Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in December
Including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Squid Game season two, Beast Games, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Ben Whishaw
Passages review: Ben Whishaw is a marvel – but you can’t take your eyes off Franz Rogowski
A torrid, gripping drama that economically picks apart a doomed ménage à trois
‘We didn’t have an intimacy co-ordinator. We decided to build this thing together and trust one another’
Passages actor Franz Rogowski on charming psychopathy and creating convincing relationships with Adèle Exarchopoulos and Ben Whishaw
This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy
TV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamish
Ben Whishaw: ‘I don’t find acting helps my social anxiety’
The actor talks about his off-stage shyness and his latest role in This Is Going to Hurt
No Time to Die film review: The opening sequence is the best thing about it
The new Bond film starts brilliantly, goes off the boil, then rallies in a stirring finale
Jessie Buckley: Kerry’s bright star lights up the new season of Fargo
Fargo, season four review: Kerry actor Jessie Buckley is chilling as psychokiller Nurse Mayflower
Little Joe: It gets under your skin and lays eggs there
Review: Some may find this film slow and obscure but it will not be easily forgotten
‘I like the idea of the Invasion of the Bodysnatchers’
Austrian auteur Jessica Hausner on her fifth feature, Little Joe, which she describes as a crossover between sci-fi and arthouse
The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci delivers a minor miracle
Review: This is maybe the best Dickens film adaptation since David Lean
Emmys 2019: Complete list of major winners
Fleabag wins big with four awards, Game of Thrones takes prize for best drama
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Bafta TV Awards 2019: Irish actor Fiona Shaw wins best supporting actor
Killing Eve, Ant and Dec among winners. Benedict Cumberbatch scoops best actor
Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty
Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint
James Bond 25: title and cast to be revealed Thursday
The 25th Bond film, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga, will be Daniel Craig’s fifth outing as 007
What will win the 2020 best picture Oscar? Probably one of these
Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...
Golden Globes: shock as ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ wins best drama
Freddie Mercury biopic and ‘Green Book’ win big at awards ceremony on Sunday night
Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film
Mary Poppins Returns: Emily Blunt is good, but the film is average-alidocious
Review: This sequel, which is practically a remake, lacks the zip of the original
‘In Freddie Mercury I saw a very shy and at times lonely figure’
Actor Rami Malek on portraying the late Queen frontman in the new biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Film-maker Pawel Pawlikowski’s deft touch to the fore in ‘Cold War’
The Polish auteur’s latest movie is of a stripe that enamours almost all who see it
On TV this weekend: Ethan Hawke, Gino D’Acampo and Tracey Ullman
Frankie Boyle goes to Russia ahead of the World Cup, plus the final of Britain’s Got Talent
James Bond: Daniel Craig with Danny Boyle directing confirmed for 007’s latest mission
The ‘Trainspotting’ director will take the reins on 25th James Bond film – and Craig’s fifth
Mary Poppins Returns: Emily Blunt floats down on a kite
In a trailer for the sequel, grown-up Jane and Michael reunite with their magical nanny
Nigel Havers: On My Culture Radar
Actor Nigel Havers on why he has a soft spot for ‘Paddington 2’, Dire Straits and the classic musical ‘West Side Story’
From Derry Girls to Cork offenders: unmissable TV for 2018
Ring out (or recommission) the old; ring in the new: here’s what to stay tuned for in the new year
Saoirse Ronan makes a malevolent jump from screen to stage in The Crucible
Ronan’s theatre debut is with Ciarán Hinds and Ben Whishaw in a formidable production directed by Ivo van Hove
Television: Undercover in London, behind bars in Dublin
Review: ‘London Spy’, ‘The Joy’, ‘Ballyfin’, ‘Downton Abbey’
Spectre review: James Bond back on form, but...
Tension between innovation and tradition ultimately pulls latest 007 episode to pieces
Irish co-production ‘The Lobster’ for Cannes Film Festival
Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition
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