Four new films to see this week: The Odyssey, Animal Farm, Cactus Pears, Effi o Blaenau

Matt Damon, Zendaya, Seth Rogen and Kieran Culkin feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 17th, 2026

The Odyssey review: Set aside any doubts. This star-studded film is Christopher Nolan at his best

This take on Homer’s classic – with a celebrity cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya – should win over even the most passionate sceptics

Steven Spielberg’s best films, in reverse order

As Disclosure Day arrives in cinemas, we rate each of the director’s 34 movies so far

Aer Lingus has begun its free in-flight wifi. Bang goes a rare oasis of tranquillity

Soon the only place a person will get free of online badgering is when under general anaesthetic

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight

November 23rd-28th highlights: including DJ Carey: The Dodger, The Beatles Anthology, and Stranger Things 5

Anemone review: This grandiose, inventively operatic project starring Daniel Day-Lewis is no ordinary film

Exhaustingly morose debut feature from Ronan Day-Lewis has unquestionable evidence of talent

Daniel Day-Lewis ends retirement from acting to star in son’s film

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis returns to film to star in his son Ronan’s directorial debut, Anemone, which he also cowrote

Baftas 2024: Cillian Murphy scoops best actor award for Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy remains on track to become the first person born in Ireland to win best actor at the Oscars

Harlots? It’s all pumping buttocks from the men. Which is fair enough

TV review: The BBC’s 18th-century brothel drama isn’t as gratuitous as you might think

The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

Mission Impossible: What is Tom Cruise’s best movie?

Tom Cruise’s 16 best films over a career that has stretched over 30 years

Television: Nigella’s living well. It’s the best revenge

Review: ‘Designing Ireland’, ‘The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds’, ‘Simply Nigella’

Miss Julie review: an appropriately draining exercise in lusty social discomfort | JDiff 2015

10 of the best: Scottish fiction

As Scots go to the polls to vote on independence, we select our favourite Scottish novels