Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod

Illustrious ceremony honouring best in film and television attracts stars including Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore

Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan

The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’

We reach our top 10 favourite movies released in Ireland this year

This hugely entertaining spasm favours full-frontal attack on the targets of its incensed satire

Actor (61) plays a has-been celebrity who is tempted by a youth serum in hyperreal film The Substance

Long cuddles, spa ‘treats’ and lavish pet-sthetics – pet privileging might seem like a nice idea for humankind’s best friends, but are we just breeding unhappy dogs?

June 30-July 5: From serious and comical takes on the UK election to a documentary that catches up with the Brat Pack

Donald Clarke: Cannes film festival has gone wild for the biggest star of 1995. Will she build on the success? What does history tell us?

Television: Ryan Murphy’s portrayal of Truman Capote with swoon-worthy ensemble is not the capricious romp he may have originally had in mind

Amanda Kramer’s leather-clad, neon-bathed shakedown of gender, greasers and groaning is unclassifiable

The actor’s increasingly patchy career has been cut short by the disorder aphasia

Aphasia can be devastating for patients, disrupting their everyday communication

‘This is a season for healing. And I’m here for it,’ actor and wife of Will Smith says

Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped

The Rihanna snap is the latest in a tradition going back to Demi Moore in 1991

A whole new chapter in his career could start with breaking international scoring record

The Brat Pack actor on luck, sexism and Big’s love scene – ‘It would not be acceptable today’

Patrick Swayze’s defining feature never enters the ‘great sports film’ conversation