The Irish Times

Rose Plays Julie: Highbrow quasi-thriller frustrates and rewards

A more fibrous, chewier piece of work than Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s previous

Fri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00

Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’

The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980s

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00

The Nevers’ Ann Skelly: ‘We’re like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in corsets’

The Wexford actor is co-starring with Belfast woman Laura Donnelly in the new HBO series

Sat May 15 2021 - 05:00

Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for ‘virtual’ awards

Jessie Buckley and Niamh Algar among nominees for Irish Film and TV Awards

Tue Jul 14 2020 - 12:13

Dublin International Film Festival 2020: Memorable matriarchal themes

Writer, actor and activist John Connors has two directorial efforts in the festival

Mon Mar 02 2020 - 00:00

Dublin International Film Festival: A guide to the best movies

Women filmmakers are the thematic plank of this year’s DIFF programme

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00

Dublin International Film Festival 2020 to celebrate women film-makers

Women Make Film, Rose Plays Julie, and Charlie Kaufman unveiled as highlights

Wed Dec 18 2019 - 11:20

Jamie Dornan and ungodly thoughts in 1885 Fermanagh

Dripping with breathless desire, ‘Death and Nightingales’ offers a tense vision of Ireland

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 10:13

From the Late Late Toy Show to Tina Turner: seven of the best TV shows this week

You know Christmas is coming when Ryan Tubridy dons the jumper – and resistance is futile

Sun Nov 25 2018 - 06:00

‘The Border counties are etched in Eugene McCabe’s soul’

Allan Cubitt on adapting, ‘Death and Nightingales’, the writer’s 1992 novel, for TV

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 05:00

RTÉ seeks €400,000 sponsor for new season of drama

‘Resistance’ and ‘Taken Down’ on broadcaster’s slate, alongside four BBC titles

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 05:56

Kissing Candice: This is not the Dundalk you thought you knew

Review: ‘Things were better during the Troubles. Now the mad ones have the run of the place’

Tue Jun 19 2018 - 09:55

‘U2 thought they were getting Grease. I gave them Apocalypse Now’

Aoife McArdle has made her name with videos for Bryan Ferry and U2. Her debut feature, ‘Kissing Candice’, was made for a much lower budget, and yet is far more challenging

Tue Jun 12 2018 - 05:45

Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

Oscars countdown starts here. And the Irish are in the race

Several films with Irish involvement impressed critics at the Toronto Film Festival

Mon Sept 18 2017 - 12:20