Films, TV & Radio

The brilliant BBC drama Time about a young persons detention centre raises questions about incarceration and the criminal justice system. Written by Jimmy McGovern and starring David Tennant and Siobhan Finneran, Time brings home the violence and terror of prison. The understaffing, meaning the prisoners end up locked in cells for 23 hours a day. This exasperates many already big problems with the... Read More

The Iona Institute reports: A new movie about Tuam Children's Home is just out. One of the producers is Liam Neeson and is called 'The Lost Children of Tuam'. It deals with Catherine Corless's quest to find out what happened to the children who spent time in the home, and in particular, how many died, why, and where they are buried. The movie places nearly all the blame on the Bon Secours Sisters ... Read More

The filmmakers of Naza, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, together with their families, have been facing severe legal threats, political retaliation, and aggressive far-right harassment in Israel. This backlash erupted immediately after their documentary, which uses interviews with Israeli military insiders to expose AI-powered civilian targeting in Gaza, won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Inte... Read More

Naza, a British film directed by Israel filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who made the Oscar-winning No Other Land last year, has won the Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice Film Festival. The film was the only documentary selected at this year's competition. It is chilling examination of Israel's use of AI-assisted systems in the killing of civilians in Gaza. The film looks at the techn... Read More

Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street Jesuit Centre, Mayfair. will be screening 'Ignatio de Loyola' next Thursday 27 August in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30pm for 7pm. Cost: no charge, free refreshments but donations are welcome 'If you could hear the voice of God, would you keep it a secret?' This modern and very human historical drama on the story of St.Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesui... Read More

The Korean film 'Nun Dul Dega Eomne' (Nowhere to Lay My Eyes) earned the prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 79th Locarno Film Festival, held 5-15 August. The Ecumenical Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded the prize, donated by the Evangelical Reformed Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Switzerland, to director Hong Sangsoo (South Korea). The film centres on a daughter's first v... Read More

Ish, directed by Imran Perretta and co-written with Enda Walsh, tells the story of two friends Ish (Farhan Hasnat) and Maram (Yahya Kitana). At the beginning of their teenage years, their friendship is changed forever when Maram is traumatically snatched from the street in a stop and search. Set in Luton, the film is primarily about friendship, family, and coming of age. Juxtaposing the fathers ... Read More

The wonderful film: Cinema Paradiso is showing this Thursday, 30 July, at the Tim Hetherington Film Club at Farm Street in the Arrupe Hall at 6.30 for 7pm. Cost: no charge, free refreshments but donations are welcome Written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso is a 1988 coming-of-age comedy drama that has been credited as revitalizing the Italian film industry. Set in a small Sicil... Read More

The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary 'Leo from Chicago' with interviews, footage, and images that trace the history and explore the roots of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost, friends, neighbours and colleagues. The film was produced by journalists Deborah Castell... Read More

Animal Farm, an animated film produced by Angel studios and directed by Andy Serkis of Lord of the Rings fame will be out in cinemas on 24th July. Animal Farm is one of the great literary allegories of the 20th century. A novella by George Orwell, a committed Socialist, Orwell was appalled by what he saw as the degeneration of the idealism of the Russian Revolution into totalitarianism at the hand... Read More

Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Achonry and Elphin, has welcomed a new RTE One documentary, (narrated by Jonathan Roumie, from the Chosen) on the life of Fr Edward Flanagan - the Irish American priest who founded Boys Town. Bishop Doran, in whose diocese Father Flanagan was born on 13 July 1886 in Leabeg, Co Roscommon, said: "I am delighted to hear that RTÉ One television will broadcast the featur... Read More

This wonderful ongoing drama television series, produced by Angel Studios, depicts the life of Jesus Christ and his followers, based on the Gospels of the New Testament. Known for its unique approach, blending historical fiction with biblical storytelling. It aims to humanize the characters and provide a fresh perspective on well-known biblical events. Explore The Chosen. Saturday 30 May 2 - 5.30... Read More

There's a chance to see Werner Herzog's award-winning 'Fitzcarraldo' at the Tim Hetherington Film Club this Thursday, 28 May. The 1982 movie stars Klaus Kinski as an Irish would-be rubber baron, known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a derelict steamship over a mountain in the Amazon rainforest and thereby access a rich rubber territory with the ultimate goal of … wait for... Read More

The heroic activity of Sophie and Hans Scholl, and other members of the White Rose, a network of Catholic university students from Munich, who initiated non violent resistance against the Nazi regime has been well documented in books and films. Truth and Treason, a film produced by Kaleidoscope Pictures portrays the lives of a less well known group of heroes, who were even younger, and were Mormon... Read More