The 50 best films of 2025: No 20 to No 11
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Marion Cotillard
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Four new films to see this week: Blue Moon, Christy, Pillion and The Ice Tower
Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Marion Cotillard and Sydney Sweeney feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of November 28th, 2025
The Ice Tower review: Cool take on Hans Christian Andersen tale casts a hypnotic spell
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s movie, which stars Marion Cotillard, leans into the sinister corners of coming-of-age
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 festival
The Morning Show is just like real life. Who hasn’t slept with a tech billionaire?
Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon’s show is an enjoyable but chaotic mess that makes a compelling argument for tearing the Fourth Estate to the ground
The 355: All-female action romp fails to rise above second-rate material
Diane Kruger is the one bright light in a movie that’s weighed down by clichés
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Lean, efficient take on the Scottish Play
Joel Coen delivers an expressionist version of the often-filmed drama
Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon
French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour
Smell of success: 100 years of Chanel No5
Part of the legend of the world’s most famous fragrance is that it is adaptable, and is as beloved by fragrance lovers now as it was 100 years ago
Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees
Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list
But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?
Is Tenet as good as Inception? Christopher Nolan’s films ranked
As Tenet arrives in cinemas, we judge how it compares with The Dark Knight and Memento
Sparks still flying after all these years
Ron Mael and his brother Russell still believe in their maxim ‘innovate or die’
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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