{"id":336881,"date":"2026-03-09T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336881\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:17:09","slug":"where-to-watch-hamnet-sinners-one-battle-after-another-and-all-the-other-best-picture-nominees-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/336881\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to watch Hamnet, Sinners, One Battle After Another and all the other best picture nominees \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you watched all of this year\u2019s main Academy Award<\/a> contenders yet? If not, you will be unable, sadly, to spend next Monday ranting authoritatively about how \u201cOscar\u201d got it wrong this year. I don\u2019t make the rules.<\/p>\n

In the past it was often impossible for Irish viewers to see all the nominees before award night rolled around. A lag in release dates regularly turned the ceremony into a celebration of cinema that had yet to cross the Atlantic, lending a \u201ccongrats, I guess\u201d distance between film fans here and Hollywood\u2019s biggest night.<\/p>\n

But that was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. All has changed thanks to the closing of the release-date gap, shorter theatrical windows (the period in which a film is exclusive to cinemas), a relatively late date for the Oscars itself (RT\u00c9<\/a> will broadcast the ceremony live from 11pm, Irish time, next Sunday) and the now reliable presence of streamer-financed productions among the nominees.<\/p>\n

This year the 10 films nominated for best picture are all accessible in this part of the world, either through streaming and rental platforms or via their big-screen showings. Three of the 10 \u2013 Frankenstein and Train Dreams on Netflix<\/a>, and F1 on Apple TV<\/a> \u2013 are included in the price of those subscription services, while Oscar catch-up seasons at various Irish cinemas help with many of the rest.<\/p>\n

If it feels easier than other years to watch this year\u2019s batch of nominees, then that\u2019s because Oscar love has been shared less widely than usual, with six films securing more than half of all nominations for the 98th Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

Your local cinema listings will have full details of this week\u2019s screenings. In the meantime, here\u2019s a quick guide to how to get up to speed. (All prices are correct as of March 3rd.)<\/p>\n

Best pictureBugonia<\/p>\n

Expect alien-adjacent weirdness and fun-poking at both conspiracists and corporate culture in this latest collaboration between the actor-producer Emma Stone, the Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and Ireland\u2019s Element Pictures. Its two Irish founders, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, are among the named nominees for best picture. Available to rent through Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac4.99. Screenings include Light House Cinema<\/a>, Dublin, on Saturday, March 14th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review of the film here<\/a><\/p>\n

F1<\/p>\n

Will everyone come around to the idea that Sonny (Brad Pitt) isn\u2019t such a bad guy? The tension in this Apple-backed slab of unchallenging entertainment is all too bearable, frankly, but Irish actor Kerry Condon looks as if she\u2019s having a gas old time as Kate, the Formula One team\u2019s technical director, in Joseph Kosinski\u2019s film, which must, by law, be described as high-octane. Available to stream on Apple TV. Screenings include Omniplex Limerick<\/a> on Wednesday, March 11th, and Cineworld Dublin<\/a> and Belfast<\/a> on Saturday, March 14th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review of the film here<\/a><\/p>\n

Frankenstein<\/p>\n

\u201cI understood that I was nothing. A wretch. A blot. Not even of the same nature as man,\u201d says Frankenstein\u2019s monster (Jacob Elordi). We\u2019ve all had mornings like that. This Guillermo del Toro adaptation of Mary Shelley\u2019s story picked up nine Oscar nods. Its costumes are especially glorious, though the film feels almost as long as the time Elordi spent each day in the make-up chair. Available to stream on Netflix. Read Tara Brady\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Hamnet<\/p>\n

Jessie Buckley\u2019s portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare\u2019s grief after the death of her son has made her the runaway favourite for best actress. Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s realisation of Maggie O\u2019Farrell\u2019s novel earned eight nominations overall. The pair also compete together in the adapted-screenplay category, and Zhao is only the second woman (after Jane Campion) to be nominated for best director twice. Still showing in cinemas. Available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac17.99 (or buy for \u20ac21.99). Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Marty Supreme<\/p>\n

Table tennis is the unlikely backdrop to Josh Safdie\u2019s 1950s-set caper about a young a**hole \u2013 as he is branded \u2013 called Marty Mauser, who is loosely based on a real person and played by serial Academy Award nominee Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet. The comedy-drama about the perils of trying to transform a minority sport into big business doubles as a cautionary tale about the dangers of ignoring the instructions of hotel staff. Don\u2019t use the bath, Marty! Screenings include Cineworld Dublin<\/a> and Belfast<\/a> on Monday, March 9th, and Odeon Stillorgan<\/a> on Tuesday, March 10th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

One Battle After Another<\/p>\n

It was one Bafta after another for Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s thriller in London recently \u2013 it won six, more than any other film. Showcasing the unique machismo of the ultraconservative elite to hilarious effect, this triumph of American cinema stars Leonardo DiCaprio and his excellent dressing gown. Among its 13 nominations are supporting actor and actress nods for Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor, who are both in contention to win. Available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac4.99. Screenings include Omniplex Cork<\/a> on Thursday, March 12th, and Vue Liffey Valley<\/a> on Sunday, March 15th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

The Secret Agent<\/p>\n

Set during Brazil\u2019s military dictatorship of the 1970s, Kleber Mendon\u00e7a Filho\u2019s film has been selling out screenings in Ireland thanks to the support of the Brazilian diaspora. Alas, there\u2019s no space here to properly expand upon the merits of Wagner Moura, one of this year\u2019s best-actor nominees. Let\u2019s just say there\u2019s much to admire about his performance as a widowed academic with a target on his back. Still showing in cinemas. Read Tara Brady\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Sentimental Value<\/p>\n

The second feature not in the English language to make the best-picture cut is Joachim Trier\u2019s lovely Norwegian drama about a semi-estranged father (Stellan Skarsgard) reconnecting with his actor daughter (Renate Reinsve) while trying to make a film about her. Its four main cast members all received deserved acting nominations, though its casting directors did not. The appropriate phrase here is \u201cgo figure\u201d. Streaming on Mubi (seven-day free trial). Available to buy on Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac16.99. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinners<\/p>\n

Who knew that the secret to collecting a record-smashing 16 Oscar nominations was to make a vampire horror musical set in 1930s Mississippi with an unexpected rendition of Rocky Road to Dublin? Ryan Coogler, that\u2019s who. Realistically, it\u2019s between Sinners and One Battle After Another for the top prize in Los Angeles, with Michael B Jordan closing in on Chalamet in the best-actor betting. Available to watch via Sky Cinema or a Now cinema membership, or to purchase via various digital platforms for \u20ac11.99. Screenings include the Stella Cinema<\/a>, Rathmines, on Saturday, March 14th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Train Dreams<\/p>\n

Netflix\u2019s second horse in the best-picture race is also the second of two nominees in the category to showcase the talents of Kerry Condon. She makes a welcome appearance just as the loneliness of Robert (Joel Edgerton) is at its most acute in this quiet character study of an early 20th century logger and railroad worker in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The scenery in Clint Bentley\u2019s film is stunning. Available on Netflix. Screenings include Cineworld Dublin<\/a> and Belfast<\/a> on Friday, March 13th. Read Tara Brady\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Other nominees to catchIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/p>\n

A brilliant performance by Rose Byrne anchors Mary Bronstein\u2019s film about inequality between the sexes and the delusion-inducing stresses of parenthood. The Australian actor is Jessie Buckley\u2019s biggest threat on the night, but that\u2019s not saying much: her chances appear to have faded, though the quality of this deliciously furious film has not. Still showing in cinemas. Read Tara Brady\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

It Was Just an Accident<\/p>\n

The Iranian director Jafar Panahi and his cast and crew bravely made this film in secret, without permission, in Iran. France\u2019s nominated entry in the Academy Awards\u2019 international-feature category, it depicts the lingering trauma suffered by people imprisoned under the repressive, torture-inflicting Iranian regime, yet it also features plenty of dark humour and a farcical edge. Streaming on Mubi. Available to buy on Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac11.99. Screenings include Light House Cinema, Dublin, on Wednesday, March 11th. Read Donald Clarke\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Moon<\/p>\n

More local interest here, and not just because the cast of Richard Linklater\u2019s charming, sad film includes Andrew Scott and Simon Delaney. This chamber piece, which dwells on the late-career bitterness of Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart, was filmed at Ardmore Studios in Wicklow. It garnered two Oscar nominations: best original screenplay (for Robert Kaplow) and best actor (for Ethan Hawke). Available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video for \u20ac4.99. Read Tara Brady\u2019s review here<\/a><\/p>\n

Retirement Plan<\/p>\n

Nominated for best animated short, Retirement Plan was supported by Screen Ireland and RT\u00c9. Narrated by Domhnall Gleeson, it follows Ray, a man who fantasises about everything he would love to do when he is retired and finally has the time. John Kelly, its director and co-writer, and Andrew Freedman, one of its producers, are the named nominees behind this seven-minute short, which whizzes by with increasing poignancy, just like life itself. Available to watch<\/a> on RT\u00c9 Player; it will also be shown on RT\u00c9 One on Saturday, March 14th<\/p>\n

The 98th Academy Awards Ceremony is on RT\u00c9 One at 11pm on Sunday, March 15th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you watched all of this year\u2019s main Academy Award contenders yet? If not, you will be unable,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[309,14165,93,61,60,312,45946,10495,51097,86117,2625,11724,71211],"class_list":["post-336881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-chloe-zhao","tag-element-pictures","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jessie-buckley","tag-kerry-condon","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-maggie-o-farrell","tag-michael-b-jordan","tag-oscars","tag-paul-thomas-anderson","tag-ryan-coogler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}