Brendan Gleeson

The Banshees of Inisherin finds Martin McDonagh delivering some of his best work, bolstered by the wonderful Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Kerry Condon. Set in Ireland, the film presents the breakdown of a friendship and the consequences of this on all of their lives. Ben Nathan reviews...

Hollywood may be lacking some original scripts at present, but their obsession with existing material has started showing promise. Ron Howard’s latest film, In the Heart of the Sea, recounts the true events that inspired the sinister tale of Moby-Dick (1851). When twenty-one men board an American whaling ship,...

Make love, not war. In Edge of Tomorrow there’s a bit of both, but the film balances them surprisingly well. Set in the near future and telling of a Dunkirk-esque alien invasion that (sort of) wipes out mankind, I hadn’t originally held out much hope for this sci-fi effort, as it...