The Irish Times

Red Rocket film review: Hilarious, unsettling portrait of a tarnished American dream

Frayed lives and unnerving relationships are vividly brought to life in Sean Baker’s latest

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00

Angelina Jolie: ‘It took a lot for me to separate from the father of my children’

The actor speaks about her divorce from Brad Pitt, activism and escaping Weinstein

Mon Sept 06 2021 - 12:30

Easy Rider at 50: ‘Unwatchable’ – unless you’re stoned

In July 1969, Dennis Hopper’s movie baffled the suits, freaked out audiences and made a fortune

Tue Jul 16 2019 - 13:30

Cork Film Festival to open with ‘Float Like a Butterfly’

Over 250 feature, documentary and short films to screen over next ten days

Fri Nov 09 2018 - 09:02

Richard Linklater's so-so reworking of a 1970s classic

Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s Last Flag Flying

Thu Jan 25 2018 - 06:00

2016: The 50 best films on Netflix

While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’

Fri Jul 29 2016 - 12:30

Michael Cimino: the man who once ruled Hollywood

The director of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s Gate was an unrepentant risk-taker

Sun Jul 03 2016 - 14:07

Lone Survivor Peter Berg talks grunts and gunfights

He is best known for the overblown ‘Battleship’, but Peter Berg’s latest movie , ‘Lone Survivor’, is a far rarer Hollywood beast – a politically nuanced war movie. And it also contains what may be the greatest gunfight ever filmed

Fri Jan 31 2014 - 00:00