Horror films Backrooms and Obsession are doing something astonishing

The building success of Obsession speaks to the power of strong reviews and stronger word of mouth – and twentysomething YouTube film-makers

How Everything Everywhere gave Michelle Yeoh the role of a lifetime

The action superstar talks about her high-risk, low-budget Hong Kong days and why you can be a superhero in your 60s

Art and craft: how beer packaging got creative

Beer labels once lacked any originality. Now they showcase design and personality

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

Donald Trump believes he’s Luke Skywalker: How Star Wars works for everyone

With the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’

John Lewis Christmas ad 2017: Watch Moz the monster in a real tear-jerker

Watch the chain’s new ad filmed by an Oscar-winning director and featuring Elbow’s cover of a classic Beatles tune

Digital Biscuit returns for more hobnobbing

Film and technology networking event will be held in Dublin in March

No ordinary film: The Doghouse gives audiences a seat at the table

A Danish short film lets the viewer inhabit one of five characters around a dinner table by wearing an Oculus Rift headset. And so this thirtysomething Irish female journalist becomes a middle-aged Danish man

We have lift-off: Irish cultural calendar 2015

A year of Yeats. The return of the Gathering. The zaniness of TedFest. The muckiness of the National Ploughing Championships. The musical magic of Electric Picnic. The spectacular scenery of Earagail Arts Festival. And much more. Consider yourself told

David Fincher, the unflinching auteur

Noted gloom merchant David Fincher has adapted the popcorn-ready bestseller ‘Gone Girl’. The grim result? ‘A very realistic view of marriage’

David Fincher, the unflinching auteur

Noted gloom merchant David Fincher has adapted the popcorn-ready bestseller ‘Gone Girl’. The grim result? ‘A very realistic view of marriage’

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Mood Indigo review: Visually amazing, emotionally shallow

Audrey Tautou: Vive la différence

Since stumbling into the role of Amélie, Audrey Tautou has forged a singular career, one of the few resolutely Gallic film stars to become a global star. Her secret to success: ‘I always tried to follow my instincts

Spike Jonze: “This is me trying to make sense of this insane experience of being alive”

Just in time for Valentine’s Day the ever-surprising Spike Jonze returns with his first film in four years – Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. And it’s the perfect break-up movie. The goofy auteur on ripping out your heart and stomping on it forever ...