Harvest review: Trippy medieval parable where allegory overpowers the drama
Athina Rachel Tsangari’s first English-language film, adapted from the Jim Crace novel, is meticulously crafted yet oddly two-dimensional
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Harvest star Harry Melling: ‘I was surrounded by titans like Fiona Shaw. I was starry-eyed as they told me stories about theatre work’
The Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari is the latest auteur to take a shine to the former Harry Potter actor, who has earned the respect of everyone from the Coen brothers to Christian Bale
‘We would go to motels to have sex. In Brazil, as in every Catholic country, there’s a huge degree of hypocrisy’
Film-maker Aïnouz talks about Berlin parties, taking back Brazil from the military and coming to see cinema as an artform that can change the world
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
‘I couldn’t sit through it’: New Oscars rule requires members to watch all films before voting
Donald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shift
Oscars 2026: Will Hamnet with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley get a best picture nomination?
It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year
September Says review: A Greek weird wave star has set her new film in some kind of AI-generated Ireland. Why?
There’s something oddly misshapen about Ireland in Ariane Labed’s film, like one of those AI art fails in which everyone has the wrong number of arms
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
The 50 best films of 2024: No 20 to No 11
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Kinds of Kindness review: A pounding headache might be the only reward for your patience
Yorgos Lanthimos’s new triptych film features the talented Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and others, but it dissolves into a mess of half-decent ideas
‘The intimacy co-ordinators are kind of unshockable’: Emma Stone on her new film with Yorgos Lanthimos
If you thought their Oscar-winning collaboration Poor Things was unconventional, wait for the full-throttle madness of Kinds of Kindness
Cannes 2024 Movie Quiz Special: How many women have won the Palme d’Or for directing?
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Cannes 2024: Irish films to have unprecedented prominence at festival
Three Element Pictures productions will feature in official selection, with Yorgos Lanthimos’s Kinds of Kindness competing for the Palme d’Or
Oscars 2025: Donald Clarke predicts these 10 films will get best-picture nominations
He missed out on a Poor Things prediction this year – how successful will he be for next year?
Oscars 2024: ‘Very proud Irishman’ Cillian Murphy wins best actor, one of seven awards for Oppenheimer
Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar as Irish-produced Poor Things picks up four Academy Awards
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy looks unbeatable. Who else should win and who will win?
It’s shaping up to be Oppenheimer’s year at the Academy Awards. What about Barbie? And could Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things also do well?
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy leads sky-high Irish hopes as nominees fly out
Irish-made Poor Things is also up for several awards
Oscars 2024: How Dublin’s Element Pictures has set new records for Irish film
Analysis: Relationships with director Yorgos Lanthimos and Disney-owned backer Searchlight Pictures have been key to Irish production company’s success
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy’s best actor nomination leads a strong showing for Irish film
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things scores a huge 11 nominations, a record for an Irish-produced film
Poor Things review: Emma Stone is properly unsettling in this provocative feminist fable drenched in Victorian horror
This deranged comedy with shades of Pygmalion is a feast of cinematic excess loaded with intellectual traction and psychological grit
‘Emma Stone came up with a lot of the sex stuff that we did’: Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos
The master of cerebral weird has made a string of angular comedies with Element Pictures. Their latest, Golden Lion-winning collaboration is their wildest ride yet
Oscars 2023 shortlist: Irish film Flora and Son among the 15 contenders for original song
Irish production Poor Things, by Yorgos Lanthimos, nominated in three categories
Sex is back in the movies, and the Irish have a lot to do with it
Donald Clarke: Hollywood’s treating us like infants. And too many of us like it that way
Poor Things: Greece yet to develop mindset to deal as equals with EU decision-makers
Greece Letter: Athens has too often adopted a subservient attitude to Europe and the US
Two of this year’s tastiest Oscars contenders at Cork and Belfast film festivals
All of Us Strangers and Poor Things will screen alongside premieres of Irish features and fresh documentaries
Venice film festival: Irish-produced Poor Things wins top Golden Lion award
Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and produced by Irish company Element Pictures, wins Golden Lion
Poor Things first-look review: Emma Stone has never been better, and a moustache-twirling Mark Ruffalo has a ball
Venice International Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film won’t be in Irish cinemas until January. It’ll be well worth the wait
Venice film festival 2023: Few Hollywood stars but competition will be fierce for the Golden Lion
Hollywood stars may be missing but competition will be fierce for the Golden Lion
Venice film festival 2023: Liam Neeson and Emma Stone movies lead Irish interest as line-up unveiled
A sparkling line-up of titles for the upcoming 80th edition of the festival has been announced
Pandemic movie wins top award at Dublin International Film Festival
Best film winner Apples will be presented as an artefact of the Covid era in years to come
Koko-di Koko-da: The singing villain will haunt your dreams
Review: Johannes Nyholm’s unforgettable woodland reverie is grotesque and glorious
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Film is still dodging bullets despite being under heavy fire
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