The Irish Times

The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order

Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises

Sat May 02 2020 - 05:00

Dublin International Film Festival 2020: Memorable matriarchal themes

Writer, actor and activist John Connors has two directorial efforts in the festival

Mon Mar 02 2020 - 00:00

Dublin International Film Festival: A guide to the best movies

Women filmmakers are the thematic plank of this year’s DIFF programme

Wed Jan 22 2020 - 05:00

A son explores the cinematic legacy of the father he never knew

Donal Foreman’s film ‘The Image You Missed’ explores Arthur MacCaig's work filming the Troubles

Sat Aug 11 2018 - 05:00

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

Fri Jul 13 2018 - 06:00

‘When something brilliant happens? I call everybody. Alphabetically’

In Conversation: Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove, co-artistic directors of Pan Pan Theatre

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

Nan Goldin and Vivienne Dick: extraordinary art, extraordinary friendship

The avant garde chroniclers of outsider lives met in New York in the 1970s, and it was friends at first sight

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 05:00

Culture Shock: Would you pay $100 for 25 Snapchats?

Is selling Alec Soth’s ‘intangible’ photographs a cynical ploy to feed the First World’s need to need, or does it reveal something about the parts of us that only art can reach?

Fri May 01 2015 - 14:06

The magnificant seven treasures of Japanese cloisonné

The golden age of this ancient enamelling technique is given an exceptional showcase

Tue Mar 31 2015 - 01:00

Eyes wide shut at Connemara film event

Sun Mar 01 2015 - 15:10

No need for anxiety as Tulca engages in Galway

Its theme is the anxiety of life in the modern world, but the annual festival is rock steady

Tue Nov 18 2014 - 08:00

Donal Foreman: Tiger cub on the prowl

Film-maker Donal Foreman is hot property right now, thanks to the buzz surrounding his debut feature Out of Here - Irish cinema's first real grapple with post-boom youth culture

Fri Oct 31 2014 - 04:14

Foals to foals: Electric Picnic, Oughterard show on weekend agenda

American football, medieval and matchmaking festivals taking place this weekend

Fri Aug 29 2014 - 09:10

Vivienne Dick: stifled in Ireland, celebrated in New York

The influential Irish film-maker brings her new film to the Darklight festival. She talks about her long career, and leaving Ireland for the buzz of the 1970s No Wave scene

Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00