<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.irishtimes.com/arc/outboundfeeds/feed-culture/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[Irish Times Feeds News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:57:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><ttl>1</ttl><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title><![CDATA[The Boroughs on Netflix: Stranger Things creators’ hit up the pensioners in this pacy murder mystery]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/21/the-boroughs-on-netflix-stranger-things-creators-hit-up-the-pensioners-in-this-pacy-murder-mystery/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/21/the-boroughs-on-netflix-stranger-things-creators-hit-up-the-pensioners-in-this-pacy-murder-mystery/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: Boomer bigwigs Geena Davis, Bill Pullman and Alfred Molina top the bill in this supernatural amateur detective romp]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:21:36 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/7QJJ6B3OEFG45ERH7DT5TCV5KM?auth=792d23f561526b8c46eb86be9bc8aef3a64d8fe105c99b8d0f17cb0dc36d5329&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Denis O'Hare, Alfred Molina and Alfre Woodard in The Boroughs, which has a sprinkling of the Thursday Murder Club. Photograph: Netflix]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Showbiz Download Reviews]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Netflix,Inc. All Rights Reserved. All Rights Reserved</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Minotaur – grim chronicle of a selfish, privileged class willing to look the other way]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-minotaur-grim-chronicle-of-a-selfish-privileged-class-willing-to-look-the-other-way/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-minotaur-grim-chronicle-of-a-selfish-privileged-class-willing-to-look-the-other-way/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Andrey Zvyagintsev delivers a chilling thriller set in provincial Russia during the Ukraine war, but the political allegory can feel overdone]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 13:13:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KH4HUOZF65AMTE4KJH2NLUAAGE.jpg?auth=a4b49b6705f1a461442e7f39096ca91fd1c93a38a5f12a434482cfdd19e33fc2&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Dmitriy Mazurov and Iris Lebedeva in Minotaur, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film review May 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Fjord - Nail-biting drama exploring European culture and tolerance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-fjord-a-fiercely-probing-drama-of-european-culture-clash/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-fjord-a-fiercely-probing-drama-of-european-culture-clash/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cristian Mungiu’s tale confirms him as one of cinema’s sharpest moral observers]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/ERWA2Q5Z2NAHJL5Y5Z7OYBVUAI.jpg?auth=4b9480d27ac445dd4b3245d9ba7267354b1418bfab66c6fba8de505f0c0f369d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve in Fjord, directed by Cristian Mungiu]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film review May 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Paper Tiger – Gangsters and fixers in grimy 1980s New York ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-paper-tiger-gangsters-and-fixers-in-grimy-1980s-new-york/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-paper-tiger-gangsters-and-fixers-in-grimy-1980s-new-york/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star in latest drama from James Gray]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:51:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/53LEC5FXI5AJHOLRRE3VB7W4FA.jpg?auth=828ad26639d04a0261394d63909a1329cf33ab0a3c2723c333a0af14b36929b0&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson in Paper Tiger, directed by James Gray]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film review May 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Bitter Christmas - You’ll wonder if Almodóvar is phoning it in]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-bitter-christmas-youll-wonder-if-almodovar-is-phoning-it-in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/cannes-first-look-review-bitter-christmas-youll-wonder-if-almodovar-is-phoning-it-in/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eventually the Spanish auteur pulls the film’s threads together into a sharp and unexpectedly brilliant punchline]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:44:15 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YYDPK24VWJAERO5PCIQ3QMZBKM.jpg?auth=4f649118dd8a62ebb713bdb60dfab46fe2100f472c67b6933d1982347965e49e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Bárbara Lennie and Victoria Luengo in Bitter Christmas, directed by Pedro Almodóvar]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film review May 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dublin Literary Award 2026: Ali Smith wins €100,000 prize for Gliff]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/21/dublin-literary-award-2026-ali-smith-wins-100000-prize-for-gliff/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/21/dublin-literary-award-2026-ali-smith-wins-100000-prize-for-gliff/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Doyle]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:35:24 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/MFQEMC2GWBDUDNBFIYL72L3GWA.JPG?auth=3ebfc22c5cdc14d111a848cef49f69c1065ae8e00fb17821ff2f97fc0af98805&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Dublin Literary Award 2026: Winner Ali Smith, author of Gliff. Photograph: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[NO FEE]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Bardem, Blanchett and Almodóvar on a free Palestine, Bruce Dern on a storied life]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/05/21/cannes-2026-bardem-blanchett-and-almodovar-on-a-free-palestine-bruce-dern-on-a-storied-life/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/2026/05/21/cannes-2026-bardem-blanchett-and-almodovar-on-a-free-palestine-bruce-dern-on-a-storied-life/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cannes likes its guests to remain tight-lipped on political issues. Try telling that to Pedro Almodóvar. And everyone else]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 09:56:25 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/CQ73UTU3TNECLID33UX5M6GAGM.jpg?auth=90309776927c97044ba6e64fc54d33a17087a6edc380ee73d55f4b31b75889b4&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Javier Bardem at the Beloved screening. Photograph: Gisela Schober/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film Cannes 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Gisela Schober</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Simon in Dublin review: An emotionally flooring, intimate performance]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/21/paul-simon-in-dublin-review-an-emotionally-flooring-intimate-performance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/21/paul-simon-in-dublin-review-an-emotionally-flooring-intimate-performance/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Siobhán Kane]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Like a great conductor, Simon steers his incredible band around songs that speak to his layered career]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 07:49:29 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/FSD6YDGSKRF5ZCDQMPXVMWR7AE.jpg?auth=8ac4c4c71300ee1d01b517226cb27bcc10c33b8e38166b131a3a4cfa5880c6df&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Paul Simon performing in London. Photograph: Jake Edwards]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Paul Simon]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jake Edwards</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne on Rivals: Due to the filth I wrote, The Irish Times has banned any more sex talk  ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/21/rivals-the-irish-times-has-banned-any-more-sex-talk-so-let-me-just-say-mirrored-meat-propellers/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/21/rivals-the-irish-times-has-banned-any-more-sex-talk-so-let-me-just-say-mirrored-meat-propellers/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Patrick Freyne]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Subscribers to Irish Times Nites will still get the dirty bits. We really like to service all of our readers]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JUBGUSFZKZEG7MVS2KYT2VFNKU.jpg?auth=3eb74fac402dec83c7b13a65834e14c71e3e2ec6a59da5048badff84a47aaf53&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Riding, riding and more riding: Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black in Rivals. Photograph: Robert Viglasky/Disney]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture TV Patrick Freyne column May 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass review – Cartoon duo become supporting players in their own film]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/tom-jerry-forbidden-compass-review-cartoon-duo-become-supporting-players-in-their-own-film/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/21/tom-jerry-forbidden-compass-review-cartoon-duo-become-supporting-players-in-their-own-film/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Cat and mouse rivals are pushed aside for an assortment of flimsily sketched newcomers who absorb most of the screen time]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:06:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/AKGS5RM5TZBYNCRRIYZ27NNIC4.jpg?auth=bef5f4053e5f89eda1f693fa1fc87a92dd056ceefe9672070ff2582dce822c61&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Tom & Jerry: Forbidden Compass is co-produced by Warner Bros and the Chinese state for a primarily Chinese audience]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture film review May 2026]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poem: ‘I feel sorry for those little old machines. They’ll never see the bark of ancient evergreens’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/where-art-comes-from/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/where-art-comes-from/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robyn Yelverton McKiernan]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A poem by Robyn Yelverton McKiernan, age 15, Dublin]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/C5J6XTRA2ZCEHPFIEDTFU6BZ5A.jpg?auth=3fe263d38645ccd4fd25e1d0dd1d5c020b405024e102ad4b002a918af34a89ea&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Group of diverse people talking, chatting, bonding]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">stellalevi</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A goat named Cornelius: ‘In fairness, you can’t be giving a dog’s name to a goat’ ]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/cornelius/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/cornelius/</guid><description><![CDATA[A story by writers at Drogheda Youthreach, which supports young people outside mainstream schooling, offering creative and vocational learning opportunities]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/NMHTZ3WUEFFHBMLPRSLDEMVCK4.jpg?auth=91b975b7689e17c46c99ce6f9109dec328d3c45fd1d04327108c1aa2f30ef3be&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA['Cornelius? That’s an odd name for a goat.' Photograph: iStock]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ireland - Sheep at Achill Island]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Martin Diebel</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other People’s Lives by Kathleen MacMahon: Writing of harried midlife with devastating accuracy]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/16/other-peoples-lives-by-kathleen-macmahon-writing-of-harried-midlife-with-devastating-accuracy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2026/05/16/other-peoples-lives-by-kathleen-macmahon-writing-of-harried-midlife-with-devastating-accuracy/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ Catherine Higgins-Moore]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Protagonist Justine realises she hasn’t so much made life choices herself as responded to others’ choices]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:51:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/4IYXIWEZQ5HBTMQTBWJOI6BNTY.jpg?auth=ea0db0b065310127c187eb9808e25cb44ad41884fff1997b13d207ab54dfb158&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kathleen MacMahon: Her novel Other People’s Lives is aptly titled and considers the familial challenges of contemporary emigration and the cost of marriage, motherhood and enduring friendship. Photograph: Neil MacDougals]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Kathleen MacMahon by Neil MacDougals]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Event guide: Florence Road, Luke Kelly Festival and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/05/21/event-guide-florence-road-luke-kelly-festival-and-the-other-best-things-to-see-in-ireland-in-the-week-ahead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/05/21/event-guide-florence-road-luke-kelly-festival-and-the-other-best-things-to-see-in-ireland-in-the-week-ahead/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Clayton-Lea]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[May 23rd-30th, 2026: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 03:46:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Culture</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IPAF65SWU5H7VGVTMKSJZQGQMY.JPG?auth=faf2bb4424fab46e5035503120970394c129d13f4749b68ff0ab25939c155df6&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Florence Road]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Ticket culture music December 2025]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doja Cat’s Dublin show feels as if it could go off the rails – but the star stays in complete control]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/20/doja-cats-dublin-show-feels-as-if-it-could-go-off-the-rails-but-the-star-stays-in-complete-control/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2026/05/20/doja-cats-dublin-show-feels-as-if-it-could-go-off-the-rails-but-the-star-stays-in-complete-control/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruby Eastwood]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Doja Cat proves herself a magnetic performer, dancing almost nonstop in Dublin’s 3Arena]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:59:20 +0000</pubDate><category>Music</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/XTETN4E3QFAPZMSMR6GUT4BUQM.jpg?auth=86e17da195c52b57be94b236d283df24c008e4b920db86238b0e0366d892544d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Magnetic performer: Doja Cat onstage earlier this year. Photograph: Jemal Countess/Getty]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Culture music gig review May 2026]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Jemal Countess</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cannes First Look review: Tin Castle paints a touching, confounding portrait of an Irish Traveller family]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/cannes-first-look-review-a-touching-confounding-portrait-of-an-irish-traveller-family/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/cannes-first-look-review-a-touching-confounding-portrait-of-an-irish-traveller-family/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Alexander Murphy’s documentary about Pa’ and Lisa O’Reilly and their 10 children has a sense that we’re drifting towards an inevitable closure]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 08:29:03 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/KI3WWCCTH5BGLMA7KFMXF75IIQ.jpg?auth=b2e777f7618e457c2b5801b46d30448ffdc574ef34e89e500e96a281bb7ce291&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Cannes 2026: Tin Castle, directed by Alexander Murphy]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Tin Castle by Alexander Murphy]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kylie Minogue’s Netflix documentary: Why Ireland was one of the most controversial moments of her career and 11 other things I learned]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/20/takeaways-from-netflixs-kylie-minogue-series-broken-hearts-a-terrified-nick-cave-and-the-irish-show-that-went-too-far/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2026/05/20/takeaways-from-netflixs-kylie-minogue-series-broken-hearts-a-terrified-nick-cave-and-the-irish-show-that-went-too-far/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Power]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Television: The Australian soap star-turned-global celebrity revisits her lifetime in the spotlight in a new three-part Netflix series]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>TV &amp; Radio</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/LD53UBKT5EOBK4AKFLVJLYZBJA.jpg?auth=029144738e7d2216192f8b4380edf6eae884aa1058ce377449d39f10a2b84278&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Kylie Minogue at the launch of her Netflix documentary series, Kylie. Photograph: John Phillips/Getty Images]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Netflix Documentary Series "Kylie" Launch Event]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">John Phillips</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Emily review: Manchester romcom undone by clunky moments]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/finding-emily-review-manchester-romcom-undone-by-clunky-moments/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/finding-emily-review-manchester-romcom-undone-by-clunky-moments/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald Clarke]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lead actors have a spring-fresh charm but Minnie Driver’s character feels lifted from an American campus film]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:10:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H54LEBTIBVFVLAECFYW4TVDOWI.jpeg?auth=2e686c79350a93b98e96a884c96212b907f2ca7c184ddd080fd99f130b412b24&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Finding Emily: Spike Fearn as Owen and Angourie Rice as Emily]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Finding Emily: Spike Fearn and Angourie Rice]]></media:title></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hen review: Five stars for this compelling chicken-themed thriller]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/hen-review-chicken-themed-thriller-is-a-surprising-quietly-disconcerting-fable/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/review/2026/05/20/hen-review-chicken-themed-thriller-is-a-surprising-quietly-disconcerting-fable/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Brady]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Clucking heroine of György Pálfi’s compelling tale an unlikely emblem of ordinary existence under late-capitalist criminality]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Film</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/JTOCRDWREFDGTGT63HWHUSC4GU.jpg?auth=825aeed2e438b288cdc29981daf1818d1da776e66aa89f086845f02a23f55e8b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Hen]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Hen, directed by György Pálfi]]></media:title><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Words: ‘The sheer creative power could never be replicated by AI’]]></title><link>https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/the-stories-in-this-supplement-are-alive-the-sheer-creative-power-could-never-be-replicated-by-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2026/05/20/the-stories-in-this-supplement-are-alive-the-sheer-creative-power-could-never-be-replicated-by-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Catherine Prasifka]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Author Catherine Prasifka opens this year’s Fighting Words magazine in The Irish Times, which showcases creative writing from young people across Ireland]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate><category>Books</category><media:content url="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/SRQECNGXUJA2RENMBX6DFKAFQA.jpg?auth=ad9fffa53aae2e714905465b9241130122ebae0e01bc51b6903eb1dd3c1c583c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=630&amp;height=350" type="image/jpeg" height="350" width="630"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Writer Catherine Prasifka. Photograph: Joanna O'Malley]]></media:description><media:title><![CDATA[Catherine Prasifka]]></media:title></media:content></item></channel></rss>