Harry Wootliff: ‘That’s my genre – smart, strong women making bad choices’
The British film-maker on her new drama True Things and being true to herself
Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema
The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor
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
Donald Clarke: Forget movie stars, it’s all about the IP now
‘We are about to visit the most marvellous places,’ says Netflix after Roald Dahl aquisition – yeah, right
Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas Coppola
As his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genre
Donald Clarke: Hollywood stopped putting women at the heart of stories in the 1940s
Now, Voyager’s female characters have enormous strength despite the nods to societal norms
Scarlett Johansson’s suing Disney. Welcome to the great 21st-century streaming wars
The Black Widow star and her lawyers are riding a wave that has been swelling for some time
Bette Davis eyes mesmerise in New York photography auction
Sotheby’s sale features Victor Skrebneski photograph of Davis billed as her ‘favourite’
Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why
Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort
Thandie Newton names names. Will Hollywood punish her?
Many are women tidied away by an industry that prefers its boats to remain unrocked
Carl Reiner: An immense comedic talent who inspired generations of writers
Obituary: The screenwriter, actor and director was a man of remarkable energy
Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and again
There’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comforts
Beyond Netflix: where to find Golden Age classic movies
Apple and Google are excellent options for the greatest era of American cinema
Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now
Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for
You'll be sorry when nobody holds the door for you any more
Donald Clarke: Harvey Weinstein's lawyer took us on a trip back to the Sexist Seventies this week
Violent femme: Why Isabelle Huppert isn’t afraid of being scary
Some think she’s ‘a bit frightening’, including in Neil Jordan’s Greta, but the star couldn’t be nicer
Us: Macabre American satire from the maker of Get Out
Review: All credit to a cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o and Elisabeth Moss
The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe’s swansong gets a stage reboot
Corn Exchange is tackling Arthur Miller’s play for Dublin Theatre Festival. Ghosts of John Huston’s troubled 1961 movie loom large
Dwayne Johnson: Can ‘The Rock’ save Hollywood?
The golden era of a film selling itself on its star is over – but ‘Skyscraper’ does just that
Turning classic movies into plays is just plain wrong
Classic movie ‘All about Eve’ is being turned into a play with Gillian Anderson. Why?
My heroines: Cagney, Lacey, Xena and She-Ra
The Powerpuff Girls turned out to be a template for a new generation of feminists
Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie
‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies
Has Olivia de Havilland’s last starring role just been cut short?
The Hollywood great’s failed lawsuit has got fact-based TV and cinema off the hook
‘Anti-ageing’ products are a myth but you can still manage the damage
Beauty: All we can do is manage damage – and serums and eye creams can help
Boy babies wet their nappies at any lurch towards gender equality
The three highest grossing movies in the US have women in leading roles – about time
Going out this weekend? Here’s the best of what to see
Sean Millar, Irish Opera Artists and The Grimm Tale of Cinderella come to Dublin
Jamie Bell: I hope things are getting better for women in film
The former ‘Billy Elliot’ star on Durham versus LA, acting pitfalls, and women in film
Dakota Fanning: Women like to watch other women on screen
At just 23, Dakota Fanning is a Hollywood veteran - just don't expect her to go all Lindsay Lohan anytime soon
Tributes paid to Labour MP Gerald Kaufman after death at 86
Oldest member of House of Commons was known as acerbic debater and critic of Israel
Carrie Fisher’s ashes carried in ‘Prozac urn’ at funeral
Actress laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds who died a day after her
Obituary: Reynolds was prolific, ambitious and resilient
When Debbie Reynolds burst out of a cake in Singin’ in the Rain she burst into screen stardom
Sigourney Weaver: ‘I want to do an Irish accent’
The towering star of ‘Alien’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Avatar’ deals with death in ‘A Monster Calls’
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