The Irish Times

Alexander Skarsgard: Filming The Northman in Ireland was ‘months in the mud’

The Swedish actor stars in a new Viking epic full of revenge, nudity and Nordic berserkers

Wed Apr 20 2022 - 06:00

Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees

Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 13:30

‘My cheeks hurt because I can’t stop smiling’: Ruth Negga wins Independent Spirit Award

The Limerick star received the best supporting actress award for Passing

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 07:09

Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awards

Winners to be announced at virtual and in-person events in March and April

Tue Feb 22 2022 - 10:45

Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nominees

Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 12:10

Ruth Negga: ‘I found London quite limiting to be honest’

The actor on her journey from Limerick to LA and her performance in Rebecca Hall’s Passing

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 05:00

Passing review: Ruth Negga may well get another Oscar nomination

This delicately observed portrait of racial dynamics is worth seeing in the cinema

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 05:00

The best new movies coming to cinema and TV this summer

Films are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+

Sun Jun 27 2021 - 05:00

Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees

Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action

Tue Apr 27 2021 - 11:00

Godzilla vs Kong: Monster mash-up a cut above the rest

In a puzzlingly uneven franchise, this one’s worthy of the price of admission

Fri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00

Ruth Negga: ‘I didn’t experience explicit racism growing up. Maybe some exoticism’

The Limerick actor is determined to play her part in making sure diverse voices are represented

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 05:00

From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00

‘Do I really care?’ Woody Allen comes out fighting

The film-maker, accused of sexually assaulting his child in 1992, is done treading carefully

Fri May 29 2020 - 12:10

Chris Messina: ‘Ireland is extraordinary; I could spend the rest of my life there’

Birds of Prey actor is a genuine nice guy, not of the disingenuous syndrome variety

Thu Jan 30 2020 - 05:00

Ruth Negga: Playing Hamlet nearly killed me

She first played Shakespeare’s prince in Dublin. Now she’s reprising the role in New York

Mon Jan 20 2020 - 06:00

Woody Allen: ‘I never think of retiring. I’ll probably die on set’

Allen holds press conference in Spain to launch new film starring Christoph Waltz

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 06:00

Woody Allen: Woman says she had sexual relationship with director when she was 16

Christina Engelhardt alleges she had eight-year relationship with Allen who was 41 at time

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 13:59

Woody Allen’s latest film shelved by Amazon

‘A Rainy Day in New York’ may never been screened as distributors pull out

Fri Aug 31 2018 - 08:24

Woody Allen: ‘I should be the poster boy for #MeToo movement’

Writer-director says allegations he sexually abused daughter Dylan Farrow are ‘crazy’

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 09:59

Cate Blanchett: I don’t think I’ve stayed silent on Woody Allen

The Oscar-winning star of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine has spoken about sex abuse allegations against the director

Fri Mar 23 2018 - 11:36

Dylan Farrow wants to ‘bring down’ adoptive father Woody Allen over abuse claims

Filmmaker was investigated over claim he molested Farrow when she was seven

Wed Jan 17 2018 - 21:38

The Dinner review: A bitter taste, a biting twist

Steve Coogan has seldom been better as the irascible Paul

Tue Dec 05 2017 - 14:06

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

The true story behind the world’s most powerful woman

'Professor Marston and the Wonder Women' review: just enough odd class to keep indulgent audiences intrigued

Wed Nov 08 2017 - 11:40

Jessica Chastain: ‘It was a very difficult upbringing’

The star of ‘The Help’ and now ‘Miss Sloane’ is taking on inequality in Hollywood and beyond

Sat May 13 2017 - 05:00

Why did reporter Christine Chubbuck shoot herself live on air?

Actor Rebecca Hall had serious reservations about tackling the macabre story around why Chubbuck killed herself in 1974. So what changed her mind?

Sat Jan 28 2017 - 05:00

Lionel Shriver tale of flirting with death wins BBC short story award

Zadie Smith is runner-up for £15,000 prize

Wed Oct 01 2014 - 15:45

Film review: 'Transcendence' fails to transcend

There’s precious little intelligence, artificial or otherwise, in this silly slice of futuristic hokum

Fri Apr 25 2014 - 00:00

All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady cast eyes towards the coming year’s cinematic treats

Fri Jan 03 2014 - 02:00

Closed Circuit

Fri Oct 25 2013 - 12:44

Donald Clarke's great big autumn movie preview

What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year

Fri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00

Iron Man 3 review: every bit as zippy as we might expect

Joss Whedon’s zippy ensemble adventure confirmed the continuing Marvel saga as a cinema staple for at least a decade to come

Fri Apr 26 2013 - 01:00