The 50 best films of 2025: Materialists, Bridget Jones and Alpha make the list of numbers 30 to 21
We continue the countdown of our top-rated movies released in Ireland this year
Sean Baker
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‘I knew she was going to pull this off’: Sean Baker takes a back seat to Shih-Ching Tsou for Left-Handed Girl
The long-time collaborators join up again for a frenetic, characterful, lovely tale set in the night markets of Taipei
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse order
From Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 years
Ludivine Sagnier: ‘This sexy bombshell had nothing to do with who I was. I felt confused’
Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas
The Movie Quiz: For what did Anora’s Sean Baker not win a gong at the Oscars?
Plus: Spot the film without a credit for Bono
What follows the best-picture Oscar? Fame, fortune and perhaps even a Baggot Street nightclub
The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop
Oscars 2025: Was Adrien Brody’s speech the longest ever, was Conan O’Brien funny and eight other key questions
How did the drama over best international picture end up? And who was left off the in memoriam tribute section this year?
Oscars 2025: Full list of winners as wild screwball comedy Anora takes five Academy Awards
Mikey Madison beats Demi Moore for best actress prize as Adrien Brody is best actor, and Kieran Culkin and Zoë Saldaña get best supporting actor Oscars
Oscars 2025: Who will win and who should win? Ireland has just one chance
Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? And how many awards might the troubled Emilia Pérez pick up?
What Baftas 2025 tell us about the Oscars: Emilia Pérez is still in the race, Anora is back as a front-runner, and more
As the British and US film academies share many voters, the Baftas are a good indicator of what to expect at the Academy Awards
Oscar nominations 2025: The full list
From The Brutalist to Wicked, to Emilia Pérez and Conclave, all the contenders, for the 97th Academy Awards
Oscars 2025 nominations today: What are the chances for Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy?
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
Anora director Sean Baker: ‘What Mikey Madison did was so impressive. She shadowed lapdancers. She spent time in the club’
The US director used to be one of indie cinema’s best-kept secrets. Now his funny, sexy, action-packed new film is frontrunner for the best-picture Oscar
Anora: A stripper, Russian heavies and an oligarch’s son – what more do you need for a knockout comedy?
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner doesn’t waste a single one of its 140 minutes. No wonder it’s the favourite for the best-picture Oscar
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