About seven years ago, it was announced that a reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in development with Monica Owusu-Breen, co-creator of the TV show Midnight, Texas, writing, executive producing, and serving as showrunner. It was said that the new show would be “contemporary, building on the mythology of the original.” That project never made it into production – and … Read more
Have you watched all of this year’s main Academy Award contenders yet? If not, you will be unable, sadly, to spend next Monday ranting authoritatively about how “Oscar” got it wrong this year. I don’t make the rules. In the past it was often impossible for Irish viewers to see all the nominees before award … Read more
In Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated Hamnet, Jessie Buckley plays a bereaved mother whose cathartic grief has reduced cinemagoers around the world to stunned silence. Many Buckley fans were stunned all over again when they learned that Ireland’s 2026 Oscar front-runner… isn’t all that keen on cats. What moggie madness is this? In a recently resurfaced interview … Read more
Jessie Buckley’s triumphant run through Oscar season has continued with a best actress win at the EE British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards on Sunday night. This comes just two days after she took the equivalent Irish Film and Television Academy award in Dublin. It is the first time an Irish performer … Read more
Jessie Buckley has continued her awards season streak with a Bafta nomination for her role in Hamnet, while Paul Mescal, who plays Shakespeare, has been nominated for best supporting actor. The film, directed by Chloé Zhao, has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in Bafta history, with 11. Buckley has … Read more
Actress in a supporting role Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value Amy Madigan, Weapons Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another And we’re off. Actors Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman are here to announce this year’s nominations live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theatre. I’ll be posting the main categories … Read more
The nominations for the 2026 Oscars will, when they arrive at lunchtime on Thursday, certainly have an Irish presence. It involves no spoiler to reveal that Jessie Buckley, searing in Hamnet, is runaway favourite for best actress. Paul Mescal, her costar, will probably sneak into the supporting-actor race. Two Irish titles, Retirement Plan and Éiru, … Read more