Comedy

• Culture
• 03 Dec 24

Joanne McNally announces new comedy act with Ireland tour

• Film And TV
• 28 Nov 24

Writer and director Jim Abrahams passes away at 80

• Culture
• 18 Nov 24

Peter Kay Announces Irish comedy performances

• Culture
• 10 Oct 24

Rachel Galvo announces The Shite Feminist shows in Cork and Galway

• Culture
• 07 Oct 24

Ricky Gervais to bring Mortality tour to Dublin's 3Arena

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Commentary

• Film And TV
• 02 Dec 24

The top cinema releases to catch this festive season

• Film And TV
• 29 Nov 24

Anthony Boyle on Say Nothing: "I’d spent my whole career up to this point avoiding stuff set back home because it’s so sensitive"

• Lifestyle & Sports
• 27 Nov 24

The Hot Press Festive Entertainment Guide 2024: Unmissable music, arts, comedy, theatre and sport

• Culture
• 14 Nov 24

Brigid 2025 festival: Mary Coughlan, Orla Gartland, Una Healy, Lemoncello, Lisa O'Neill and Megan O'Neill announced at launch

• Film And TV
• 30 Oct 24

The return of the 'finance bro' to our screens: "Where is the male worshipper of capitalism sitting within the culture right now?"

• Film And TV
• 08 Oct 24

Middle-aged women are having a moment in cinema – from The Substance to Nightbitch

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Interview

• Film And TV
• 02 Dec 24

Eva Birthistle on Bad Sisters Season 2: "You’ll be on the edge of your sofa – and will probably fall off it because there are so many shocks..."

• Film And TV
• 29 Nov 24

Jeff Goldblum on Wicked: "I saw Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth live. I won’t go into it what an emotional wreck I was..."

• Film And TV
• 29 Nov 24

Anthony Boyle on Say Nothing: "I’d spent my whole career up to this point avoiding stuff set back home because it’s so sensitive"

• Film And TV
• 26 Nov 24

Richard Dormer on The Day Of The Jackal: "Originally they offered me two other parts which I turned down..."

• Culture
• 19 Nov 24

John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"

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Games Review

• Lifestyle & Sports
• 17 Mar 20

Top 10 Games to Play During Lockdown

• Culture
• 23 Jan 20

Game Review: Disney Tsum Tsum Festival

• Lifestyle & Sports
• 06 Nov 19

Tech Review: The Witcher 3 - Wild Hunt

• Culture
• 30 Oct 19

Game Review: FIFA 20

• Lifestyle & Sports
• 16 Jul 19

Tech Review: The Sinking City

• Lifestyle & Sports
• 16 Oct 18

Tech: MineVention - Minecraft Exhibition Review

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Book News

• Culture
• 13 Nov 24

Samantha Harvey becomes first female Booker Prize winner in 5 years

• Culture
• 21 Oct 24

Bram Stoker story discovered in Dublin after 130 years

• Opinion
• 25 Sep 24

Michael D. Higgins' Power To The People: The Hot Press Years available out now!

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Book Interview

• Culture
• 19 Nov 24

John Connolly – Mad Hatter Q&A: "I had vague ambitions to be a vet, hampered slightly by Synge Street CBS refusing to teach us biology"

• Culture
• 23 Oct 24

Robert Harris: "Trump is a sort of showman, it’s all about him. There isn’t coherent thinking behind what he does, it’s whatever crosses his strange brain at any given moment”

• Opinion
• 22 Oct 24

John Banville: "It’s a like a child playing with insects – you have absolute power over the characters"

• Culture
• 16 Oct 24

Colin Barrett: "I am just very interested in writing about marginal characters"

• Culture
• 26 Sep 24

Roddy Doyle: "It’s getting away from the notion of the mother as a saint. The blessed virgin – Jesus, what a model..."

• Culture
• 02 Jul 24

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"

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Book Review

• Culture
• 02 Jul 24

Sarah Crossan on porn: "if you disapprove, does that mean you’re a prude, a non-feminist, or anti women doing what they want with their bodies?"

• Opinion
• 25 Jun 24

Book Review: Paul Tremblay, Horror Movie

• Culture
• 04 Jun 24

Becca Rothfeld on tradwives: "They are implicitly invoking this idea of purity that of course never existed, and if we were to obtain it, it would be horrible"

• Opinion
• 20 Dec 23

Armchair Theatre: The Best Books Of 2023

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Film Review

• Film And TV
• 19 Nov 24

FILM OF THE WEEK: Gladiator II - by Roe McDermott

• Film And TV
• 08 Nov 24

FILM OF THE WEEK: Bird - by Roe McDermott

• Film And TV
• 06 Sep 24

FILM OF THE WEEK: Don’t Forget To Remember

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Film Interview

• Film And TV
• 29 Nov 24

Jeff Goldblum on Wicked: "I saw Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth live. I won’t go into it what an emotional wreck I was..."

• Film And TV
• 21 Nov 24

Ariyon Bakare: "I heard a gunshot and whilst simultaneously being petrified thought, ‘Oh my god, I’m in New York living and breathing it!’"

• Film And TV
• 15 Nov 24

Paul Mescal: "The problem is that people can’t afford to live in Dublin"

• Film And TV
• 07 Nov 24

Richard Dormer: "Winning an Oscar can be counterproductive because your fee goes up and you're priced out of certain roles"

• Film And TV
• 18 Oct 24

Hazel Doupe: "We really are such a resilient country – and the differences make us the country that we are"

• Film And TV
• 11 Sep 24

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Interview: "I remember being hesitant, because the first one is such a classic. You don’t want to ruin anything or mess things up"

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Previews-And-Trailers

• Film And TV
• 09 May 24

Bodkin: The first thing Barack Obama said when I met him was “You know I’m Irish right?"

• Film And TV
• 21 Sep 23

Cat Burning Ultras: Alex Sheehan reveals debut film

• Film And TV
• 31 Mar 23

Luke McManus’ doc North Circular Takes Cinematography Award at Salem Festival in the US

• Film And TV
• 29 Mar 23

Netflix shares Obsession trailer starring Charlie Murphy & Richard Armitage

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