Isabelle Huppert

Dublin International Film Festival 2024: Marian Quinn’s TWIG to open; Isabelle Huppert and Steve McQueen to be honoured

Donald Clarke: Enticing domestic releases include new works by Pat Collins, Dermot Malone and Danny McCafferty

Mon Jan 22 2024 - 14:57

Isabelle Huppert: ‘People think I have Irish blood because I have red hair and freckles’

The Parisian star is one of the world’s great screen actors but she has none of the airs and graces you might expect

Sat Mar 04 2023 - 05:00

Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin takes two honours at Berlin film festival

Berlinale juries praise Colm Bairéad’s feature as ‘unique’ and ‘a beautiful film’

Wed Feb 16 2022 - 21:55

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in January

Nicolas Cage's History of Swear Words, the Irish-made Fate: The Winx Saga, and Naomi Watts in Penguin Bloom among the highlights

Fri Jan 01 2021 - 06:00

Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list

But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 14:30

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

Cathal Coughlan: On My Cultural Radar

The Fatima Mansions and Microdisney singer on Gerhard Richter’s paintings, the cinematic works of Rainer Fassbinder, and Aidan Gillen’s ‘brooding menace’

Sun Sept 08 2019 - 05:00

Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty

Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint

Fri May 10 2019 - 06:00

Violent femme: Why Isabelle Huppert isn’t afraid of being scary

Some think she’s ‘a bit frightening’, including in Neil Jordan’s Greta, but the star couldn’t be nicer

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00

Cannes 2019: New Pedro Almodóvar, Terrence Malick, Ken Loach films, but no Tarantino

Big-name auteurs in Croisette line-up, but only four films by women in competition

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 14:06

Jessie Buckley and Hugh O’Conor scoop Dublin film festival prizes

Critics’ circle awards wrap up Dublin International Film Festival 2019

Mon Mar 04 2019 - 10:57

Dublin film festival highlights and guest stars revealed

Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival includes Alexandra McGuinness thriller

Wed Jan 23 2019 - 17:03

Coming soon... 50 films to look out for in 2019

From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 05:00

The 10 best Netflix and Amazon Prime shows to watch in October

Operation Finale, Dancing Queen, The Romanoffs, Making a Murderer 2 and more

Thu Sept 27 2018 - 14:40

Oscars 2019: My money’s on Lady Gaga and ‘A Star Is Born’

Donald Clarke: Toronto Film Festival has fired the Academy Awards starting pistol

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 12:03

Toronto may not have the Cannes kudos, but the gap is closing

Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer

Mon Sept 17 2018 - 11:22

‘Rosie’ may be an ‘issue film’, but it is charged with raw emotion

Film tackling homelessness crisis premieres at Toronto International Film Festival

Sat Sept 08 2018 - 03:00

After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover

Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women

Mon Jun 04 2018 - 16:52

Helen Mirren on a motorbike? That’s a ‘grey pound’ movie

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 17:32

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

Sat Apr 14 2018 - 06:00

Making the Grade: Ken Wardrop’s grand piano film scales the heights

The documentary maker’s film about people taking piano exams may be his warmest yet

Fri Apr 06 2018 - 05:00

The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 16:38

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster Artist

Fri Dec 01 2017 - 06:00

Happy End review: Michael Haneke's nightmares about the future come true

Michael Haneke’s latest movie never quite gets started

Wed Nov 29 2017 - 11:48

Souvenir: a bizarre Eurovision comedy, with terrible music to boot

Isabelle Huppert struggles gamely with the role and the songs in this perplexing French dramedy

Wed Jul 05 2017 - 16:12

The 10 best films of 2017 so far

We’re halfway through the year – it’s time to take cinematic stock

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 14:00

Happy End review: An icy soap opera that uncoils like a watchful snake

Cannes 2017: Michael Haneke’s latest carries a defiantly conventional setup followed by the director at his most unconventional and teasing best

Mon May 22 2017 - 09:51

Cannes Film Festival begins amid heavy security

Show goes on as Michael Haneke tipped for third Palme D’Or, for ‘Happy End’

Tue May 16 2017 - 15:00

Elle review: A shocking, unconventional take on rape

Isabelle Huppert’s conspicuous authorship of central role may have muted controversy

Thu Mar 09 2017 - 11:00

Oscars 2017 predictions: What should win, and what will win

‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’? Emma Stone or Natalie Portman? Casey Affleck or Denzel Washington? Donald Clarke makes his predictions for Sunday night's Oscars ceremony

Thu Feb 23 2017 - 05:00

Oscar nominations 2017: No big surprises in competitive categories

Can sunny favourite ‘La La Land’, with 14 nods, hope to match the 11 gongs of ‘Titanic’?

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 16:57

Oscars: Full list of 2017 Academy Award nominees

Winners will be announced on February 26th

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 14:04

Oscars 2017: Our predictions for this year’s nominations

It’s the time of year when we accurately pick around 83 percent of the main nominations

Mon Jan 23 2017 - 09:26

Oscar nomination for Ruth Negga: ‘I became an actor to hide’

The quiet Irish actor may be on the cusp of mega-stardom but she hasn’t lost sight of her craft

Fri Jan 20 2017 - 13:01

‘La La Land’ pushes Golden Globes rivals into the dust

Irish nominees come up short, Meryl Streep gives searing critique of Donald Trump

Mon Jan 09 2017 - 10:55

Cannes Film Festival: Ken Loach picks up second Palme D’Or

British film-maker’s win for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ leads evening of surprises in southern France

Sun May 22 2016 - 20:30

Cannes Film Festival set to save cinematic souls from limbo

Woody Allen in line to set record while Pedro Almodóvar and Cristi Puiu eye Palme d’Or

Wed May 11 2016 - 03:00

Cannes 2015: who’ll bag the Palme d’Or?

It looks like a three-horse race led by Todd Haynes’s ‘Carol’, starring Cate Blanchett, and László Nemes’s ‘Son of Saul’. Could Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s stunningly beautiful ‘The Assassin’ sneak through to win?

Sat May 23 2015 - 07:15