Gralton’s Hall: The rebirth of an important ‘den of iniquity’ in Co Leitrim
Built in 1921, it was a place of great reverie, dance, debate and music. It was also a target of the Catholic Church
Ken Loach
Film-maker Laura Carreira: ‘It is a universal sentiment, not feeling correctly rewarded for your hard work’
The film-maker Laura Carreira talks about On Falling, her unnerving portrayal of a picker for an online retailer
Mike Leigh: ‘I did a film in Northern Ireland about Catholics and Protestants. I did a play about Jews. To me it’s about people’
Hard Truths is as moving and acute a film as the 82-year-old has ever made. The director talks about rejection, vindication and never changing his approach to movie-making
Godzilla used to be a metaphor for nuclear horror. Nowadays the monsters are metaphors for the lumbering franchises they appear in
Patrick Freyne: Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is zippy, characterful and fun, but I could do better
Leo Varadkar needs better cultural reference points than Benefits Street
It was a jaw-dropping moment that makes you wonder about the cultural diet of our political leaders. Never mind: here are some recommendations to get them back on track
The Old Oak: Ken Loach’s last orders deliver a generous round
A little solidarity goes a long way in the great film-maker’s final offering
Ken Loach: ‘Ireland has always been wonderful... even though the police in the North chased us out’
The director on his new film, The Old Oak, set in a ravaged mining community in northeast England, and why he may wrap up the film-making at 87
Making great films, like being US president, is an old person’s game
Donald Clarke: This year’s Cannes is discrediting Tarantino’s youth theory as Loach, Kaurismäki, Breillat and Scorsese take plaudits
Cannes film festival 2023: return of the old guard royalty of Loach, Wenders and Scorsese. Then there’s Johnny Depp
Unbeatable film festival kicks off next week with new Indiana Jones film and others by Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes and Alice Rohrwacher
‘I flattered him, knowing he’d try to kiss me’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan
‘It’s the oldest journalistic trick in the book. Coogan has fallen for it hook, line and sinker’
Was arch-prude Mary Whitehouse really ahead of her time?
TV review: A new documentary resists painting the moral crusader as a crank
Subtitles are in vogue. Let us all embrace the new lucidity
Donald Clarke: Four out of five young people say they regularly watch subtitled content
Criticism of The Wind that Shakes the Barley reflected British unfamiliarity with conflict, says historian
British media ‘reluctant’ to accept army engaged in brutal campaign in Ireland
Holding on to the Big House: How modern owners make them viable
Hosting weddings, tourists and music festivals help sustain heritage buildings
Reece Shearsmith: ‘We were nerds in that vicious way’
The League of Gentlemen ‘would be a hard sell now because it’s so distinctively its own thing’
Cillian Murphy: ‘The less that people know about me the better’
‘I didn’t see myself as a personality. I see myself as an actor. I think those are two distinct jobs’
A ‘disgusting movie’ made by ‘vile creatures’? This Irish film is far from that, says its director
Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provision
Strange confection: The Commitments and the battle for Dublin’s soul
A British director, an Irish cast and an African-American soundtrack – but it worked
The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collins
How filmmakers have attempted to balance the demands of entertainment against the sensitivities of politics
Sócrates: A beautifully performed slice of Brazilian social realism
Review: This tale of a 15-year-old living by his wits features wildly charismatic performances
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Bong Joon Ho: ‘Even among ourselves we wonder why Korean cinema exploded’
His movie Parasite is bookies’ favourite – ahead of The Irishman and Joker – for a best film Oscar
The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant
We start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cut
Sorry We Missed You: One of Ken Loach’s best films
Review: Film shines a light on the grim reality of gig economy workers
Ken Loach: What’s Britain doing owning part of Ireland?
The director who has spent 50 years poking the establishment on Brexit, right-wing broadcasters and the gig economy
Call me a snob, but Marvel’s Black Panther is ‘less than’ Scorsese’s Raging Bull
Donald Clarke: Kids’ movies are becoming the only cinema many punters will pay to see
The Troubles on film: ‘Hollywood has done everywhere and it’s always wrong’
Critic Mark Cousins takes a personal look at North’s relationship with cinema for Channel 4
Who are the newly invited Irish members of Hollywood’s Academy?
The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour
Is there such a thing as an Irish film anymore? Does it matter?
At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home
Movie star car among wheel deals in Cavan
Cars, bikes and motorcycles at Victor Mee; silver and figurines in Adam’s At Home sale
Four Weddings at 25: The film that gave us ‘That Dress’, that poem and Hugh Grant the star
Four Weddings and a Funeral was, for a while, the highest grossing British film of all time
Tarantino, Almódovar and Loach head the old brat pack at Cannes
Fewer instant classics on show, but Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dark drama The Lighthouse and Irish horror Vivarium stand out
Cannes 2019: This year’s first five-star film, plus a lonely, whimpering Palm Dog
Cannes diary: Robert Pattinson stars in The Lighthouse; and a crowded market for mutts
‘Covering the Cannes Festival is the hardest job in the world. Pity Us’
Donald Clarke: The #sordidtruth about covering Cannes in the age of Twitter
French social discontent gets a look-in at Cannes
Flying saucers turn out to be recurrent motif, as zombie comedy gets mixed reception
Cannes 2019: Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die gets festival off to glittering start
Star-studded cast of Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton and Chloë Sevigny light up red carpet
Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty
Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint
Will Madonna be ‘bullied’ into pulling out of Eurovision in Israel?
The singer faces calls to boycott next month’s contest. But it is impervious to politics
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
Julian Assange: enigmatic figure who became poster boy against state spying
Profile: Australian started hacking into networks when he was part of ‘computer underground’ in teens
Madonna to perform two songs at Eurovision 2019 in Israel
Madonna will sing as a special guest at next month’s Eurovision in Tel Aviv
Alita Battle Angel: A childish film that wastes its huge budget
Review: For no good reason, Jennifer Connelly does a whole scene in her exotic undies
New Irish revolution documentary steers away from ‘great man’ approach
Strong focus on mass movements, role of women and workers in series based on award winning book
Patrick Freyne: Home alone? Here’s a few scary movies for Christmas
These Christmas classics seem innocent, but they hide a darker, more disturbing message
‘If we’re going to do a Christmas song it has to move people to tears’
Aidan Moffat, formerly of Scottish indie miserablists Arab Strap, insists ‘Ghost Stories for Christmas’ is not depressing
Mike Leigh: ‘Brexit was a terrible manipulation of people and their needs’
The director on why he's telling the story of a very British massacre, disagreeing with Jeremy Corbyn and avoiding 'thick actors'
The Bisexual: A comedy that wants to have it both ways
Brian Gleeson is the straight man in a sex comedy set among millennial Londoners
Rosie: Roddy Doyle’s homeless film burns with a raw urgency
Review: Credible picture of an ordinary family cast into an extraordinary situation
From book to screen: ‘Atlas of the Irish Revolution’ to be made into a documentary
Cillian Murphy to narrate screen version of one of publishing's more unlikely successes
Roddy Doyle is back – and has homeless crisis in his sights
New film ‘Rosie’ focuses on ‘ordinary’ family staying in hotel accommodation
Two theatre shows to catch in Dublin this week
The Abbey brings the insurgent story of Jimmy Gralton back to the stage for another knees-up
Béatrice Dalle: ‘I’ve never thought I’m beautiful, but I have a power of attraction’
The ‘Betty Blue’ actor on her love affair with Rupert Everett and why Jesus is sexy
‘Abused women know that danger can be lurking everywhere’
Xavier Legrand’s scintillating ‘Custody’ dramatises the horror of domestic violence
‘Michael Inside’ – how prison affects a teenaged first-timer
‘A lot of the former prisoners said the story of the film is very much their story’
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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