Four new films to stream this weekend

Da 5 Bloods, The King of Staten Island, Virus Tropical, Artemis Fowl

Marjane Satrapi: ‘I did not want a monkey Madame Curie’

The Persepolis writer and director on growing up rebellious in Iran, and her new film Radioactive about Marie Curie

Dublin International Film Festival 2020: Memorable matriarchal themes

Writer, actor and activist John Connors has two directorial efforts in the festival

Gig of the Week: Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival

Irish-made films Sea Fever, Vivarium, Arracht and Herself head the line-up this year

Dublin International Film Festival: A guide to the best movies

Women filmmakers are the thematic plank of this year’s DIFF programme

‘Tunisia’s Berlusconi’ the wild card as nation goes to the polls

Jailed TV station owner Karoui among voters’ hopes for delivery on Arab Spring ideals

Which films are in contention as interminable awards season ramps up?

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Half the movies at Toronto Film Festival are made by women

The number of female directors in the film business remains stubbornly low

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s teenage years in ‘bombed out’ New York

Sara Driver has made a fascinating chronicle of the late American artist’s formative years

100 books by women you have to read

Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list

The Voices: pills, thrills and empathy for a serial killer

Marjane Satrapi has directed an almost indescribable film that oscillates between horror and comedy. It is a strange mixture of Hollywood sheen with a rare moral complexity

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