It seems churlish to complain that Fatherland is the weakest of the director’s historical trilogy, but it is

This masterclass in dramatic timing over 165 minutes coalesces into a gasping thriller

Trapped inside a sperm whale with only an hour of oxygen, a grieving son confronts his relationship with his father in the film adaptation of Daniel Kraus’s novel

Coming-of-age story examines how imperial power survives through new economic arrangements

Neasa Ní Chianán’s documentary on the former Green Party leader charts the travails of the larger environmental movement

Aaron Sorkin’s new film, The Social Reckoning, dramatises Frances Haugen’s whistle-blowing on Facebook and Meta’s approach to business

Zoe Kavanagh has fashioned an imaginative supernatural franchise from a microbudget

More stylish TV special than Academy Award prospect, the film lacks the toxic bang of its predecessor

Debut feature by Molly Manners culminates in an unforgettably spiky denouement

Russell Crowe makes an impression in a gritty 1930s survival film that draws on classic Hollywood

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Caitríona Balfe, Monica Dolan and Andrew Bennett feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 25th, 2026

The actor’s Irish childhood holidays helped make her a breakout star of Normal People – a happy memory as her new film, Sense and Sensibility, arrives

Pádraig Trehy’s latest feature marries silent cinema, expressionism and surrealism to create a historical fantasy

Frank Berry’s film reconstructs Catherine Corless’s meticulous investigation into the Bon Secours mother and baby home in the Co Galway town

Saoirse Ronan, Austin Abrams, Jarvis Cocker and Andy Milligan feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of September 18th, 2026