Emily Watson

Small Things Like These: Cillian Murphy’s performance is fiercely internalised in a film emblematic of a changing Ireland

Tim Mielant’s memorable film is quietly emblematic of a changing Ireland

Thu Oct 31 2024 - 05:00

TV Baftas 2022: Social issues take spotlight at inclusive ceremony

Pleas to save Channel 4 took centre stage on Sunday night amid uncertainty over future

Mon May 09 2022 - 10:20

Cannes 2022: God’s Creatures starring Paul Mescal to premiere at upcoming festival

‘Special screening’ planned for offbeat horror film starring Kerry woman Jessie Buckley

Tue Apr 19 2022 - 15:00

Denise Gough: ‘It’s only recently women get to play parts that usually go to boys’

Irish actor on her character choices, catching Covid-19 and why she avoids social media

Sat Apr 17 2021 - 06:00

Fiona Bruce in a Spitfire is a Brexiteer’s fever dream

Patrick Freyne: Antiques Roadshow delves in second World War jingoism while cats plan our demise

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 05:00

Jude Law: ‘After I became a parent, I cried at anything’

As he plays a troubled dad trapped on a sinister island in The Third Day, the star reveals how the drama unlocked his deepest parenting fears

Mon Sept 07 2020 - 10:00

Alan Parker helped kickstart a cultural renaissance in Dublin

The director, who has died aged 76, created a diverse range of hits during his career

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 20:00

Screen Actors Guild awards: have Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar hopes been dented?

No nomination for Irish star of Little Women but Andrew Scott gets nod for Fleabag

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 16:58

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

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 10:02

Chernobyl writer urges Instagram tourists to ‘respect’ nuclear disaster site

Spike in visitors, including someone posing in a g-string, prompts HBO writer to speak out

Wed Jun 12 2019 - 09:50

Chernobyl: A nuclear disaster is unsettlingly lovely to look at

Review: Under Johan Renck’s direction, these scenes are as grim as the architecture, brutal and unforgiving

Tue May 07 2019 - 22:47

Chernobyl TV drama will bring new light to 1986 nuclear disaster, says Adi Roche

Campaigner welcomes hard-hitting Sky and HBO TV series that prompted tears at UN

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 18:10

Lars Von Trier: ‘I am disappointed only 100 people vomited’

The arch provocateur on his divisive film The House that Jack Built, misogyny and Björk

Fri Dec 07 2018 - 05:45

Sky Cinema eyes piece of the action with movies of its own

Risky move comes as streaming TV services chase the holy grail of original content

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 05:45

Frank McNally on a Brexit-flavoured ‘Waiting for Godot’

Soft Border, Hard Beckett: An Irishman’s Diary

Tue Jul 31 2018 - 17:46

Béatrice Dalle: ‘I’ve never thought I’m beautiful, but I have a power of attraction’

The ‘Betty Blue’ actor on her love affair with Rupert Everett and why Jesus is sexy

Mon Jun 11 2018 - 09:59

Seven of the best TV shows to watch this week

Anthony Hopkins plays Lear, Gay Byrne takes a trip down memory lane and Can’t Cope, Won’t Cope comes to a friendship-wrecking close

Sun May 27 2018 - 06:00

Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

On Chesil Beach: Saoirse Ronan’s new film not wholly satisfying

Review: Ian McEwan’s own script cannot find a cinematic substitute for his sharp prose

Tue May 22 2018 - 14:59

In the age of surveillance, what do any of us have left to hide?

To be young now is to be hounded for personal data in exchange for trinkets and services

Fri Feb 17 2017 - 13:31

Television: After the London bombings, a mother’s grief puts viewers through the ringer

Review: ‘A Song for Jenny’, ‘Fake or Fortune’, ‘Coronation Street’

Fri Jul 10 2015 - 14:00

Testament of Youth review: Cinematic flair in love and war

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 16:50

The Theory of Everything review: A brief history of love

This love story is as complex and deep as any of the physics covered in Stephen Hawking’s books

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 10:00

Belle

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 11:07

Audrey Tautou: Vive la différence

Since stumbling into the role of Amélie, Audrey Tautou has forged a singular career, one of the few resolutely Gallic film stars to become a global star. Her secret to success: ‘I always tried to follow my instincts

Fri Jun 13 2014 - 00:00

'Belle' director on women film-makers and how the zeitgeist rules cinema

Director Amma Asante's acclaimed new film is inspired by the true story of a mixed-heritage daughter of a British Royal Navy admiral