Barry Lyndon turns 50: Is Kubrick’s epic, filmed in Ireland, a folly or a masterpiece?
The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greats
The Movie Quiz: Who has never played Kevin Costner’s wife?
Plus: Which studio’s films were, from 1924-1928, introduced by a Dublin-born legend?
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke
Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 counties
Friendship review: This twisted buddy-buddy movie is funny but not much fun
Comedian Tim Robinson brings the cringe factor – and suppressed fury – to Andrew DeYoung’s writing and directing debut
Galway Film Fleadh 2025: The big winners at the hottest festival in memory, including Gerry Adams basking in adulatory sunshine
Gerry Adams’ film and Trevor Birney’s The Negotiator show subjects in sympathetic light
Pierce Brosnan’s 11 most memorable movie roles – in reverse order
The common reduction of Brosnan to ‘Bond actor’ distracts from a busier and better CV than the casual observer might guess
Four new films to see this week: Pavements, Armand, Superman and Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of Madness
Johnny Depp directs, and Al Pacino, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Pavement appear in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 11th, 2025
Scarlett Johansson has set a box office record. But could the movie star be out of a job?
The Jurassic World and Black Widow star is now the highest-grossing lead actor of all time. She can count herself lucky we remember her name
The Movie Quiz: How many times has Steven Spielberg directed Richard Dreyfuss in a feature?
Plus: What does Lady share with Tramp?
The Pillowman review: Anthracite-black comedy. The most appalling crimes
Martin McDonagh’s play, in a disciplined if occasionally muted Gate production, makes discomfort the point
Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Is Johnny Depp’s film a dud or a masterpiece? Prepare for disappointing news
Depp no doubt admires Modigliani’s work, but his real passion here is for the eternally intoxicating fantasy of Parisian bohemia
Superman review: Utterly charmless. And as funny as toothache
How is David Corenswet as Superman in James Gunn’s reboot? He essentially features so little it’s hard to tell
Bestselling Salt Path authors under fire amid allegations of untruths and unpaid debts
Recently adapted for the cinema and featuring Gillian Anderson, the couple’s origin story of pilgrimage may have employed excessive creative licence
Jaws: As Steven Spielberg’s film turns 50, we’re still living in the shadow of the shark
Jaws is accused of destroying US cinema, but it was popcorn entertainment of the kind the studios would always shift back to
Four new films to see this week: Jurassic World Rebirth, The Shrouds, Beat the Lotto and Sudan, Remember Us
Mahershala Ali, Scarlett Johansson, Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Stefan Klincewicz feature in these movies released in the week of July 4th, 2025