The Austin Chronicle’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Critics’ lists and more thoughts on the year in film

"...Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun. In my review, I foolishly said..."

Dec. 13, 2024 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Blitz

Steve McQueen's history of the London air raids misses the target

"...Directed by: Steve McQueen. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine and Stephen..."

Nov. 8, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: Blitz

Steve McQueen’s history of the London air raids misses the target

"...a missing black father and a white mother, Rita (Saoirse Ronan). The only times he sees anyone like him..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan stars in a staggering portrait of addiction and recovery

"...Directed by: Nora Fingscheidt. Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Saskia Reeves and Stephen Dillane...."

Oct. 4, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Saoirse Ronan Battles Addiction in Unflinching Drama The Outrun

Nora Fingscheidt’s nonlinear film goes to hell and back

"...catalogs of the wildlife, and a powerhouse performance from Saoirse Ronan to present a stunning depiction of addiction...."

Jan. 26, 2024 Screens Post by Alejandra Martinez

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DVDanger: Mad Max

Before we hit Fury Road, the original revs up

"...here, and our interview with Gosling and cast members Saoirse Ronan and Iain De Caestecker, Grimm Guignol...."

May 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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

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

SXSW Film: Saturday Red Carpets and Panels

"...Saoirse Ronan walks the red carpet at the premiere of..."

March 15, 2015 Photo Gallery

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