Sugar review: Colin Farrell was born to play this LA PI with great hair, a handy right hook and a past strewn with demonsTelevision: A twist towards the end of the eight-part season will deepen your appreciation of the series or have you reaching for the off button in derisionFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Ripley review: Andrew Scott shines as the inscrutable anti-hero in this gripping psychological dramaTelevision: Netflix’s eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel is an excellent platform for the Irish actorThu Apr 04 2024 - 10:00
This Town review: Ignore the toe-curling Irish stuff, Steven Knight’s new series is worth sticking withTelevision: Peaky Blinders creator always had strange ideas about Irish people, and the Irish characters in This Town are no differentMon Apr 01 2024 - 11:11
‘Am I marked by it? Yes’: Joan Burton recalls her life in a mother and baby homeTelevision: the Temple Hill apartment block was very different in the early 1950s – when Burton crosses the threshold, a shadow passes over her faceSun Mar 31 2024 - 06:30
Sean O’Hagan: ‘That lovely, beautiful humanity I had with Cathal Coughlan in those later years was amazing’The former Microdisney bandmates had cancer at the same time. Two years later O’Hagan is on the mend and has returned with a new High Llamas albumSun Mar 31 2024 - 05:00
Beyoncé: Cowboy Carter review track by track – when it breaks loose, it’s like rain after a thunderstormOn her new album the star shows she still excels at big gestures and still brings the bounce, the groove, the everythingFri Mar 29 2024 - 13:04
Big Mood review: Nicola Coughlan is fantastic but the same can’t be said for the rest of this unfunny, jarring showTelevision: Switcheroo between sitcom humour and serious drama when lead’s bipolar diagnosis emerges lands as cheap stuntThu Mar 28 2024 - 23:00
The Secret Army review: Extraordinary story of lost IRA documentary told in gripping styleTelevision: US academic gained unprecedented access to leadership of Provisionals in 1972Thu Mar 28 2024 - 10:24
SUNN O))) live in Dublin review: drone kings deliver part pummelling rollercoaster ride, part spiritual awakeningSunn O))) compositions come at you like glaciers on fast forward, their Godzilla-like quality accentuated by menacing song titles such as CandleGoat and RxanlordTue Mar 26 2024 - 11:09
The Vanishing Triangle review: Tasteless thriller based on missing Irish women is a bad misstep by Virgin MediaTelevision: Disappearances of young women around Leinster in the 1990s are shamelessly upcycled into a gaudy whodunnitMon Mar 25 2024 - 22:00
Keys To My Life review: Eilish O’Carroll on finding love – ‘We were both straight women living a straight life ... My biggest problem was my Catholic guilt’Television: Mrs Brown’s Boys star was married twice before falling in love with a womanSun Mar 24 2024 - 20:00
3 Body Problem review: Liam Cunningham plays ruthless spook in slow burner from Game of Thrones creatorsTelevision: Some other familiar faces pop up - John Bradley is a nerdy scientist and Benedict Wong plays a cop who stumbles upon a vast conspiracyThu Mar 21 2024 - 11:00
Emmet Bergin: the dashing actor who brought some sizzle to Sunday nights in 1980s IrelandBergin blazed a trail as Dick Moran in Glenroe, a character who left an impression on Irish drama in the 1980s like no otherWed Mar 20 2024 - 12:00
Palm Royale review: This 1960s Florida beauty may be visually stunning but it’s no Mad MenTelevision: There’s a top cast and a mammoth production budget but it ends up feeling hollowWed Mar 20 2024 - 11:00
‘Not many people around here support the English football team. Everyone’s got a grandfather who wouldn’t allow it’Bill Ryder-Jones’s music is like his home, standing on the threshold between the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic worldsWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
The Dropout review: Rise and fall of Silicon Valley darling Elizabeth Holmes told with riveting verveTelevision: Amanda Seyfried is gripping as ill-fated Theranos founder, steering well clear of caricatureTue Mar 19 2024 - 23:40
Liam Cunningham: ‘I tell people I’m a migrant. It messes with them. You can see them getting a twitch’The Game of Thrones star on reuniting with the show’s creators for 3 Body Problem, working with Cillian Murphy and challenging the far rightTue Mar 19 2024 - 05:15
Five bonus songs and a running time to match Oppenheimer: what’s the big deal about Taylor Swift on Disney+?The many fans who have no hope of seeing Swift at the Aviva Stadium will now be able to host her in their living rooms insteadFri Mar 15 2024 - 12:02
Manhunt review: All beard and no fun - this beautifully shot series is ultimately a missed opportunityTelevision: Manhunt chronicles, in occasionally tedious detail, the 12-day race to track down Abraham Lincoln’s killerFri Mar 15 2024 - 11:00
Ireland’s holy wells: Manchán Magan reminds us why traditions should be cherishedTelevision: Irish landscape whisperer Magan addresses a singularly Irish subject – nobody does saintly relics like we do – with impressive gustoThu Mar 14 2024 - 19:30
Cathal Coughlan and Microdisney: ‘Outsiders in the UK because they were Irish, outsiders in Ireland because they weren’t from Dublin’Television: Passionate chronicling of Cork band’s ups and downs as they were adored in Ireland but never achieved a mainstream careerThu Mar 14 2024 - 06:00
The End of the World with Beanz review: Charisma aside, this sustainability hodgepodge doesn’t workTelevision: Martin Beanz Warde deserves his own series but this is not itTue Mar 12 2024 - 19:30
Sultans of Ping at Vicar Street review: ‘It’s good to be in your little f**king town’Cork band roll back the years as young and old dance bumper-to-bumper, transforming the venue into a huge, celebratory mosh-pitSun Mar 10 2024 - 10:51
Taylor Swift producer Jack Antonoff: ‘I thought Shane MacGowan would last forever... He’s the ultimate artist’Jack Antonoff is a top-flight producer of the likes of Lorde, Lana Del Rey and St Vincent. He’s also very keen to talk about the recently departed Pogues singerSat Mar 09 2024 - 05:15
The Gentlemen review: Guy Ritchie’s cocktail of ultra-violence and geezer gags is preposterously entertainingTelevision: Director Guy Ritchie plays all the hits in his first foray into TV and a remake of a largely forgotten 2019 filmThu Mar 07 2024 - 08:00
Extraordinary review: Cork actor Máiréad Tyers excels as an Irish transplant in London navigating the trials of 20-something lifeTelevision: Disney’s superhero hero comedy just about works. The question the series poses is: does Tyers deserve better?Wed Mar 06 2024 - 10:00
Zachary Cole Smith of Diiv: ‘It wasn’t like we said, Oh, I’ve got addiction issues, check it out. I got arrested’A decade ago the singer was lost in substance abuse and his band were imploding. Now they’re about to play in Ireland – and it’ll be a kind of pilgrimageWed Mar 06 2024 - 05:00
Mary & George review: Starry cast can’t save this debauched tale of bonking and back-stabbing royalsTelevision review: Julianne Moore has great fun but the grim comedy style weighs down this story of scheming courtiers like mud on the hem of a dressTue Mar 05 2024 - 22:00
Celebrity Big Brother: Does Louis Walsh have any idea what he’s signed up for?Television: Reported to be the highest paid member of the latest Big Brother household, the former X Factor judge could be facing a challenging stayTue Mar 05 2024 - 11:44
TV review: Riveting portrait of anarchist Irishman who was killed in UkraineTelevision review: TG4’s documentary rigorously tracks Finbar Cafferkey Cafferkey’s journey from Mayo to Bakhmut but fails to deliver any real sense of him as a personWed Feb 28 2024 - 22:30
Shōgun review: Disney riff on historical Japanese power struggles just takes too long to get goingTelevision: Adaptation of James Clavell’s best-seller is sumptuous but too slowTue Feb 27 2024 - 09:00
Faithless review: Baz Ashmawy’s irreverent new comedy isn’t subtle but it is brutally funnyTelevision review: Packing in gritty family drama, puerile humour and astute commentary on Irish racism, Faithless is a winMon Feb 26 2024 - 22:05
‘It reminded us of partying with drunk British people’: Time to Pretend stars MGMT on watching SaltburnThe song and its album were twin juggernauts whose success ‘hipster geeks’ Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser never tried to followSat Feb 24 2024 - 05:15
Avatar: The Last Airbender review – It will be adored by its enormous fanbase, and baffling to everyone elseTelevision review: The live-action retelling of the tale of a follicly challenged magic teenager is a breath of fresh airThu Feb 22 2024 - 15:45
Home of the Year review: The judges are the rarest of things – Irish TV personalities who don't get on your nervesTelevision review: Leave your brain in the hall and soak up this low-key eleganceTue Feb 20 2024 - 21:00
The true-crime dilemma: ‘Family of people who have been harmed could hear these stories’Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, who are bringing their Criminal podcast to Ireland this week, set out to go beyond sensationalism in their reportingTue Feb 20 2024 - 05:15
Life in a Million Ads review: Is this the worst moment for RTÉ to air a ‘sustainable economy’ documentaryTelevision: Architect and presenter Roisín Murphy’s enthusiasm is not enough to stop this documentary falling shortMon Feb 19 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: Bad news for Eileen Dunne as she loses out to Rosanna DavisonTelevision: Former RTÉ news reader says she ‘enjoyed every moment’ on the showSun Feb 18 2024 - 21:17
Idles: ‘It’s not supposed to be a perpetual party. Unfortunately it has had negative consequences for us’Mark Bowen on helping frontman Joe Talbot face his alcohol demons, changing tack on new album Tangk, and Bob Vylan’s recent scathing criticism of the bandSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:15
This Is Me … Now: A Love Story review: Jennifer Lopez’s bizarre film is always watchableTelevision: Self-funded streaming project manages to be a lot of things while also being nothing at allFri Feb 16 2024 - 13:12
Alice & Jack review: romcom with Domhnall Gleeson and Aisling Bea has chemistry in all the wrong placesTelevision review: With Domhnall Gleeson, Aisling Bea and 2023 Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough in lead roles, the Channel 4 series has much going for it, but it is simply not likeableWed Feb 14 2024 - 22:00
The New Look review: Sumptuous but too slow on wartime rivalry of Dior and ChanelTelevision: You can feel the high production values in this Apple TV series, but the results are ultimately flawedWed Feb 14 2024 - 11:08
L’Rain: ‘All the music I make is political in a very personal sense. Especially when you’re crossing borders’Brooklyn artist to play her gorgeous new LP in Ireland for the first time when she begins her European tour at the Button Factory in DublinWed Feb 14 2024 - 05:00
Andrew Trimble: For Ulster and Ireland – A journey into identity that could land differently on both sides of the BorderTelevision review: ‘What is my identity? Where do I come from?’ asks the former Ireland rugby internationalMon Feb 12 2024 - 22:35
Dancing with the Stars: Rosanna Davison is high on emotion as Davy Russell tops the public vote Television: Blu Hydrangea has what it takes to win after excelling with a Paso Doble to RuPaul’s Sissy That Walk during Dedicated Dance WeekSun Feb 11 2024 - 21:51
One Day review: Freewheeling trip through the 1990s is one you will binge watch by the weekendTelevision: Netflix’s One Day is as shallow as a night of speed dating – yet its reservoirs of charm are endless in its evocation life in your 20sThu Feb 08 2024 - 06:00
Another Body: My AI Porn Nightmare – a disturbing digital detective storyTelevision: Story of young women whose likenesses were superimposed over explicit pornography makes for uneasy and compelling viewingTue Feb 06 2024 - 23:00
Meredith Monk: ‘What I love about Ireland is that there is still a belief in magic’The New York-born artist, who is about to give a rare Irish performance, has reinvented vocalisation from the ground up and inside outMon Feb 05 2024 - 05:00
Blackshore review: Silly, watchable drama is one of the better thrillers from RTÉ Television: The State broadcaster refuses to get over the Nordi craze but Lisa Dwan brings a dynamic grumpiness to her leading role as the sort of cop who goes to the pub on her own and reads a book while frowningSun Feb 04 2024 - 22:30
Dancing with the Stars: Fair City actor Shane Quigley Murphy voted off as show takes sour turn over online abuse of Katja MiaTelevision review: Dancing with the Stars takes a sour turn as Virgin Media presenter Katja Mia reveals she was subjected to online abuseSun Feb 04 2024 - 21:06
