The Irish Times

Female films: Where did the women go?

How Hollywood fell out of love with female-made and -led film

Sat Feb 20 2021 - 06:00

Record number of big Hollywood films had female directors in 2020

Women directed over 15% of top 100 grossing movies but ‘stunning imbalance’ off-camera remains

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 09:41

Wonder Woman 1984 review: The best superhero film to see cinemas in 2020

It has good villains, especially Kristen Wiig, ignored frump turned malevolent feline

Wed Dec 16 2020 - 06:00

Walking sort of like an Egyptian may not be enough any more

The news had barely landed before social media blew its collective top

Sat Oct 17 2020 - 05:00

Covid-19: Manifest threat to cinemas looms large

Viability of big-screen experience more in doubt the longer this pandemic continues

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:21

Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 05:00

Wonder Woman 1984 first trailer: Gal Gadot is back – this time with Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig plays villainous Cheetah in clip that also reunites Gadot with Chris Pine

Mon Dec 09 2019 - 10:12

Let it go, again: Jennifer Lee on making Frozen 2

Making a follow-up to the highest grossing animation ever was always going to be tough. ‘We realised there was more story to tell’

Thu Nov 21 2019 - 06:00

Aquaman star Patrick Wilson: ‘To talk about your own looks is a weird thing’

The actor on moving from musicals to movies, #MeToo and the perils of being a good looking guy

Fri Dec 14 2018 - 05:30

‘It’s about damned time’: Marvel’s feminised future

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is a part of Marvel's diversification trend

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 06:10

Steven Spielberg: ‘I didn’t think anybody would go to see ET’

His new film ‘The Post’ neatly captures the Trumpian zeitgeist. But the director worries that ‘four-quadrant superhero franchises’ will drive these old-school films out of cinemas

Sat Jan 20 2018 - 05:00

The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 16:38

Kinky roots: The strange true story of the real women behind ‘Wonder Woman’

‘Wonder Woman’ creator William Marston was into kink and BDSM and poly before the terms were invented and shared his live with two women

Sat Nov 11 2017 - 05:00

Colin Trevorrow: ‘Be proud of everything you paint, even if Mom doesn’t put it on the fridge’

Director Colin Trevorrow made the jump from micro-budget films to blockbusters. But for his latest, he’s gone back to his indie roots, and the critics aren’t pleased

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 06:15