Simone Kirby

First Look: Kneecap the movie – Sundance has never seen anything like this immersion in acidic Northern humour

Major coup for Belfast punk-rap trio’s film with Michael Fassbender as Sony Pictures buys distribution rights

Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:30

Hidden Assets season two: Halfway to being an effective Irish cop show

Television: The Irish scenes of this pan-European thriller crackle with chemistry. The confusingly written Belgian plot is harder to care about

Mon Sept 04 2023 - 10:39

BBC acquires RTÉ drama co-production Hidden Assets

Crime thriller set in Ireland and Belgium will be shown on BBC Four

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 12:33

Hidden Assets: An unlikely mishmash of suicide bombers, Irish gangsters and Angeline Ball

TV review: The Irish-Belgian-Canadian drama is Irish stew with moules-frites and maple syrup

Sun Nov 07 2021 - 22:30

Dating Amber: Agreeable comedy about a fake romance in 1990s Ireland

Review: Perfectly aligned performances from the young leads hold the film aloft

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 05:00

Calm with Horses: Barry Keoghan shines in a poorly plotted Irish film

Review: Tense, well-acted drama about mad hoodlums starts to drift towards the end

Thu Mar 12 2020 - 05:30

Cleft review: An intriguing look at fear, bravery and trauma

Fergal McElherron explores family histories, and life on the margins in his new play

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 11:54

The week’s best theatre: Two new plays going by their gut

These Stupid Things at Smock Alley Theatre and Cleft at O’Donoghue Theatre are his week’s highlights

Sat Jul 20 2019 - 05:00

Kilkenny Arts Festival 2019: Rough Magic does Shakespeare, Nathalie Stutzmann does Bach

Festival unveils programme for this year’s festival, which runs from August 8th to 18th

Tue Jun 18 2019 - 12:59

The Hole in the Ground: It’s a scary, starey Irish horror

Review: Seána Kerslake fires on all emotions in a film that could flatten a lesser actor

Wed Feb 27 2019 - 05:00

‘Resistance’: Baddasses of the Irish War of Independence

Review: The sequel to RTÉ’s ambitious ‘Rebellion’ take liberties – but it’s a drama, not a history lesson

Sun Jan 06 2019 - 22:35

Morrissey as a miserable young man: ‘entirely asexual and a bit of an arse’

England is Mine review: Unauthorised biopic of the singer is a little lopsided but there’s plenty for Smiths fans to pore over

Thu Aug 03 2017 - 09:46

Ifta 2015 film and drama nominees announced

‘Frank’ with Michael Fassbender and ‘Patrick’s Day’ with Moe Dunford top nominations

Wed Apr 29 2015 - 16:02

Film review: Jimmy’s Hall

Life in the Free State was no jape, according to Ken Loach's affecting, beautifully shot but somewhat underpowered drama

Fri May 30 2014 - 00:00