László Nemes

‘My father thought my grandfather died in the Holocaust. It was all a lie’

Director László Nemes’s traumatic family history has informed his twisty drama set in Budapest after the second World War

Tue May 12 2026 - 05:16

Film is still dodging bullets despite being under heavy fire

The Decade in Culture: As we move into the roaring twenties many things remain the same about the seventh art

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00

The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant

We start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cut

Sun Dec 08 2019 - 06:00

Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00

Sunset: Fantastic feats of millinery, magic and mystery

Review: An enigma wrapped in a historical drama, this is one to admire and puzzle over

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:00

Modernist puzzle: László Nemes and his bloody awkward film

Hungarian auteur’s new film Sunset shows a vanished Budapest on the edge of change

Wed May 29 2019 - 05:00

Cannes Film Festival set to save cinematic souls from limbo

Woody Allen in line to set record while Pedro Almodóvar and Cristi Puiu eye Palme d’Or

Wed May 11 2016 - 03:00

László Nemes: “Is it now trendy for 17-year-olds to be neo-Nazis?"

Son of Saul director László Nemes raises some uncomfortable truths in his remarkable Oscar-winning Holocaust drama, and in conversation he’s no less controversial

Fri Apr 29 2016 - 06:53

Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ wins Cannes Jury Prize

Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan’ wins Palme d’Or to gasps in the auditorium

Mon May 25 2015 - 09:56

Cannes 2015: who’ll bag the Palme d’Or?

It looks like a three-horse race led by Todd Haynes’s ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett, and László Nemes’s ‘Son of Saul’. Could Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunningly beautiful ‘The Assassin’ sneak through to win?

Sat May 23 2015 - 07:15

Cornucopias of delight still in prospect at 68th Cannes Film Festival

The race for the 2015 Palme d’Or looks at this stage to be between ‘Son of Saul’ and ‘Carol’, two extraordinary pictures from two very different film-makers

Mon May 18 2015 - 01:00