Harry Guerin

Multimedia Journalist

Eight Irish films to see in the weeks and months ahead

After Cillian Murphy and Poor Things' big night at the Oscars, 2024 has already been a great year for Irish screen talent - and there's more to come. Here are some of the homegrown movies coming your way in the weeks and months ahead.

Movies • 03 Apr 24

Baltimore sees Rose Dugdale's story come to cinemas

This is a decent dramatisation of a chapter in Irish history and a worthwhile companion piece to the RTÉ documentary series The Heiress and The Heist.

Movie Review • 24 Mar 24

This blasphemously bonkers outing plays like a cross between the infamous 1970s Armchair Thriller series Quiet as a Nun, The Omen, and, bizarrely, The Devil Wears Prada

Nun's the word for Sydney Sweeney in horror Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney's wide-eyed Cecilia arrives at an Italian order's countryside HQ to take her vows. But no sooner have the gates closed than all hell breaks loose for The Hot Nun.

Movie Review • 24 Mar 24

The new Road House is no match for the original

Jake Gyllenhaal's star quality is undone by crazy tonal swings, workaday allies and adversaries, OTT set pieces, and a showdown that's just ok.

Movie Review • 24 Mar 24

Late Night with the Devil feels like the horror of 2024

A found-footage rager that's made to be seen in a packed cinema.

Movie Review • 23 Mar 24

Robbie Ryan - "Ireland is like your family and they're all of a sudden like, 'Oh, so happy for you!' It's a really, really heartwarming thing" Photo: Getty Images

Oscar nominee Robbie Ryan in awe of Irish goodwill

Irishman Robbie Ryan, one of the world's leading cinematographers, is nominated for his second Oscar this weekend for his work on Poor Things. He tells Harry Guerin about mixing the green and the gold.

oscars • 12 Mar 24

The 96th Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night and will be broadcast on RTÉ2 on Monday from 9:35pm

Oscars: the nominees - and winners - on Sunday night

Here we are again! In another great year for Irish talent, we're primed for something that's been a long time coming - all the way back to when the Oscars began in 1929, in fact.

Movies • 09 Mar 24

Ultimately, Bob Marley: One Love is an enjoyable-if-flatpack biopic

Bob Marley biopic is watchable but doesn't stir it up

Movie Review • 14 Feb 24

Emmanuelle Devos and Gabriel Byrne in Just a Sigh

Ten great romances you may not have seen

For Valentine's Day, there's something - or someone - for everyone here.

Movies • 13 Feb 24

Sandra Hüller as Hedwig Höss in The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest is the film we ignore at our peril

Unforgettably written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, Sexy Beast), and loosely based on the Martin Amis book of the same name, this is the story of Nazis Rudolf and Hedwig Höss - the Auschwitz commandant and his wife.

Movie Review • 01 Feb 24