Tara Brady

Film Critic

Tara Brady is film critic and features writer at The Irish Times

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Four new films to see this week: Iron Maiden – Burning Ambition, Trad, The Sheep Detectives, and Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft – The Tour

Bruce Dickinson, Megan Nic Fhionnghaile, Hugh Jackman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 8, 2026

Sun May 10 2026 - 04:54

‘I can’t remember my parents. We all need a story to understand where we come from’

The film-maker Carla Simón on the semi-autobiographical Romería and searching for family history after being orphaned by Aids

Sat May 09 2026 - 10:00

The Sheep Detectives review: The farmyard hasn’t been this disarming since Babe

Hugh Jackman, Nicholas Braun and Chris O’Dowd star in an affecting children’s film that’s unafraid to confront mortality

Fri May 08 2026 - 05:06

Billie Eilish (Live in 3D) review: Stunning views show raw power of an incredible artist

James Cameron’s concert footage puts heartfelt focus on the fans

Thu May 07 2026 - 15:00

Four new films to see this week: The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Song Cycle, Hokum, Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Adam Scott and Nick Kelly feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 1st, 2026

Sun May 03 2026 - 04:53

Reflection in a Dead Diamond review: Who needs a new Bond film when there’s this to be dazzled by?

The Belgian duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani have crafted the most convincing Bond film since A View to a Kill

Fri May 01 2026 - 05:08

Hokum review: Adam Scott excels in this Irish ghost story with a sly sense of fun

Director Damian McCarthy corrals witches, grief and dark comedy into a claustrophobic hotel drama

Wed Apr 29 2026 - 05:06

Severance actor Adam Scott on filming in west Cork: ‘I was the American weirdo upstairs. I loved it’

Severance star’s new film is Hokum, directed by the Irish film-maker Damian McCarthy

Mon Apr 27 2026 - 05:11

Four new films to see this week: Mother Mary, Rose of Nevada, Michael, Exit 8

Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, George MacKay, Callum Turner and Michael Jackson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 24th, 2026

Sun Apr 26 2026 - 04:49

Exit 8 review: An elegant horror that forces the unfortunate hero’s paranoid mindset on the viewer

Trapped in an endless passageway, the protagonist must scan his surroundings for anomalies

Fri Apr 24 2026 - 05:06

Michael review: Two hours of cosplay karaoke – and absolutely no suggestion of impropriety

Jaafar Jackson does a good job channelling his late uncle, but this is a sanitised, corporatised cash-in

Tue Apr 21 2026 - 14:00

Primavera director Damiano Michieletto: ‘Wexford is in my heart. It’s an important part of my story’

Crafting a film, he notes, is an adjacent but separate skill set from staging opera

Mon Apr 20 2026 - 05:06

Four new films to see this week: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Wizard of the Kremlin, The Blue Trail

Jack Reynor, Jennifer Lopez, Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander and Jude Law feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of April 16th, 2026

Sun Apr 19 2026 - 04:58

The Blue Trail review: Ageing rebel’s spirit reawakens in defiant journey down the Amazon

Gabriel Mascaro’s exuberant film blends dystopian sci-fi with real-world concerns about elder care

Fri Apr 17 2026 - 05:08

The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Jude Law lends gravitas to this clunky drama

Too often the film feels like a prestige television series compressed into an unwieldy feature length

Fri Apr 17 2026 - 05:06