Oscars 2026: Jessie Buckley finishes a job started by three other Irish stars
The Hamnet star, winner of the Academy Award for best actress, had seemed unstoppable for months
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The Hamnet star, winner of the Academy Award for best actress, had seemed unstoppable for months
The Irish star, picking up the Academy Award for best actress for her heart-rending turn in Hamnet, is one of two Irish winners
Irishman Richard Baneham secures his third visual effects Oscar, while One Battle After Another takes six awards, including best picture
Unless Los Angeles slides into the sea, the Hamnet star will become the first Irish winner of the best actress Academy Award
Streaming services, digital rentals and catch-up cinema screenings mean you can see all of this year’s key contenders
Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners features trad music and vampirism, and has macabre echoes of a real-life event 100 years ago
The director of one of 2025’s most talked-about films on the links between Irish and black communities
Big winners among Irish productions were Sinéad O’Shea’s Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story and Brendan Canty’s Christy
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Ryan Coogler’s terrific film has a post-credits sequence that adds important plot points. What the hell’s going on?
Part period bloodsucker flick, part blues-heavy musical, with not one but two Michael B Jordans and an insanely violent denouement
Donald Clarke: Kids’ movies are becoming the only cinema many punters will pay to see
The 'If Beale Street Could Talk' director on the Oscars mix-up and what's next
Review: The Rocky films have moved on, and the acting has never been better in the series
‘Creed II’ is No 8 in the Stallone franchise. We salute its refusal to throw in the towel
US director says his heart lies with action movies like The Equalizer 2
The ‘Incredibles 2’ director on the Disney studio’s secret sauce, and keeping his distance from corporate nonsense
African-American director Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ starring Oprah is a big hit at box offices despite so-called negative ‘audience reviews’
Latest chapter in Marvel cinematic universe more than another superhero film
Review: It features a black superhero, but the CGI is suffocating and the plot is weak
Director Colin Trevorrow made the jump from micro-budget films to blockbusters. But for his latest, he’s gone back to his indie roots, and the critics aren’t pleased
In recent years the San Diego Comic-Con has exploded into the mainstream with A-list stars, first-run footage, and the world’s most dedicated fans. Liam Burke on the highlights from this year’s pop culture behemoth
Film-maker Spike Lee and actor Jada Pinkett Smith say they will not attend this year's ‘lily white’ ceremony
In the Rocky offshoot Creed, Ryan Coogler has made a rare boxing film with a black actor as star. The director talks about how he won over Sly, and the cultural importance of Apollo Creed
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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