The Irish Times

Sissy Spacek: ‘Weinstein did some unsavoury things. He could never look at me after that’

The star of Carrie, Badlands and Coal Miner’s Daughter on her decades-long career

Tue May 10 2022 - 06:00

Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy Awards

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to Ireland

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 16:54

Al Pacino: ‘The Godfather gave me a new identity that was hard to cope with’

Fifty years later, the actor looks back on his breakthrough role as Michael Corleone

Mon Mar 14 2022 - 10:06

Patrick Stewart: ‘I had difficult patches... I’d drink alcohol until I passed out’

As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the actor talks about his career

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 13:17

Penélope Cruz: ‘All my life, I’ve been hearing how stubborn I am’

After years of friendship, Cruz reunites with Pedro Almodóvar for their best film yet

Mon Jan 17 2022 - 06:00

Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giants

Donald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie stars

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 17:40

Becoming an animator: ‘Keep an open mind, be curious and observant’

Speaker’s Corner: The head of animation at Cartoon Saloon tells us about his trade

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 01:00

Arracht release could pave way for more TG4 film success

Irish language film scheme from TG4, Screen Ireland and the BAI is only warming up

Tue Aug 24 2021 - 05:54

Marlee Matlin: ‘I don’t want to be part of that effort of faking deaf’

Groundbreaking actor on her record-setting Oscar, #MeToo, and roles for deaf performers

Thu Aug 12 2021 - 06:00

Hoosiers: True story of underdog basketball team still charms

Sincere storytelling paired Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper at height of their powers

Tue Mar 09 2021 - 06:00

Raging Bull’s gut-wrenching violence is even more shocking today

There’s no redemption, but there is dark magic at work in Scorsese and De Niro’s film

Mon Mar 08 2021 - 06:45

The killing of Jamal Khashoggi: Dial MBS for murder

Bryan Fogel discusses his ‘true-crime documentary’ The Dissident about the journalist

Sat Mar 06 2021 - 13:40

Golden Globes 2021 and the ‘doddering, faintly corrupt’ group that chooses the winners

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s membership and finances are under scrutiny

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 06:00

Zendaya: ‘I didn’t understand acting. I just was obsessed with it’

The star of Euphoria and Malcolm & Marie on tapping into her theatrical childhood

Sat Feb 06 2021 - 05:00

Joe Dante: You have to give a movie time to age, like wine

Gremlins director talks Spielberg, low-budget horror and ‘bizarre’ film market

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 05:00

‘Two fat couples kissing’: Concerned Irish parents complain about films

Joker, Spider-Man, Aquaman and the horror film Midsommar feature in complaints to Ifco

Mon Jul 27 2020 - 10:58

Ennio Morricone, genius: ‘I didn’t know I was doing anything new or revolutionary’

Late composer was among tiny handful of film scorers whose work is instantly recognisable

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 13:30

Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online

Art house classics rub shoulders with Palme d’Or winners and critically acclaimed works

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00

Hollywood’s Netflix tensions still bubbling as streamer returns to red carpet

A Best Picture Oscar may have to wait, but company is winning its war on film release windows

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:15

The Lighthouse: Willem Dafoe is the best screen villain since Daniel Day Lewis

Review: Robert Pattinson’s easy naturalism curdles into something unnerving and evil

Wed Jan 29 2020 - 15:26

Renée Zellweger: ‘I was lying to myself, and I don’t know why’

After a six year hiatus, the Oscar winner is returning to the big screen as Judy Garland

Thu Sept 26 2019 - 10:35

Elizabeth McGovern: A lifetime of living and acting with alpha males

The Downton Abbey actor co-starred with Kevin Bacon, Mickey Rourke Brad Pitt and Sean Penn

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

Streaming wars: How Disney wants to take your cash

Netflix once had the field to itself. Now Disney and other Hollywood behemoths are closing in – and they’re here to take your money

Sat Jul 13 2019 - 06:30

João Gilberto, father of bossa nova, dies aged 88

The singer and composer was one of the most important figures in Brazilian music

Sun Jul 07 2019 - 10:32

Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?

The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 08:54

Is there such a thing as an Irish film anymore? Does it matter?

At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home

Sat Jun 29 2019 - 05:30

Stevie Wonder to play 3Arena, Dublin, in July

Tickets for the July 9th ‘Stevie Wonder Song Party’ concert go on sale on Friday

Mon Apr 08 2019 - 12:38

Element Pictures: ‘We’re very ambitious and glass half empty people’

Interview: Element Pictures founders are back from the Oscars ‘fishbowl’ with plans for expansion

Fri Mar 08 2019 - 05:49

In the auction rooms: Bowie masks, hares and stags

Theme of natural world features in forthcoming auctions

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 00:00

The Lady Eve: A flawless screwball comedy with a delicious parting shot

Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda blaze up the screen as a bumbling heir and con artist

Fri Feb 15 2019 - 05:00

Rami Malek: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ experience with Bryan Singer ‘not pleasant’

Bryan Singer’s alleged victims ‘deserve to have their voice heard’, says Oscar-nominated actor

Sun Feb 03 2019 - 17:22

Oscars 2019: 10 things we learned from the nominations

The Favourite could hardly have done better, but most of the big races are still competitive

Tue Jan 22 2019 - 16:52

Screen Ireland spotlights equality wins and ‘underfunded’ TV drama

Producer backs return of slate funding that helped Oscar-tipped ‘The Favourite’ get made

Thu Jan 17 2019 - 15:57

Kevin Spacey appears in court on indecent assault charge

Lawyers enter not guilty plea over plying 18-year-old with alcohol and groping him in 2016

Mon Jan 07 2019 - 18:23