Hosting weddings, tourists and music festivals help sustain heritage buildings

The League of Gentlemen ‘would be a hard sell now because it’s so distinctively its own thing’

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Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provision

A British director, an Irish cast and an African-American soundtrack – but it worked

How filmmakers have attempted to balance the demands of entertainment against the sensitivities of politics

Review: This tale of a 15-year-old living by his wits features wildly charismatic performances

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

His movie Parasite is bookies’ favourite – ahead of The Irishman and Joker – for a best film Oscar

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Review: Film shines a light on the grim reality of gig economy workers

The director who has spent 50 years poking the establishment on Brexit, right-wing broadcasters and the gig economy

Donald Clarke: Kids’ movies are becoming the only cinema many punters will pay to see

Critic Mark Cousins takes a personal look at North’s relationship with cinema for Channel 4

The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour

At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home

Cars, bikes and motorcycles at Victor Mee; silver and figurines in Adam’s At Home sale

Four Weddings and a Funeral was, for a while, the highest grossing British film of all time

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

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