The Irish Times

Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giants

Donald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie stars

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 17:40

New BBC boss wants more right-leaning comics. Is he having a laugh?

Tim Davie wants to tackle left bias on comedy shows, good luck with that

Sat Sept 05 2020 - 05:00

Eddie Murphy: ‘I was kind of an a-hole’

The star explains why he is returning to stand-up and the big screen in Dolemite Is My Name

Mon Sept 30 2019 - 10:04

The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz

Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize

Mon Dec 24 2018 - 06:00

BlacKkKlansman: New Spike Lee movie is funny, agitated and dynamic

Review: Spike Lee also manages something unexpected from a political film: warmth

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 10:31

Paul Schrader: ‘I have lived in the sweet spot of human history’

He will always be introduced as the screenwriter behind ‘Taxi Driver’, but there are many more points of interest to Paul Schrader

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 05:00

Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando were lovers, Pryor’s widow confirms

Jennifer Lee Pryor confirms Quincy Jones claim. ‘It was the ’70s! Drugs were still good’

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 15:02

Graham Rix the subject of racism and bullying claims

Former Chelsea coach alleged to have horrifically abused youth team players

Fri Jan 12 2018 - 14:14

‘Among men, there’s certain aspects that are supposed to stay suppressed’

Harris Dickinson, the rising British actor, has been praised for his performance in the Sundance prizewinner Beach Rats

Thu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00

Comedy has no barriers – but Corden’s Weinstein jibes were pathetic

Rather than channelling anger at Harvey Weinstein, he giggled like a schoolboy

Fri Oct 20 2017 - 05:00

Chris Rock on why bullies work and his “scary ass drive” through Limerick

“Comfort is the poison” reads the on-screen message, as Rock wrongfoots his audience at every turn during an incendiary show

Sun Oct 01 2017 - 15:00

Bigelow on Detroit: ‘Racism hurts everyone. It’s a human story’

Katherine Bigelow’s furious new film, ‘Detroit’, tackles historic racism and strikes some shocking notes. But the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director has been taking fire for even taking on the project

Sat Aug 26 2017 - 05:00

2016: The 50 best films on Netflix

While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’

Fri Jul 29 2016 - 12:30

Irish America’s Wall Street 50 have a party

Denis O’Brien will have to wait another year to be entered on to prestigious list

Fri Oct 09 2015 - 07:30

Marc Maron: ‘The first 100 episodes are me asking celebrities for help’

Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call

Mon Aug 31 2015 - 06:00

Kevin Hart: ‘People love a broad comedy’

The world’s biggest-grossing comedian is everywhere at the moment. He talks about new film The Wedding Ringer, ‘the knack’ of success and growing up in a tough part of Philadelphia

Wed Feb 25 2015 - 06:00

The funny thing about being a girl is . . .

So, women aren’t funny, eh? We talk to four funny females playing the Vodafone Comedy Carnival to get their take on that lazy trope

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 20:15

Acerbic comedian Joan Rivers dies aged 81

Comic never recovered consciousness after suffering cardiac arrest during surgery last week

Thu Sept 04 2014 - 20:48

Robin Williams: So plentiful were his gifts he rarely reached for ‘off’ switch

He always said he was most liberated when doing stand-up – protected by the force field of genius the way he was not when he was ‘Robin Williams’ walking down the street

Wed Aug 13 2014 - 01:00