Alfred Hitchcock

The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrong

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

A complex formula involving several variables dictates whether the word is appropriate

Wes Anderson’s Gallic portmanteau is gorgeous but insubstantial

The opportunity to play with the noisiest toys in the biggest sandpit must be hard to resist

When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming

Donald Clarke: Rating what movie is best is fun, but a waste of intellectual energy

Patrick Freyne: I hope your love is as enduring as that on Married at First Sight Australia

Restoration of 1964 Corman adaptation confirms continuing relevance of film and source

The French Connection won best picture but the non-fiction novel is largely forgotten

He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity

The star of the new version of Rebecca talks getting spooked on set, Covid bubbles and co-stars

Review: The film is so lathered in superficial gloss the subtexts struggle to breathe

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

‘It was like an Alfred Hitchcock movie,’ says Docklands resident

A new book of works by David Hockney drawn on an iPad a decade ago resonates today

The new indie comedy Saint Frances features period sex – cinema has travelled a long way

The star on a turbulent upbringing, and bonding with a new generation via her storytelling podcast

Stories will need to establish whether they are set before, during or after the pandemic

Apple and Google are excellent options for the greatest era of American cinema

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Jokes and high emotion as EU leaders step down after five turbulent years

Filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, who had directed almost 60 movies, was shot in the back in his own home

‘The Quiet Man’ actor Barry Fitzgerald described as ‘one of the greatest comedians who ever went on stage’

Chronicler of the life and work of Picasso, Quinn became famous in his own right

Pulitzer prize-winning columnist on turmoil in Washington and thriving journalism

The late Hollywood actor grew up in Ranelagh, Co Dublin- ‘I didn’t take discipline very well’

Old links full of history from golfing exploits to War of Independence connections

As a teacher, I have always known how tough the exams are. Reform is overdue

Great directors like Hitchcock and DeMille weren’t above having a second go at their own films

Hate Disney’s trailer? You’re one of a growing number of strangely frustrated film fans

Dublin International Film Festival: Composer David Shire on his life in the movies

Donald Clarke: This week’s Oscars news reflects the common, idiotic view that cinema is little more than a type of flat theatre that you can now watch on your telephone

Being a disciple of Marvel comics in their golden years was like belonging to a cult

The horribly intrusive #PlaneBae story kicks up awkward questions about what makes us pay attention these days

Vere St Leger Goold and his wife were discovered with a dismembered torso in their luggage

‘Furniture’, Sonya Kelly’s new play for Druid, is a wickedly smart relationship comedy

Review: The wife who went missing 20 years ago reappears and introduces herself to her husband’s new squeeze

‘On Chesil Beach is about a young, sexually inexperienced couple on a miserable honeymoon