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SJennifer Horgan: How come Hollywood kills off mothers so fathers can shine?
Letters to the Editor: ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ is a movie masterpiece 
Letters to the Editor: ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ is a movie masterpiece 
One reader writes in praise of the film adaptation of John McGahern's final novel, while others consider a range of issues including climate change and mental health 

Thu, 02 May, 2024

‘We got the Lindsay Lohan magic:’ Kerry man in Irish Wish reveals what it was like on set 
‘We got the Lindsay Lohan magic:’ Kerry man in Irish Wish reveals what it was like on set 
Tim Landers from Tralee plays barman Scruffy Murphy in the rom-com

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

Golden Globes 2024: Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott and Barry Keoghan get best actor nods
IFTA 2024 nominations revealed: Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and more...
Lies We Tell is the film with the most nominations while Kin is the most nominated TV drama

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024

British Academy Film Awards 2024
Christopher Nolan among filmmakers hailing tax relief for independent UK movies
British filmmakers Christopher Nolan, Richard Curtis and Emerald Fennell have welcomed a tax relief for UK independent movies which has been hailed as “game changing” for new talent.

Wed, 06 Mar, 2024

One Life screening
‘Quirky British TV and film can become global hits’ – Slow Horses director
The director of Gary Oldman-starring spy series Slow Horses has said that the show’s success proves that “quirky British” productions can become global hits.

Wed, 21 Feb, 2024

British Academy Film Awards 2024
Bafta win puts Cillian Murphy in pole position for his first Oscar 
The Cork-born Oppenheimer star is tipped to shine still brighter in awards season: In four out of the last five years, the Best Actor Bafta winner went on to emerge victorious on Oscar night, writes Esther McCarthy

Mon, 19 Feb, 2024

Colin Sheridan: Sounds that almost suffocate your senses
Colin Sheridan: Sounds that almost suffocate your senses
There is something eerily disconcerting about a stranger intruding on your personal space. Especially in a cinema.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2024

Bambai Meri Jaan world premiere
Gurinder Chadha making festive film with Indian Scrooge ‘who hates refugees’
Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has revealed she is making a Christmas Carol-style festive film which stars “an Indian Tory who hates refugees”.

Tue, 23 Jan, 2024

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'Willy Wonka' made 745 Department of Agriculture requests over six days, court told
More than 30,000 information requests made under pseudonyms, leading state forestry body Coillte to deploy three additional staff to deal full-time with such requests

Wed, 22 Nov, 2023

Cork Film Festival announces winner of inaugural best new Irish feature award
Cork Film Festival announces winner of inaugural best new Irish feature award
'Prospect House' was selected from an eclectic shortlist to be named the Best New Irish Feature at the 68th Cork International Film Festival

Sun, 19 Nov, 2023

Movie tax credit boost puts Ireland in the spotlight — but issues with the scheme remain 
Movie tax credit boost puts Ireland in the spotlight — but issues with the scheme remain 
The decision to increase the expenditure cap under Section 481 is likely a ploy by the Government to lure streaming giants to Ireland after corporation tax rose to 15% in January

Sat, 14 Oct, 2023

Writers Guild of Ireland join 'day of solidarity' to support striking TV and film writers
Writers Guild of Ireland join 'day of solidarity' to support striking TV and film writers
. The WGI's action today is being supported by the Irish Writers Union, Screen Directors Guild, Irish Equity and Screen Composers of Ireland

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey
Lawsuit over teen actors’ nudity in 1968 film Romeo and Juliet to be dismissed
A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday said she will dismiss a lawsuit that the stars of 1968’s Romeo and Juliet filed over the film’s nude scene, which they said involved them being subjected to fraud, and sexual abuse and harassment when they were ...

Thu, 25 May, 2023

Aria Ungerer premieres cartoon based on late father Tomi's book
Aria Ungerer premieres cartoon based on late father Tomi's book
Cork producer's cartoon 'Flix' to get first showing today at Dingle Animation Festival

Sat, 25 Mar, 2023

Irish film seeks to build on successes by solving skills shortages                    
Irish film seeks to build on successes by solving skills shortages                    
Screen  Ireland report warns a shortage of key skills and crew are 'inhibiting' the industry

Fri, 17 Mar, 2023

Film review: Pearl is a disturbing psychological horror that works well thanks to star Mia Goth
Film review: Pearl is a disturbing psychological horror that works well thanks to star Mia Goth
Pearl is no ordinary ingenue with dreams of glory: she’s a young woman in whom ‘a malevolence is festering’

Fri, 17 Mar, 2023

95th Annual Academy Awards - Show
From Ballyfermot to Middle Earth and Pandora: The career of two-time Oscar winner Richard Baneham
The Dublin man has worked on some of the highest-grossing and most visually groundbreaking films of all time

Mon, 13 Mar, 2023

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Irish Examiner view: Many ways to celebrate Ireland
Glittering prizes

Mon, 13 Mar, 2023

Maeve Higgins: For a small fish in a big pond, 'The Quiet Girl' has made quite a splash
Maeve Higgins: For a small fish in a big pond, 'The Quiet Girl' has made quite a splash
Critics cannot praise the Irish film highly enough — but how will it fare at the Oscars?

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

Irish Examiner View: ‘Banshee’ wails
Irish Examiner View: ‘Banshee’ wails
It’s hard not to do a double take when someone complains about the portrayal of 1920s Ireland in Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-nominated film 'The Banshees of Inisherin'

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

IFCO logs complaints over 'moronic' portrayal of Irish people in 'Banshees of Inisherin'
IFCO logs complaints over 'moronic' portrayal of Irish people in 'Banshees of Inisherin'
Oscar-nominated film also criticised for its 'offensive' depiction of the Civil War and accuracy of accents

Sun, 12 Feb, 2023

Gemma-Leah Devereux on living the dream: 'It's about scaring myself, pushing, trying new things'
Gemma-Leah Devereux on living the dream: 'It's about scaring myself, pushing, trying new things'
From playing Liza Minnelli opposite RenĂ©e Zellweger, to her return to RTÉ’s Smother, it’s a fairy tale career for Gemma-Leah Devereux. By Esther McCarthy 

Sun, 05 Feb, 2023

The Cinemile Podcast: Cork film podcasters on married life, living in Cork, and criticism
The Cinemile Podcast: Cork film podcasters on married life, living in Cork, and criticism
Mary Cate Smith meets the married couple who turned their love of movies into a hugely successful cinema podcast

Sat, 04 Feb, 2023

Screen Ireland unveils exciting line up for 2023 
Screen Ireland unveils exciting line up for 2023 
The Screen Ireland launch follows a hugely successful week for the Irish film industry, with a record 14 nominations for the Oscars in March

Tue, 31 Jan, 2023

Glasgow Film Festival
Kelly Macdonald and Paul Mescal movies to feature at Glasgow Film Festival
Premieres showcasing stars including Kelly Macdonald, Paul Mescal and Emily Watson will feature at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival.

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Minister said Ireland is missing out on TV and film productions as tax relief cap is too low
Minister said Ireland is missing out on TV and film productions as tax relief cap is too low
Catherine Martin last year urged the then finance minister to raise the €70m cap on Section 481 tax relief for film productions

Sun, 15 Jan, 2023

Film and TV productions share €127m in tax credits last year
Film and TV productions share €127m in tax credits last year
Tax credit scheme for Irish movie and TV production sector aims to promote investment in film

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Romeo And Juliet Lawsuit
Romeo And Juliet stars sue Paramount over nude scene in 1968 film
The two stars of Romeo And Juliet have sued Paramount Pictures for more than 500 million dollars (ÂŁ414m) over a nude scene in the 1968 film shot when they were teenagers.

Wed, 04 Jan, 2023

Irish language film on Oscar shortlist
Irish language film on Oscar shortlist
An Irish language film has been shortlisted for an Oscar in the best international film category. An Cailin Ciuin (The Quiet Girl) is one of 15 movies that were shortlisted in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

Wed, 21 Dec, 2022

Film Review: How to Tell a Secret sets aside the stigma around HIV
Film Review: How to Tell a Secret sets aside the stigma around HIV
'...a powerful account of the liberating experience of sloughing off the stigma and refusing to be ‘silenced by society’ any longer...'

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Brexit
Legacy Bill ‘biggest abuse of human rights in UK history’, says victims’ group
Proposed law to deal with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles is the biggest abuse of human rights in UK history, a victims’ group has said.

Mon, 31 Oct, 2022

Special Screening of "DC League of Super Pets"
Five films to see for €4 on National Cinema Day
Make the most of National Cinema Day with some of these recommendations 

Thu, 01 Sep, 2022

A yes for Nope as Jordan Peele makes us love horror again 
A yes for Nope as Jordan Peele makes us love horror again 
After success with Get Out and Us, the modern master of genre is chilling audiences again with Nope 

Wed, 17 Aug, 2022

The 20th Annual Sir Elton John Oscar Party - Los Angeles
Anne Heche was a little too stylish and smart for Hollywood
Heche was charismatic and cool, with a terrific camera presence, an intriguing and sexually charged opaqueness, on the verge of disillusionment or hostility

Sat, 13 Aug, 2022

Five things for the week ahead: New TV series, literature festival, and more...
Film review: Gabriel Byrne is delightfully roguish in Death of a Ladies’ Man
Irish exile Sam O’Shea (Gabriel Byrne) is a hard-drinking serial philanderer who is shocked to discover that his latest wife is cheating on him

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Film review: Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid make for a good double act in Joyride
Film review: Olivia Colman and Charlie Reid make for a good double act in Joyride
Set on the back roads and boreens of the West of Ireland, there’s plenty of Irish talent on hand to lend support too

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Film review: DC League of Super-Pets entertains with in-jokes for older fans
Film review: DC League of Super-Pets entertains with in-jokes for older fans
A laboratory guinea pig bent on world domination provides most of the humour along with some very effective running jokes

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Plans for largest film studio in Ireland get green light
Plans for largest film studio in Ireland get green light
Aim to attract large-scale blockbuster movies as well as TV and content productions from around the world to the facility in Westmeath

Tue, 19 Jul, 2022

The Into Film Awards
Bond stars help celebrate young film-makers at Into Film Awards
Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and Lashana Lynch, who starred as Nomi in the latest 007 film, have helped celebrate the work of young film-makers at the Into Film Awards.

Tue, 28 Jun, 2022

Terry Prone: ‘Shovel friends’ are those who never seek credit for good deeds
Terry Prone: ‘Shovel friends’ are those who never seek credit for good deeds
Star of much-praised Irish film An CailĂ­n CiĂșin, Carrie Crowley reaches out and rescues people without crowing about it on social media

Mon, 23 May, 2022

The 94th Academy Awards
Could the Academy take Will Smith’s Oscar back after he slapped Chris Rock?
The Academy will meet later this week to determine if action will be taken against the Oscar-winner over the incident

Tue, 29 Mar, 2022

Irish Examiner View: Lessons to learn from 'The Godfather'
Irish Examiner View: Lessons to learn from 'The Godfather'
Even 50 years after the release of the iconic mafia film, what it has to say about heritage, family, competition, and capitalism remain relevant to this day.

Mon, 14 Mar, 2022

Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies aged 71
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies aged 71
Hurt won the best actor Oscar in 1985 for Kiss of the Spider Woman, in which he had played a gay man who shares a cell with a with a political prisoner in Brazil

Sun, 13 Mar, 2022

Obit Betty White
Film screening to celebrate Betty White will go ahead on her 100th birthday
Makers of a documentary about the life and career of US actress Betty White have said a screening of the film on what would have been her 100th birthday will go ahead as planned.

Sat, 01 Jan, 2022

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