his life and times in a documentary filmed over five years
Souleymane’s Story: A powerful and moving chronicle of life on the margins
Boris Lojkine’s much-decorated film follows a Guinean immigrant over three frantic days in Paris
The Leap, at Dublin Theatre Festival, is an imaginative dive into the emotional world of a preteen
Dublin Theatre Festival 2025: Gavin Kostick’s play is Fishamble’s first for young audiences
Four new films to see this week: I Swear, Good Boy, A Want in Her and Tron: Ares
Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Jared Leto and Greta Lee feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 10th, 2025
A Want in Her review: Daring and provocative search for a missing mother
Myrid Carten turns the camera to her own fractured family in this fascinating hybrid documentary feature
Tron Ares review: Great music, but it is deja vu all over again for sequel nobody wants
Fabulous styling and camera work cannot save drama about AI program that wants to become human – just like Pinocchio did
Four new films to see this week: A House of Dynamite, Re-Creation, The Smashing Machine and Urchin
Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Vicky Krieps, Aidan Gillen and Emily Blunt feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 3rd, 2025