The 50 best films of 2025 – a full list in reverse order
There were hopeful signs that Hollywood could make money out of good films that did not spring from established franchises
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The 50 best films of 2025: Materialists, Bridget Jones and Alpha make the list of numbers 30 to 21
We continue the countdown of our top-rated movies released in Ireland this year
The 50 best films of 2025: No 50 to No 31
Our list again leans strongly on the cultural cinema that emerged from big festivals such as Cannes and Venice
Search for the Truth review: Might Caroline Flack have preferred be allowed rest in peace?
Television: Documentary decries tabloid hysteria over Flack’s arrest and ensuing vitriol of strangers online, but is this what she would have wanted five years after her death?
Hollywood’s obsession with reissued films makes cinemas feel like museums with popcorn
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cinema, along comes another anniversary rerelease
All’s Fair on Disney+ review: Kim Kardashian’s stilted new legal drama is a proper atrocity
Television: Ryan Murphy, Hollywood’s laureate of bad taste, has produced one of the worst things Disney+ has ever foisted upon its subscribers
Caroline Flack’s mother on the death of her daughter: ‘I always say no one can do anything worse to me now’
Christine Flack has been haunted by the possibility that her daughter received ‘special treatment’ and was prosecuted only because police feared the scrutiny that came with a celebrity like Caroline
Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to the air on Tuesday, says Disney
Talk show host was suspended after comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk
A perfect end to a perfect day for Donald Trump after shock Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Under Trump, TV network’s grapple with potential future implications of host being placed in cold storage
Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show suspended indefinitely after Charlie Kirk comments
Trump’s chair of US broadcast regulator threatened ABC network’s licence if action was not taken against host
Stocks dip as markets await interest rate decisions
US Federal Reserve begins two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday
PR firm Penta sold to Disney investment vehicle Shamrock Capital
Penta recently appointed former taoiseach Leo Varadkar to its advisory board
Football Families review: Affecting behind-the-scenes tale of what it takes to get to the top
Television: Insight into Dublin club’s underage academies doubles as a picture of its imperial phase under erstwhile manager Damien Duff
The Movie Quiz: How many times has Steven Spielberg directed Richard Dreyfuss in a feature?
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Elio star Yonas Kibreab: ‘I saw my first Pixar movies when I was four, so to be in one is surreal’
Filipino-American actor (15) plays a misfit kid whisked across the galaxy in Pixar’s latest bid for renewed box-office dominance
TV guide: Love Island, Not Going Out and the other best things to watch this week
TV highlights for June 8th-13th, including From that Small Island – the Story of the Irish and Fubar
Northern police drama Blue Lights wins best drama series at Baftas
Irish actors Lola Petticrew and Nicola Coughlan miss out on awards, having both been nominated for the first time
Disney lifts outlook after streaming price rises
Entertainment group reports better than expected results but warns operating environment remains uncertain
Good American Family review: An eye-poppingly bizarre true story that fails to come to life
Television: Series starring Ellen Pompeo commits the egregious sin of attempting to send the viewer to sleep at every turn
Screamboat: Mickey Mouse as a violent psychopath is no classic, but gory twist on Disney knows its audience
Low-rent bid to monetise the newly public-domain Steamboat Willie embraces violent mayhem with gusto
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes review - Horribly riveting retelling of police killing an innocent man
Television: If only Irish drama displayed the same willingness to unpack our own scandals and dark secrets
Andor season 2 review: Irish actors shine in taut Star Wars prestige TV
Television: Disney was slightly off kilter with season 1 but is back on course with latest addition
The Stolen Girl: Bingeable, fun and instantly forgettable child kidnap potboiler with Denise Gough
Television: Irish actress plays mother of child who disappears during a sleepover in a friend’s house
Netflix levy: A boost for homegrown television or a blow to consumers?
We already have a TV licence fee, says Conor Pope, the Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent. But with a well-designed levy, the consumer wouldn’t pay, argues independent producer Larry Bass
You don’t have to have a hide like an especially thick rhinoceros to be a screenwriter, but it helps
They might be ‘daggers in the screen’ to some writers, but notes from producers are also a marker of success
Severance is brilliant and relatable. These are eight other similar shows you might love
Apple TV+’s stylish dystopian drama Severance is one of the best workplace TV shows. Here are eight more to watch
Flow review: Children will rewatch this piece of outsider art until the pixels wear out
This tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the Oscars
Snow White review: Live-action reimagining of the classic 1937 film is a muddled mess
Most distracting flaws are rooted in problematic re-creation of animated material in ‘live action’ cinema
Oscar winner Gints Zilbalodis: ‘It’s really cool that we can make these films with free software’
Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature
Daredevil: Born Again – this might just be the show to bring Marvel back from the dead
Television: Charlie Cox of Kin fame and Vincent D’Onofrio are almost like a comic book Pacino-De Niro pairing, such is their chemistry
Millions of dollars ‘under the table’: Daniel Kinahan’s backroom role in boxing
Court filings cast new light on Irish crime boss’s dealings with big promoters and relationship with champion fighter Tyson Fury
Disney boosted by strong showing at holiday box office
Entertainment group bounces back with film business offsetting hurricane-hit theme parks
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in February
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