The Irish Times

Rose Plays Julie: Highbrow quasi-thriller frustrates and rewards

A more fibrous, chewier piece of work than Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s previous

Fri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00

Why are there so few Irish women cast in films that are made here?

Irish actresses are missing out on commercial opportunities, writes Anna Doyle

Fri Apr 23 2021 - 14:24

The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge

She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels

Sat Nov 14 2020 - 05:00

Fifty Shades, Kanye, Love/Hate: The films, TV, books and music that defined the decade

The Decade in Culture: The most impactful books, series and performers of 2010-19

Fri Dec 20 2019 - 06:00

Keepers of the Flame: An education in revolutionary Ireland

With tricky commemorations ahead, Nuala O’Connor’s documentary is nicely measured

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 05:00

Oliver Callan: I was a gay Boo Radley in 1980s Monaghan

Finally admitting I was different was my epiphany, freeing me from a life of sameness

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00

Narcos review: What happens when the Cali cartel goes straight?

The drugs drama returns with true stories that beggar belief

Fri Sept 01 2017 - 12:00

Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’

Fri May 19 2017 - 06:00

Why one of Ireland’s most famous schools is going Gaelscoil

Synge Street in Dublin 8 is turning to the Irish language to restore pupil numbers

Tue Mar 14 2017 - 01:00

Audi Dublin International Film Festival launches its programme for 2017

Festival guests this year include Vanessa Redgrave, Kerry Fox, Anna Friel, Jack Reynor, Cillian Murphy and Aiden Gillen

Wed Jan 18 2017 - 14:17

Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’

‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 17:45

Television: Cry me a River and pay tribute to the Don – the small-screen year

Year in review: From ‘Red Rock’ to Aidan Turner’s biceps in ‘Poldark’ and Don Draper’s final ad campaign in ‘Mad Men’, TV delivered the goods in 2015

Fri Dec 18 2015 - 15:00

Star Wars: Battlefront and Quantum Break shine at Gamescom

Quantum Break TV series to star Shawn Ashmore and ‘Love-Hate’ actor Aidan Gillen

Wed Aug 05 2015 - 18:44

Aidan Gillen: chasing character at the top of his game

The ‘Game of Thrones’ star has had an extraordinary career but still likes to do low-budget Irish films

Fri Jul 24 2015 - 04:00

Television: Wolf Hall is not your usual bodice ripper

The BBC’s Tudor drama is literate and atmospheric; an Irish documentary on being gay is quietly powerful when it stays on home ground; and the last word on RTÉ’s ‘Charlie’

Sat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00