Channel 4: where did it all go wrong?
Once acclaimed for its creativity and originality, the broadcaster is now a purveyor of cheap reality TV and manufactured sensationalism
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The Library of Traumatic Memory by Neil Jordan: Immediately engaging kaleidoscopic read set in 2084
Novel speaks to our current moment of data-harvesting taken to extremes and the kind of dud seances which Big Tech proports to offer via its ghoulish ‘grief avatar business’
Film-maker Neil Jordan: ‘I go to my local cinema ... normally sitting in a totally empty hall’
Jordan, who started out as a writer, has rarely gone longer than three years without releasing a film
Oscars 2026: All of Ireland’s Academy Award wins, including two doubles and a triple
If Jessie Buckley wins the leading-actress award for Hamnet this weekend, she’ll join an illustrious group of Irish winners
The best fiction of 2026 to look forward to: Books from Louise Kennedy, Donal Ryan, Sebastian Barry and more
A comprehensive round-up of fiction from Irish and international authors due out this year
Colin Farrell: ‘I’m finding the 40s to be the most meaningful and beautiful chapter in my life’
You don’t so much interview Farrell as curate his conversation. A professional down to his neat fingertips, he gives you, in 20 minutes or so, enough material for a smallish book. It is 25 years since Farrell made the jump from Ireland to Los Angeles with Tigerland. His early roguish demeanour has matured into a more complex charisma.
In pictures: Portraits of Irish writers as you have never seen them before
Former New Yorker photographer Steve Pyke has compiled a striking book of portraits beginning with Neil Jordan in 1985 and including Marian Keyes, Edna O’Brien, Sebastian Barry
Donald Clarke: Why it matters who wins what at the Venice International Film Festival
Donald Clarke: Why it matters who wins what at the Venice International Film Festival
Sinn Féin may reject commemorating the Normans, but there are some suspiciously Saxon names in its ranks
Take a look at centuries of Irish revolutionaries and you’ll find links to Norman history
The Guide: Peter Kay, Camila Cabello, Galway Film Fleadh and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
July 5th-11th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Film director Neil Jordan and the Éamon de Valera connection
“Did de Valera have a hand in Collins’s death?” he asks. “Probably not, but he could have prevented it".
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
April 6th-11th: including Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now; Grace; Reunion; and Jack the Ripper: Written in Blood
Ralph Fiennes: ‘I don’t feel any need to slow down. Opportunities come my way – and I can’t say no’
The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mystery
One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble movie studios are in
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
Julianne Moore: ‘When a friend really needs to unburden themselves, what are they asking you to do?’
The Oscar winner stars in The Room Next Door, a euthanasia drama that is Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English. It’s an ideal film for her to appear in
Neil Jordan: We lived in an Ireland that emanated from the brain of one paranoid individual
The Ireland of film-maker and author Neil Jordan’s youth was like ‘living in a fantastical universe that didn’t make any logical sense’
Legal firm kindly volunteers its services to Irish Government department ahead of Covid inquiry
Plus: Mayor of Limerick’s ‘erroneous’ planning arguments; Nigel Farage’s Irish teacher; and Neil Jordan’s strange Garret FitzGerald anecdote
The Guide: Kilkenny Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit and more events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
June 1st-7th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Ranked: The 15 greatest Irish moments at the Oscars
From Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker winning acting awards for My Left Foot to the Academy singing Happy Birthday to James Martin in 2023
The Well of St Nobody by Neil Jordan: The vague whiff of ineptitude is surprising and strangely endearing
Don’t expect to be wowed by this novel set in west Cork, but if you’re looking for a little sentimental indulgence, look no further
Neil Jordan: ‘We all need disguises. Part of being alive is pretending to be something you’re not’
The writer and film director’s new novel, The Well of Saint Nobody, picks up a theme familiar to fans of his work
Sinéad O’Connor’s death ‘just tragic, but not inevitable at all’ - Neil Jordan
Film director, godfather to O’Connor’s youngest child, said O’Connor would have done ‘extraordinary things’ if she had emerged from ‘turbulent period in her life’
Aidan Gillen: ‘It was liberating to get out a little early on Game of Thrones’
Always keen on a new challenge, the unassuming Kin, Wire and Queer as Folk star gets on his gumshoes for Barber, his new film
Four new films to see this week
Liam Neeson takes on the hardest of hard-boiled detectives in Marlowe, sparky romantic comedy Rye Lane plus intriguing horror sequel from Ti West
Marlowe — Liam Neeson and a game cast mostly make something juicy of hard-boiled private-eye staples
Film does not offer convincing re-creation of noir aesthetic but worth making your own mind up about
Liam Neeson on his 100th movie: ‘If I’d been asked in Ballymena in 1969 if I’d be sitting here… I never thought I’d be so lucky’
The Antrim actor plays the latest incarnation of Philip Marlowe in Neil Jordan’s new film
Does the Irishness of a film matter? No, except when it does
Hugh Linehan: There was a time when debates about authentic Irishness had more of an edge
Diarmaid Ferriter: Commemorating Michael Collins has been tricky for all political parties
Approaching his legacy without bias is a noble aim but beyond Martin and Varadkar sharing a platform, the habits of a century will hardly be broken
Never mind capes, superheroes should wear sensible shoes
As an avid sci-fi fan, late middle-age has taught Steve Coronella reality inevitably intrudes
Neil Jordan: In defence of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
The MCU offers myth, spectacle and the fun that’s vanished from independent films
Harry Boland: A charismatic leader within the Irish revolutionary movement
Dublin man was a faithful friend to de Valera and had a complex friendship with Collins
Conversations with Friends: How we made the new Sally Rooney TV drama
Director Lenny Abrahamson and cast talk about adapting the author’s debut novel
Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy Awards
Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to Ireland
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
Landmark Dalkey home sold for €10.65m in off-market deal
Sale of Sorrento Terrace property, in south Co Dublin, is third most valuable residential deal of 2021
Sometimes the green jersey really doesn't fit
If the producer is Irish, does that make it an Irish film?
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’
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
Tom Hickey obituary: An actor with a vocation for his craft
‘In this country, where most of the population are play-actors ... it’s bound to yield players’
Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?
Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on it
Pandemic movie wins top award at Dublin International Film Festival
Best film winner Apples will be presented as an artefact of the Covid era in years to come
Ruth Negga: ‘I didn’t experience explicit racism growing up. Maybe some exoticism’
The Limerick actor is determined to play her part in making sure diverse voices are represented
Neil Jordan: ‘I couldn’t make The Crying Game today’
The director on his new historical fiction novel, Harvey Weinstein and ageism in film
Wolfwalkers: Cartoon Saloon has made its best film yet
Review: A family entertainment set among the Cromwellian atrocities? Sounds risky
Mary Coughlan: ‘32 times I ended up in hospital with alcohol poisoning’
Through addiction, infidelity and other life struggles, music was her constant escape
Ruth Negga: ‘People who say they don’t consider skin colour... are you f**king blind?’
Black Irish Lives: The actor on growing up in Ireland, the film industry, and Black Lives Matter
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Anna Jordan: Directing her own musical destiny
With her band Selk, the daughter of Neil Jordan is definitely not chasing after fame
John Boorman: ‘I have to take a measure of blame for Harvey Weinstein’
The film-maker on family, Hollywood sex scandals, and feeling rooted in Co Wicklow
The Irish Times view on Saoirse Ronan: star power
The four-time Oscar nominee is the most successful Irish film actor ever – and she is still only 25
Film is still dodging bullets despite being under heavy fire
The Decade in Culture: As we move into the roaring twenties many things remain the same about the seventh art
Ireland has a lot to lose from Government’s anti-RTÉ stance
Ministers much prefer talking about the Irish media than doing a thing to keep it alive
ESB's Merrion Square period portfolio for €15m
Nos 39-43 Merrion Square a ‘unique offering of scale’ in city’s most sought after location
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
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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