Godzilla used to be a metaphor for nuclear horror. Nowadays the monsters are metaphors for the lumbering franchises they appear in
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It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track
The Old Oak: Ken Loach’s last orders deliver a generous round
A little solidarity goes a long way in the great film-maker’s final offering
Ken Loach: ‘Ireland has always been wonderful... even though the police in the North chased us out’
The director on his new film, The Old Oak, set in a ravaged mining community in northeast England, and why he may wrap up the film-making at 87
Making great films, like being US president, is an old person’s game
Donald Clarke: This year’s Cannes is discrediting Tarantino’s youth theory as Loach, Kaurismäki, Breillat and Scorsese take plaudits
Cannes film festival 2023: return of the old guard royalty of Loach, Wenders and Scorsese. Then there’s Johnny Depp
Unbeatable film festival kicks off next week with new Indiana Jones film and others by Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes and Alice Rohrwacher
‘I flattered him, knowing he’d try to kiss me’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan
‘It’s the oldest journalistic trick in the book. Coogan has fallen for it hook, line and sinker’
Was arch-prude Mary Whitehouse really ahead of her time?
TV review: A new documentary resists painting the moral crusader as a crank
Subtitles are in vogue. Let us all embrace the new lucidity
Donald Clarke: Four out of five young people say they regularly watch subtitled content
Criticism of The Wind that Shakes the Barley reflected British unfamiliarity with conflict, says historian
British media ‘reluctant’ to accept army engaged in brutal campaign in Ireland
Holding on to the Big House: How modern owners make them viable
Hosting weddings, tourists and music festivals help sustain heritage buildings
Reece Shearsmith: ‘We were nerds in that vicious way’
The League of Gentlemen ‘would be a hard sell now because it’s so distinctively its own thing’
Cillian Murphy: ‘The less that people know about me the better’
‘I didn’t see myself as a personality. I see myself as an actor. I think those are two distinct jobs’
A ‘disgusting movie’ made by ‘vile creatures’? This Irish film is far from that, says its director
Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provision
Strange confection: The Commitments and the battle for Dublin’s soul
A British director, an Irish cast and an African-American soundtrack – but it worked
The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collins
How filmmakers have attempted to balance the demands of entertainment against the sensitivities of politics
Sócrates: A beautifully performed slice of Brazilian social realism
Review: This tale of a 15-year-old living by his wits features wildly charismatic performances
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Bong Joon Ho: ‘Even among ourselves we wonder why Korean cinema exploded’
His movie Parasite is bookies’ favourite – ahead of The Irishman and Joker – for a best film Oscar
The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant
We start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cut
Sorry We Missed You: One of Ken Loach’s best films
Review: Film shines a light on the grim reality of gig economy workers
Ken Loach: What’s Britain doing owning part of Ireland?
The director who has spent 50 years poking the establishment on Brexit, right-wing broadcasters and the gig economy
Call me a snob, but Marvel’s Black Panther is ‘less than’ Scorsese’s Raging Bull
Donald Clarke: Kids’ movies are becoming the only cinema many punters will pay to see
The Troubles on film: ‘Hollywood has done everywhere and it’s always wrong’
Critic Mark Cousins takes a personal look at North’s relationship with cinema for Channel 4
Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?
The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour
Is there such a thing as an Irish film anymore? Does it matter?
At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home
Movie star car among wheel deals in Cavan
Cars, bikes and motorcycles at Victor Mee; silver and figurines in Adam’s At Home sale
Four Weddings at 25: The film that gave us ‘That Dress’, that poem and Hugh Grant the star
Four Weddings and a Funeral was, for a while, the highest grossing British film of all time
Tarantino, Almódovar and Loach head the old brat pack at Cannes
Fewer instant classics on show, but Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dark drama The Lighthouse and Irish horror Vivarium stand out
Cannes 2019: This year’s first five-star film, plus a lonely, whimpering Palm Dog
Cannes diary: Robert Pattinson stars in The Lighthouse; and a crowded market for mutts
‘Covering the Cannes Festival is the hardest job in the world. Pity Us’
Donald Clarke: The #sordidtruth about covering Cannes in the age of Twitter
French social discontent gets a look-in at Cannes
Flying saucers turn out to be recurrent motif, as zombie comedy gets mixed reception
Cannes 2019: Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die gets festival off to glittering start
Star-studded cast of Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton and Chloë Sevigny light up red carpet
Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty
Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint
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