Wait, but aren’t all these awards shindigs a bit silly? How can one piece of art be judged against another piece of art? It will all seem more logical if we remember that the point of any awards ceremony, whether it’s the Sausage Roll Awards or the Oscars, is to market the industry in question … 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
It was a mixed week on social media for some Sinn Féin TDs, with party leader Mary Lou McDonald criticised over a tribute to a late IRA commander, while a speech by Cork North-Central TD Thomas Gould proved a hit in an unlikely market. McDonald’s post on X marking the first anniversary of “comrade” Brendan … Read more
Hope remains for Jessie Buckley at the Baftas as costar Paul Mescal misses out The Journal Jessie Buckley could make history for Ireland at the Baftas on Sunday night RTE.ie Jessie Buckley wins BAFTA Best Actress award for Hamnet role The Irish Independent Jessie Buckley tipped for victory at Bafta film awards BreakingNews.ie Irish hopes high for BAFTAs in … Read more
Tom Burke and Eve Hewson have signed on to lead Lenny Abrahamson’s next project, a currently untitled film, set to start shooting in Dublin on March 2 for Element Pictures. Producers on the film are Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures, Catherine Magee (Normal People), and Abrahamson. Abrahamson (Room) previously worked with Element … 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
A few days before the end of a strong, if rarely spectacular, 78th Cannes film festival, clapologists declared the race for the Palme d’Or over. Securing a bunion-inducing 19-minute standing ovation – by some measures the third-longest in the event’s history – Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value could surely not lose. It was hardly worth again … Read more
There will again be significant domestic interest at the upcoming Cannes film festival. Bono is expected to be in the city for the premiere of Bono: Stories of Surrender, a documentary for Apple TV+, based on the singer’s memoir, from Australian director Andrew Dominik. Paul Mescal, whose Aftersun, for which he received his first Oscar … Read more