Two films about sexual assault. One a small masterpiece. The other a clattering disgrace
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Leonard and Hungry Paul review: Droll Dublin dramedy narrated by Julia Roberts is Normal People for nerds
Adaption of Rónán Hession’s book puts real Irish life on the screen without any compulsion to call attention to itself
Four new films to see this week: After the Hunt, Ballad of a Small Player, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man, and Souleymane’s Story
Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield and Colin Farrell feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of October 17th, 2025
After the Hunt review: This campus drama makes ill use of some very fine actors
Luca Guadagnino’s latest film involves an accusation of rape against a gay student of colour
At Venice film festival, it can be worth getting soaked to the underwear for a not very good movie
Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney, and After the Hunt, featuring Julia Roberts, were, respectively, pedestrian and dizzyingly incoherent
First Look: Julia Roberts does her best, but After the Hunt feels like a pointless provocation
Venice International Film Festival 2025: Luca Guadagnino’s film is a dull retread of the PC-gone-mad arguments of the past quarter-century
The ultimate in movie-star glamour: Emma Stone, Julia Roberts and George Clooney get their speedboats ready
Venice International Film Festival 2025 is getting under way – and for Hollywood stars nothing tops arriving on a glossy motor launch
Séamas O’Reilly: Apple TV+ has Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and God, but is anybody watching?
Foundation is genre storytelling at its richest, while Murderbot is smart-as-a-tack pulp sci-fi
George Clooney is giving up romance at 63. Don’t people of his age deserve love?
The star says he’s too old to play any more romantic leads. But something odd has happened: that kind of big film has almost vanished
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
My three nights at Taylor Swift cost me €47 an hour. Cheaper than therapy
Stevie Nicks and Julia Roberts were there, and Swift played ‘my’ surprise song. Who knew one song had such healing powers?
Taylorwatch: Dublin pub says ‘great to welcome’ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after three Aviva gigs
The weekend-long celebration of Swiftness has passed but the memories remain
I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Sydney Sweeney’s rise: Hollywood finally has an old-school movie star on its hands, and it has no idea what to do
Donald Clarke: The embrace of Sydney Sweeney as a new Elizabeth Taylor is one thing. Whether the movie industry is set for a reboot is quite another
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