Woody Allen’s first novel What’s With Baum? reads like an unfinished script
Allen’s flat prose serves as a mechanism to take us from one lengthy dialogue sequence to the next
Woody Allen
Oscar winning actor Diane Keaton dies aged 79
Her first major film role was opposite Al Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather
Epstein scandal: Letters from famous figures published
New York Times says birthday messages were sent by high profile individuals, including Woody Allen and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak
The Irish Times view on German foreign policy: nein, nein, ja
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has broken with the small-steps caution of Angela Merkel, often accused of doing the right thing at the wrong time
Before the internet, there was Reader’s Digest – Steve Coronella on a milestone publication
An Irishman’s Diary
Donald Clarke: As a cyclist, I have the right to despise cyclists
Do you hate fair-weather cyclists? No, you hate me and my exclusionary attitude. I do too
Cicada: Despite a major flaw, there’s much to enjoy in this Manhattan romance
Review: This impressive drama has the compact shape of an elegant short story
In a Word: Helicopter
A Christmas present long ago prompted an effort to learn how to spell the gift’s name
Christopher Walken: ‘I’m not disturbed. I pay my bills. I’ve been married for 55 years...’
In 1964, a nightclub dancer named Ronnie Walken changed his name to Christopher
Barbara Hershey: ‘I wish I could say I breastfed my son on TV for some badass reason’
The Beaches star on Woody Allen, chick flicks v ‘real’ films, and women making movies after 40
Kirsten Dunst: ‘I haven’t slept through the night in months. I have an eye twitch, too’
She has just given one of her best performances – no mean feat with two young children
Free Guy: When the game starts fighting back
Ryan Reynolds plays a video game character who’s not going to take it any more
Johnny Depp to get lifetime achievement award from film festival, despite assault finding
San Sebastián festival praises Depp as ‘one of contemporary cinema’s most talented actors’
Jennifer Garner: ‘I want joy in my life and in the world’
Her new family comedy suggests otherwise but the actor insists she’s not always a fun mom
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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