Gralton’s Hall: The rebirth of an important ‘den of iniquity’ in Co Leitrim
Built in 1921, it was a place of great reverie, dance, debate and music. It was also a target of the Catholic Church
Ken Loach
Film-maker Laura Carreira: ‘It is a universal sentiment, not feeling correctly rewarded for your hard work’
The film-maker Laura Carreira talks about On Falling, her unnerving portrayal of a picker for an online retailer
Mike Leigh: ‘I did a film in Northern Ireland about Catholics and Protestants. I did a play about Jews. To me it’s about people’
Hard Truths is as moving and acute a film as the 82-year-old has ever made. The director talks about rejection, vindication and never changing his approach to movie-making
Godzilla used to be a metaphor for nuclear horror. Nowadays the monsters are metaphors for the lumbering franchises they appear in
Patrick Freyne: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is zippy, characterful and fun, but I could do better
Leo Varadkar needs better cultural reference points than Benefits Street
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
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