The 50 best films of 2025: No 20 to No 11
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
David Cronenberg
The Shrouds review: David Cronenberg’s mordant, personal conspiracy thriller is one of director’s best films
There is an eerie stillness to the film that says as much about loss as does the disturbing premise at its centre
Horror director David Cronenberg on his wife’s death: ‘I wanted to get into the coffin, to be with her body’
The Shrouds is an intensely personal film for the maker of The Fly, Dead Ringers and Crash
Ralph Fiennes: ‘I don’t feel any need to slow down. Opportunities come my way – and I can’t say no’
The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mystery
Periodical Review 14: A Language to Shout In - Transformation and deterioration preoccupy Irish contemporary art
Visual art: Exhibition features 20 artists selected by guest-curators Miguel Amado and Valeria Ceregini
10 great films to watch if you’re stuck indoors
What to watch when it’s too cold and icy to go out? Try It Follows, The Thing, The Fly, Roman Holiday, Up, Uncle Buck and more
Spencer: Kristen Stewart’s casting as a brittle Princess Diana is inspired
She balances trepidation with determination in Pablo Larraín’s spaced-out fantasia
Léa Seydoux: ‘Being objectified is a really horrible feeling’
The actor on creativity, sex scenes and missing Cannes Film Festival due to Covid
‘I knew that women were people. And I knew society would catch up’
Patricia Rozema’s film Mouthpiece shows the world still needs her daredevil vision
50 scary films to watch at Halloween
Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits
Mubi: online repertory cinema for a handful of change
Fancy a rotating visual feast of 30 arthouse movies monthly and all neatly curated?
Robert Eggers on bringing Robert Pattinson to The Lighthouse
In 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes
The Goop Lab: One episode is about the vulva. I’ll probably watch that with my parents
In Gwyneth Paltrow’s new Netflix series, Goop HQ could be straight out of Black Mirror
Robert Pattinson: ‘People are very angry about Twilight. I never understood it’
The actor has reinvented himself since the megahit franchise. Up next: playing Batman
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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