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Full coverage: Film

Irish-founded Laing O’Rourke in legal battle with one of the world’s biggest film studios

Shepperton Studios has played host to major film and TV productions but it faces its own drama in a dispute over a multi-million-pound invoice with the construction firm.

Jonathan Keane
18th Mar, 2026 - 2 min read

Frankenstein 2.0: Netflix’s autumn blockbuster draws on big ideas and a wealth of cinema history

For a century on film and another in the pages of Mary Shelley’s novel, the mad scientist and his creature have established a rich science-fiction tradition. Will Guillermo del Toro’s version bring a new twist to the theme of man playing God?

Fergal Lenehan
18th Oct, 2025 - 10 min read

Have a second look: The streaming movie hits that flopped with cinema audiences

Streaming services are giving viewers a new opportunity to enjoy films that flopped at the box office. Some of them lost tens of millions of dollars, others were in bad taste while more were targets of rushed judgements. They are now being hailed as flip flops.

Fergal Lenehan
4th Jan, 2025 - 6 min read

“To pretend that society was not complicit is to tell a lie”

Ireland’s most successful filmmaker, Neil Jordan is one of the few writers who has moved from novels to scripting his own film, including the Oscar-winning Crying Game. From his home in Spain, he tells Fergal Lenehan he has now turned his hand to science fiction.

Fergal Lenehan
5th Aug, 2024 - 11 min read

Good Nazi, bad Nazi: As Europe’s politics moves towards the far right, its cinema engages with its fascist past

The Zone of Interest's Oscar win put the spotlight on Germany's difficult relationship with its past, but this is just one of many films exploring ordinary Nazi complicity across the continent. In its own way, Ireland is next, writes Fergal Lenehan in Leipzig.

Fergal Lenehan
30th Mar, 2024 - 12 min read

What are the top movies on German TV this Christmas? Everything from a Czech Cinderella to Nazi-era entertainment

The great tradition of settling down on Christmas night to watch the family movie is still very much alive in Germany. But there’s no place for The Towering Inferno in Fergal Lenehan’s list of what Germans watch at this time of year.

Fergal Lenehan
23rd Dec, 2023 - 7 min read

US investment revives Dublin film studios project and triggers ownership shake-up

Days after resolving a year-long court dispute, US-based cinema and property development entrepreneurs have acquired a direct stake in Lens Media.

Thomas Hubert
2nd Jun, 2023 - 3 min read

“Like any technology revolution, it will be a decade-long evolution and navigation will be the art form”

AI such as GPT-4 will enable cheaper, more ambitious movie special effects, says Framestore’s William Sargent. He sees this as another step in the evolving world of knowledge-based jobs.

John Reynolds
14th Apr, 2023 - 3 min read

Filming the future, search funds and a Moonshot Factory: Rewinding the week that was

Following his untimely death earlier this year, screen producer James Flynn leaves a healthy business – and a blueprint for the tax policies that could harness Ireland's creative spirit even further.

Ian Kehoe
2nd Apr, 2023 - 4 min read

TG4’s next move: “We were set up to be something small, something nice, but that is not going to work”

Alan Esslemont is at the helm of TG4’s ambition to build status for the Irish language and halt Ireland’s transition to a monolingual state. A Scottish national, he is a determined figure and his big idea is already coming to fruition.

Rosanna Cooney
30th Jan, 2023 - 5 min read
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