F1 review: Kerry Condon injects Brad Pitt’s thuddingly predictable racing flick with a welcome touch of Thurles
We are in the world of high-end watch commercials, and no product is placed so prominently as Formula One itself
In 28 Years Later, Brexit Britain runs screaming towards its Apocalypse Now. What took it so long?
Danny Boyle, a stubborn Mancunian of Irish descent, can feel proud of showing how the subject can be addressed without dragging your art into po-faced agitprop
Four new films to see this week: 28 Years Later, Elio, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, and S/He Is Still Her/e
A quartet of movies released in the week of June 20th, 2025
Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards – ‘I think I’ve got the wrong personality for this job’
The self-effacing film-maker has never been an obvious fit for the Hollywood mould. What’s it like at the helm of one of the summer’s biggest titles?
The Movie Quiz: Which streamer was the first to distribute a best picture Oscar winner?
Plus: Bafta, Aacta, Edgar, César: which is the odd gong out?
28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s rattling zombie epic never lets up in pace or invention
Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star in a quest narrative that, amid its grade-A gore, has bleak fun with the state of Britain
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story review – Her Oscars wheelchair long gone, the star is sharp and witty in this enjoyable doc
Liza Minnelli is stirringly frank, not least about the pressures of growing up as the daughter of Judy Garland
‘Sometimes when we screen it there is spontaneous applause... it’s almost like a therapy’
The Last Journey directors Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson are best known as pranksters. But their new film also has a serious side
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora
We should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ Irish
Four new films to see this week: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, How to Train Your Dragon, Tornado and Lollipop
A quartet of movies released in the week of June 13th, 2025
The Cave review: Tommy Tiernan is perfectly cast as a downtrodden barroom philosopher in Kevin Barry’s bleakly funny play
Theatre: Directed with discipline and clarity by Caitríona McLaughlin, Tiernan, Aaron Monaghan and Judith Roddy slip comfortably into well-fitting skins
The Movie Quiz: Who did not direct a film that shares its name with a David Bowie song?
Plus: Which Viking is back in action this week?
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life review: Sparky dialogue and hearty comedy carry this lovely, mischievous film
Laura Piani’s film rises above comparisons not just with Austen’s work and the trad romcom but also with attempts to weave those things together
How to Train Your Dragon review: Nobody needed this remake. But it’s sleek, charming and funny all the same
Mason Thames is charming, Nico Parker fiery and smart. And who better to shout in a horned hat than Gerard Butler?
How to Train Your Dragon star Mason Thames: ‘My driver, Niall, would tell me the craziest stories about growing up in Belfast’
The young Texan actor got daily history lessons about Northern Ireland while making what’s set to be one of the summer’s biggest films