The 50 best films of 2024 – the top 10 movies of the year
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Wim Wenders
Perfect Days review: Wim Wenders’s elegant, touching film may be his best drama since Wings of Desire
Selected as the Japanese entry for the international feature Oscar, this is a film to live your life by
Anselm: Wim Wenders continues his good 2023 with a portrayal of the German artist, Nazi salutes and all
The director and subject try to make sense of mortality, creative responsibility and the place of Germany in a changed world
Wim Wenders: We couldn’t continue living in a country without a past. We had to somehow face it
Eye surgery curtailed the German director’s appearances recently but he’s back on track with two films, Anselm and Perfect Days
Donald Clarke: Is it time to dust off your 3D specs?
Avatar kickstarted a brief and blurry 3D revival, Cameron could do it again this Christmas
Galway Film Fleadh: Which Irish films will be a breakout success?
Prestigious festival provides point of reference for for the very best of new Irish cinema
Bert Trautmann: From German PoW to Man City’s star goalkeeper
Former Hitler Youth member overcame animosity to become a star goalkeeper at Manchester City
Jessie Buckley and Hugh O’Conor scoop Dublin film festival prizes
Critics’ circle awards wrap up Dublin International Film Festival 2019
Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in ‘Downfall’, dies aged 77
Actor, who was diagnosed with cancer, was a key figure in German cinema
The 100 greatest foreign-language films revealed
Only four out of the top 100 films directed by women in BBC poll of critics
Pope Francis: The pontiff who speaks fluent Human
Review: Wim Wenders’s lengthy interview is an eminently watchable study
Pope Francis documentary: A film that could buttress the case for sainthood
Director Wim Wenders says pope answered every question ‘spontaneously and in-depth’
Pressure builds on Russia to release hunger-striking Ukrainian prisoner
Oleg Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence on terrorism charges thought to have been fabricated
Asian cinema lights up Cannes but Star Wars gets the fireworks
There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights
May '68: when revolution came to the Cote d'Azur
It is 50 years since the 1968 Cannes film festival was called to a halt in solidarity with protesting students – but don’t expect commemorations
Lean on Pete: Horse and boy film is an emotional knockout
Review: Charlie Plummer shows himself to be the best young actor of his generation
Why vinyl refuses to die
The inaugural Vinyl festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, is a boutique event celebrating the golden age of stylus and disc
Claire Denis: ‘We are normal people. Even though we are French’
The distinguished film-maker continues her experiments in the unpredictable with her latest work – just don’t go asking what it’s like being a female director
Cannes 2018 film festival: the full list of films
The official selection has been revealed for the 71st Cannes film festival which opens next month
Cannes Film Festival 2016: Established masters - and some fresh faces
Three female directors out of 20 will compete for this year's Palme d’Or - in 2012 there was none on the list for the top prize
People to watch in 2016: Arts
There's a nod to visual art, the stage, and even a robot-themed 3D printing company in Gemma Tipton's selection of people to watch in the arts this year
Antony Gormley: ‘Sculpture is the greatest agent of change of all art forms’
Gormley is once again getting a warm reception at Imma, having been part of the gallery’s inaugural exhibition in 1991. He talks about his love of Ireland and his artistic philosophy
Irish composer resurrects long-lost Best art film
Musician writes new score for film that tracks player through single match in 1971
Russia jails Ukrainian film-maker amid international outcry
Oleg Sentsov sentenced for alleged terror plot in what critics describe as a ‘show trial’
The Salt of the Earth review: the sky above, the muddy image below
Wim Wenders’s Oscar-nominated study of Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado makes for riveting viewing, though larger issues of the artist’s aesthetics are conspicuously absent
Simon Fitzmaurice: ‘I’m a bit of a stubborn bastard’
We’ll say. Stricken with MND and given four years to live, Simon Fitzmaurice has bounced back with a crowdfunded Film Fleadh world premiere starring Harry Potter fave Evanna Lynch
The cinematic eye of Patrick Morrison
Utopia and dystopia loom large in the work of the Cork-born painter, who died last year
Star athlete and talented artist whose paintings were notably displayed in many movies
Patrick Morrison: November 16th, 1945-December 20th, 2013
Concept of transport through a long tube could speed sci-vision into reality
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has dared to dream: his ‘Hyperloop’ train could make serious tracks
Wagner bicentennial festival hits sour note at Bayreuth
Composer’s descendants struggle to mollify aggrieved director
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