Lady Bird

An enchanting coming-of-age tale from Greta Gerwig

"...Directed by: Greta Gerwig. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lois Smith, Beanie Feldstein,..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...Directed by: John Crowley. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Mary Queen of Scots

Period drama has no sense of history

"...Directed by: Josie Rourke. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe Alwyn, Gemma Chan,..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

On Chesil Beach

Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.

"...Directed by: Dominic Cooke. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West,..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Little Women

Relish the contemporary touches in this new version of Alcott’s classic

"...Directed by: Greta Gerwig. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen,..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Host

Andrew Niccol writes and directs this romantic, science-fiction thriller that's based on a novel by Stephenie Meyer.

"...Directed by: Andrew Niccol. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel, Diane Kruger, William Hurt,..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hanna

Hanna is a through-the-looking-glass, arthouse action minimasterpiece.

"...Directed by: Joe Wright. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams,..."

April 8, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

City of Ember

Despite some inventive production design and a comically villainous turn from Bill Murray, this film based on a young-adult novel never really picks up much steam.

"...Directed by: Gil Kenan. Starring: Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Toby Jones,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Atonement

Joe Wright has fashioned an epic piece of moviemaking from Ian McEwan’s novel: Starring Keira Knightley, the film is consumed with the nature of storytelling and the moral responsibility of the storyteller.

"...Directed by: Joe Wright. Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave, Benedict Cumberbatch, Brenda Blethyn,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Grimm Guignol

Ryan Gosling's directorial debut melds fantasy and realism

"...car to get him across the city limits. Rat (Saoirse Ronan) is both the girl in the window next..."

April 10, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Ammonite

History takes second place in this paleontology biopic as passions are unearthed

"...Directed by: Francis Lee. Starring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, James McArdle, Fiona Shaw and Gemma Jones...."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

See How They Run

Playful whodunit spoofs the greatest mystery in theatre

"...Directed by: Tom George. Starring: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, David Oyelowo, Reece Shearsmith, Ruth Wilson,..."

Sept. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Isabelle Huppert (Greta), Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) Best Director..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

The Lovely Bones

Peter Jackson forgets to imbue his living characters with emotional weight, and instead focuses on this story's visually stylized netherworld between life and death.

"...Directed by: Peter Jackson. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci,..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Foe

Sci-fi eco thriller is just an exercise in infuriating mystery

"...Directed by: Garth Davis. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal and Aaron Pierre...."

Oct. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Seagull

Chekhov's tale of Muscovite misery takes unsteady flight.

"...Directed by: Michael Mayer. Starring: Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll, Billy Howle, Elisabeth Moss, Brian Dennehy,..."

June 1, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Lost River

Ryan Gosling's controversial debut as a writer/director finally arrives

"...by: Ryan Gosling. Starring: Christina Hendricks, Iain De Caestecker, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, Matt Smith, Ben Mendelsohn, Barbara Steele,..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's film is a marvelous spectacle: spry, sly, and rich with microdetailed production design and tickling tributes to cinematic forebearers.

"...Directed by: Wes Anderson. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody,..."

March 14, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'Byzantium,' 'Kiss of the Damned,' 'Nosferatu,' 'Aeon: The Last Vampyre on Earth'

Time for a real vampire weekend

"...into Napoleonic health care. Clara (Gemma Atherton) and Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) are Dearg-due: The Irish vampire that seduces, then..."

Nov. 17, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Untold Tale of Stuntwomen

Director April Wright is setting the history of Hollywood straight

"...something she doesn't get to do. She was doubling Saoirse Ronan. That was the one she wanted to talk..."

Sept. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

ATX Film News: Zellweger, Linklater, Bujalski, Oh My!

Plus AFF gets an NEA grant and ... Cats 2?

"...(Bombshell) and Cynthia Erivo (Harriet), both at +1400, and Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) at +2267...."

Jan. 24, 2020 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...(Riot Girls), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Dolemite Is my Name), Saoirse Ronan (Little Women) Best Director..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Richard Linklater Shooting 20-Year Stephen Sondheim Musical

Merrily We Roll Along his most ambitious project yet

"...recognize the musical as the one that Feldstein and Saoirse Ronan put on in Lady Bird, while the Austin..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner), Holly..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...(I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper) Best Director..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2017

"...Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) Best Director..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Film Festival Snags Chappaquiddick as Closing Night Film

Full lineup includes Call Me by Your Name, Three Billboards

"...Bird (writer/director Greta Gerwig’s autobiographically close coming-of-age film starring Saoirse Ronan) and mid-fest Centerpiece Film The Current War (an..."

Sept. 26, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Steve Davis' Top 10 Films of 2015

"...Acting Kudos (Female) Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn), Cate Blanchett (Carol), Kristen Stewart (Clouds of..."

Jan. 1, 2016 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Austin Critics Announce Award Nominees

Carol leads nominations with seven nods

"...Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room Rooney Mara, Carol Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road Best..."

Dec. 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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