The film-maker’s big moment was almost eclipsed when La La Land, not Moonlight, was announced as best picture. Now his Lion King prequel is about to occupy Christmas
Damien Chazelle’s evocation of pre-talkie Hollywood features some of his very best work but also some of his clumsiest follies
Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can
The show featuring hunky doctors talking about sex is now on its 16th series
Including Hollywood, The Love Birds, The Eddy and an Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt special
Jack Thorne's searing TV dramas tackle class, justice and real-life tragedies
Film star's widow on curating her husband's archive, and the 47-year age gap
Review: This eye-wateringly beautiful film feels like a deep breath nervously exhaled
Review: This terrific study of the 1969 Moon landing is all about the man inside the suit
First Man director Damien Chazelle on his new film and its wave of ‘un-American’ criticism
Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol
Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer
Toronto film festival: Natalie Portman dazzles in Vox Lux as Irish films continued to premiere at another busy Tiff for domestic cinema
The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto
Deal adds a marquee name to iPhone maker’s content efforts
Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year
Film’s failure to score a Best Director Oscar nomination for Martin McDonagh is not necessarily a reaction
Dunkirk blows away the competition
Here are our favourite film moments of the last year. Don't forget to vote for yours
‘Moonlight’ carries off best picture statuette after ‘La La Land’ wrongly declared winner
A diligent Oscars observer should be happy with nothing less than 70 per cent in the prediction stakes – which means I’m not happy with my forecasting
Did Moonlight deserve its last gasp win? Was Emma Stone up to scratch? Here’s how we reviewed the winning films
Donald Clarke ranks the best picture nominees at this year’s Academy Awards
‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’? Emma Stone or Natalie Portman? Casey Affleck or Denzel Washington? Donald Clarke makes his predictions for Sunday night's Oscars ceremony
McCabe scandal; St Patrick’s Day caution; hospital strike; Baftas; Irish gangs
Hollywood musical scoops most gongs on occasion coloured by celebrity and politics
The boom in independent cinema has meant a more diverse, better list of nominees in the best picture race
It’s the time of year when we accurately pick around 83 percent of the main nominations
Something will have gone terribly wrong if the Oscars fail to honour a film that fits comfortably into the Trump conversation
Ireland and Brexit; college dropouts; ‘quango cull’; Golden Globes; ASTI pay freeze
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
