An Oak Tree at the Young Vic review: Pregnant Jessie Buckley brings extra poignancy to this theatrical wonder
Tim Crouch feeds his delighted guest star her lines in this now two-decade-old revelation of theatre-making
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Iftas: Small Things Like These beats Kneecap to win best film award
Cillian Murphy wins award for best actor for second year in a row while Saoirse Ronan picks up two gongs
Peter Sarsgaard: ‘I was around all these professional actors – Jeremy Irons, Gabriel Byrne... They all acted pretty crazy’
The September 5 star broke through with films such as Boys Don’t Cry. His new movie is a taut account of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics
Blue Road - The Edna O’Brien Story review: Was Ireland this dire? It really was
Sinéad O’Shea’s documentary is remarkable, though, for its consideration of an extraordinary life
Edna O’Brien: ‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’
With the release of her Edna O’Brien documentary imminent, documentary maker Sinéad O’Shea talks about the late writer’s remarkable and often difficult life
From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling
Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle
50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited
Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan
Author Maggie O’Farrell: I had a teacher at school who took the register, called my name and said to me, ‘Are your family in the IRA?’
The novelist Maggie O’Farrell on leaving Ireland, growing up in Britain, life as a child with a stammer and her new book
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
The Cable That Changed the World review: A bit like a double history lecture on a hot day
Television: Even narrator Jessie Buckley sounds as if she’s ready to check out. On a Monday night on RTÉ, this documentary is a bit of a snooze
Bernard Butler: Good Grief – Suede guitarist returns to the fray older, wiser and stronger
The songwriter and producer’s first solo album in 25 years, Good Grief carries a hefty confessional tone missing from his many collaborations over the past 20 years
Jessie Buckley: ‘I grew up in a household where music, writing and expressing yourself was really nurtured’
After a decade of blistering success, the Wicked Little Letters star has had a year off. Next up for the newlywed? Chloé Zhao, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz
Wicked Little Letters review: Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman swear like dockers in drama about ostracised Irish woman in quiet English town
When anonymous obscene letters are delivered to local notables of a stuffy English town, the finger of blame points at an Irish woman
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