The long-time collaborators join up again for a frenetic, characterful, lovely tale set in the night markets of Taipei

You don’t so much interview Farrell as curate his conversation. A professional down to his neat fingertips, he gives you, in 20 minutes or so, enough material for a smallish book. It is 25 years since Farrell made the jump from Ireland to Los Angeles with Tigerland. His early roguish demeanour has matured into a more complex charisma.

Academy Award nerds are already engraving the Hamnet star’s name on the best-actress trophy. All that stands in her way are pesky other actors

Film adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel of the same name has received rave reviews

The actors are rumoured to star in Sam Mendes’s upcoming quartet telling the ‘epic story’ of the Liverpool band

Not exactly, although not everyone believes his work should retain compulsory status in higher-level English for the Leaving Cert

But Fianna Fáil candidate has different star power as he brings GAA fame and vision for Áras to South Dublin

Carton House’s Adam Nevin reflects on working his way up through the restaurant business, the cycling accident that nearly derailed his progress, and wanting to serve dinner to Roy Keane

More and more retailers are making everyday fashion accessible for disabled people, but are they going far enough?

Euphoria actor Sydney Sweeney is selling traces of her bathwater to panting fans

Paul Mescal and Dominic West among speakers, while mystery group Patchwork may be a decoy on the Pyramid Stage

Kwaku Fortune’s new play, The Black Wolfe Tone, has just opened in New York. It’s a very personal story for the actor and writer

The French film festival’s 78th edition was strong if rarely spectacular – but still threw up a few surprises

The Dublin club has been a creative hub for regulars who have gone on to write books, star in Love/Hate or the Meteor ad, or become a movie star

Harry Lighton’s Pillion, produced by Dublin-based Element Pictures, takes award for best screenplay in the Un Certain Regard section

Cannes Festival: Adaptation of Ben Shattuck’s musically themed short story brings Mescal together with Josh O’Connor

The Cannes film festival is back at the centre of the movie world thanks to recent Oscars success

Star will appear in Abbey and UK National Theatre coproduction of A Whistle in the Dark, by Tom Murphy

Documentary based on U2 frontman’s memoir will premiere in Cannes, while Paul Mescal will attend for The History of Sound

The entertainment industry reckons Beatles content is as close as you can get to a sure thing in a world beset by uncertainty