Jack Reynor

Katherine Bigelow’s furious new film, ‘Detroit’, tackles historic racism and strikes some shocking notes. But the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director has been taking fire for even taking on the project

The riot is as virtuoso as any recent action sequence but this film’s problems run deep

Kathryn Bigelow gets controversial in ‘Detroit’. Domhnall Gleeson looks cool in ‘American Made’

Ben Wheatley’s latest - which pitches Murphy, Brie Larson, Armie Hammer and Jack Reynor into an hour-long gunfight - struggles under the weight of its own ambitions

Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor are the muddled lovers with no chemistry in Jim Sheridan’s film of Barry’s acclaimed novel

Synge Street in Dublin 8 is turning to the Irish language to restore pupil numbers

Our fearless Film Correspondent tries to predict the films that will battle it out for the Best Picture Oscar next February

Festival guests this year include Vanessa Redgrave, Kerry Fox, Anna Friel, Jack Reynor, Cillian Murphy and Aiden Gillen

Room sweeps the board with seven awards while Brooklyn takes two

He wowed Sundance and impressed at Audi Dublin International Film Festival – the teenage musician and actor is perfectly cast as director John Carney’s movie alter-ego

Mammal, Land of the Enlightened, The Lobster, Viva, Love & Friendship and Sing Street feature

Short film depicts a foreign woman trying to communicate with police in Copenhagen

Tomm Moore’s animation called ‘Song of the Sea’ is the surprise Best Film winner

Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition

Kenneth Branagh, Julie Andrews and Russell Crowe lined up as part of festival bill

Reynor first attracted attention as the star of Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did

Actor awarded special jury prize for acting for role in film set in Tallaght

Saoirse Ronan says she ‘gets very emotional’ talking about Tóibín adaptation

Chairman Bill O’Herlihy says sector ‘can do better’ if it secures higher Government funding

Kerryman Gerard Barrett’s work among 12 films for World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Even at 21, Will Poulter works hard at being the best thing in every picture he makes, writes Donald Clarke

‘We suddenly realised we were best friends’

There are at least half a dozen Irish films worthy of hearty praise this year, so why are Irish film-makers so dark of mood?

Keating’s Aussie musical among the movies steamrolled by the Brendan O’Carroll juggernaut

It’s a long way from the hills of Wicklow to the heights of Hollywood, and Jack Reynor has made the trip in just two short years. Megastardom awaits, but the Transformers star is keeping his feet firmly on the ground

A new generation is following the lead of Brosnan and Neeson. But what makes Irish actors so compelling?

Irish Film Board says overseas investors ensure industry is more vibrant than ever

Ripper Street, Vikings and Penny Dreadful among the big productions of 2013