The Job of Songs review – folk melodies and melancholia in rural Ireland
Lila Schmitz’s documentary offers a candid look at Irish music and community struggles in a small Irish village known for its bar-room sessions
July 2023
Irish pub owner rebuilds bar from Banshees of Inisherin
After filming ended, Luke Mee took the set where Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson drank and rebuilt it as a working pub – complete with donkey
March 2023
Everything Everywhere All at Once wins best picture, director and actress at 2023 Oscars – as it happened
‘The great green wave’: celebrating 2023’s Irish Oscars takeover
Peter Bradshaw’s Oscar predictions: who will win – and who should?
Best picture Oscar hustings
Why The Banshees of Inisherin should win the best picture Oscar
February 2023
Cut off from the main: how films about islands reflect our anxious, divided times
Island settings, such as Enys Men and The Banshees of Inisherin, speak of the isolation and helplessness we feel in this era of pandemic and sociopolitical division
Tár and The Banshees of Inisherin take top honours at London film critics awards
Cate Blanchett wins actress of the year while Banshees picks up three acting awards, including actor of the year for Colin Farrell
Weekend
Male friendships, Prince Andrew’s comeback, and hyper-organised homes – podcast
Tim Dowling mulls over male friendships, Marina Hyde on Prince Andrew’s attempted comeback, and Amelia Tait unpacks the world of the hyper-organised
January 2023
Banshees star Barry Keoghan: from foster homes to breakout Oscar contender
The Guardian view on Irish film: laughing all the way to the Oscars
Male bonding in Hollywood and the Metropolitan police
Oscars 2023: how to watch (almost) every nominated feature, doco and short in Australia
Oscars 2023: a welcome turn to Ireland aside, these are very conventional picks
Peter Bradshaw
Oscar nominations 2023: the full list
Joy in Ireland after country’s film talents bag 14 Oscar nominations
Oscars 2023: Everything Everywhere All at Once leads nominations
Men, guard your friendships – heed the warning of the Banshees of Inisherin
Tim Dowling
Envelopes, please! Our film critics reveal their personal Oscars shortlists
Will All Quiet on the Western Front really conquer all at the Baftas?