Ingmar Bergman

Modernist puzzle: László Nemes and his bloody awkward film

Hungarian auteur’s new film Sunset shows a vanished Budapest on the edge of change

Wed May 29 2019 - 05:00

A farewell to Dublin’s Screen and the rest of the old-school arthouse cinemas

Whatever name the building was known by in its lifetime, it was always a city landmark

Sat Mar 02 2019 - 06:00

Steve Coogan: Why I’m bringing back Alan Partridge

25 years since Alan Partridge first appeared on screen, his creator explains why a divided nation needs him more than ever

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 08:32

Without cinematography and editing, there’s no such thing as a film

Donald Clarke: This week’s Oscars news reflects the common, idiotic view that cinema is little more than a type of flat theatre that you can now watch on your telephone

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 15:12

The 50 best films of 2018

Year in Culture Review: From Lady Bird to A Star is Born, here are our films of the year

Mon Dec 10 2018 - 06:00

The 100 greatest foreign-language films revealed

Only four out of the top 100 films directed by women in BBC poll of critics

Wed Oct 31 2018 - 06:42

My Bergmanesque despair is being dialled up to 11

The Oxford English Dictionary’s newest entries include more than 100 film-related terms

Fri Oct 12 2018 - 05:30

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

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00

In praise of Autumn: Ireland is not a summery nation

As everything turns a deathly brown, it feels unpatriotic to favour any other season

Fri Sept 14 2018 - 05:00

‘Hereditary’ is a critical success, a box office smash. But do people actually like it?

Cinema-goers are flocking to the art-horror film ... then giving out about it afterwards

Thu Jun 14 2018 - 19:20

May '68: when revolution came to the Cote d'Azur

It is 50 years since the 1968 Cannes film festival was called to a halt in solidarity with protesting students – but don’t expect commemorations

Sat May 05 2018 - 05:00

‘When something brilliant happens? I call everybody. Alphabetically’

In Conversation: Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove, co-artistic directors of Pan Pan Theatre

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

The Leisure Seeker: Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren well below their best

Review: The film is a long, slow Winnebago ride to a cold, cold grave

Thu Apr 19 2018 - 09:34

The Magic Flute: Restored 1975 Oscar winning opera

Review: Filmed by Ingmar Bergman, this version of Mozart’s opera is fascinating to watch

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 05:00

The Touch: Ingmar Bergman’s lost drama of an extramarital affair

Review: A complex, grown-up relationship drama is dusted off for the auteur’s centenary

Wed Feb 21 2018 - 10:35

Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’

He will always be introduced as the screenwriter behind ‘Taxi Driver’, but there are many more points of interest to Paul Schrader

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00

Phantom Thread: Daniel Day-Lewis is pained and brilliant in his final film

Review: The actor plays a perfectionist artist who makes life a nightmare for those around him

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 11:52

‘There’s an entire generation whose first exposure to sex was depraved’

Rafe Spall grew up during the lad culture of the 1990s, and there’s little doubt in his mind how the likes of Harvey Weinstein were allowed to flourish

Fri Oct 13 2017 - 05:00