A short history of Irish actors at the Oscars Even before this year's record-breaking run of nominations, Irish actors have had many successes at Hollywood's big night out Oscars 2023 • 07 Mar
Why are so many Irish films and filmmakers nominated for Oscars? A network of producers, writers and directors and a massive financial investment in filmmaking infrastructure has paid off for Irish film Oscars 2023 • 03 Mar
How Wicked gets representation wrong The Broadway musical is one of the few featuring a character with a disability yet a wheelchair user has never played the role of Nessarose Musicals • 10 Feb
James Joyce, January 6th and a dinner for The Dead There have been many stagings of Joyce's January 6th-set short story, but John Huston's 1987 film continues to lead the way History • 05 Jan
Why do we love Christmas films so much? Love them or hate them (or love to hate them), there are many reasons why we seek out those formulaic and cheesy Christmas films Christmas • 21 Dec 22
Why It's A Wonderful Life is still a winner today Frank Capra's masterpiece remains a Christmas classic because the film still speaks to many to us at this time of year Film • 19 Dec 22
Will cinemas and streaming services be able to co-exist? We've seen seismic shifts of late in where we go to watch our favourite movies - and the changes are not over yet Culture • 08 Dec 22
What makes a great film score? Memorable film scores can take on a life of their own, well beyond the stories or universes they were created for. Film • 13 Dec 22
John Williams and the end of an era for film music The composer's pending retirement marks the end of an tradition for the sound of films dating from Hollywood's Golden Age Film • 01 Dec 22
How the story of Pinocchio has changed since 1883 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is the latest of innumerable adaptations, reworkings and revisions since the story was first published Pinocchio • 06 Dec 22
9 reasons why Die Hard really is a Christmas movie Does Bruce Willis at large in Nakatomi Plaza count as a Christmas classic? Of course it does Christmas • 29 Nov 22
How modern horror films play on our biggest social fears Recent horror films are unsettling reminders of one of the most chilling prospects a person can contemplate: an awkward moment Film • 08 Nov 22
Why are Irish accents always so bad on screen? The list of bad Irish accents on screen is so long that you'd think it's the hardest accent of all to master Culture • 06 Oct 22
How AI has been portrayed in movies from past to present From Metropolis to WALL-E and beyond, AI has featured in films as a force for good - and bad Film • 06 Oct 22
Why does the death of an artist we love affect us so much? 'It's actually a complex question when you go to to pull at the strings of how it all comes together' Psychology • 01 Dec 22
Why International Women's Day is a day to celebrate women in film We should remember all the women who have contributed to the joy of cinema - both those whose names we know and those we don't Film • 08 Mar 22
'Dublin soul': The Commitments and Irish youth culture The Commitments shows that youth culture and its musical identity is not inherently bound up with the new and readily embraces the retro Ireland • 16 Feb 22
Don't Look Up: why bashing people with facts doesn't always work What research on climate change communications tells us about the potential impacts of the Netflix hit film Communications • 07 Jan 22
What will the rest of Europe be watching on TV over Christmas? Forget Mrs Brown's Boys, traditional European Christmas TV faves include Donald Duck, Dinner for One, cinepanettoni and Soviet architecture Christmas • 29 Nov 22
Why Silent Night is the anti-Christmas movie Silent Night is perhaps the ideal Christmas movie for these times of anxiety around emergencies like climate change and Covid-19 Christmas • 17 Dec 21
Why we need to see more older women on screen We need more stories about vibrant female characters of all ages if we are to see the richness of our long and complex lives on … Film • 07 Dec 21
Bringing Assad to Justice: a quest for the truth about Syria The film shows how activists collect and analyse information to bring perpetrators of state torture and violence to justice Syria • 06 Dec 21
What makes a great horror movie so scary? Halloween is a great time watch a scary movie, but what's the science behind why we keep watching even when it scares us? Horror Movies • 27 Oct 21
Amélie at 20: how the French film became a classic Amélie has become synonymous with a certain vision of French style and culture Film • 19 Oct 21
How Hollywood influences what we think about climate change Apocalyptic films have lulled us into a false sense of security about climate change Climate Change • 12 Aug 21
