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Nobody is going to confuse the middle-ranking If with ET, but the same generosity of spirit and respect for childhood is clear in both
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Asteroid City: Wes Anderson hands his detractors a wealth of ammunition
It is difficult to locate the narrative or emotional core in a film that has difficulty settling upon what story it wants to tell
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Television: The Irish star plays a conflicted serial killer, with Carell as his therapist, in this absorbing psychological drama
Being a manager matters more than ever
Extensive research, both before and during the pandemic has shown that good management pays off
Adam McKay: ‘An Oscar? How the f**k did that happen?’
Oscar-winning filmaker Adam McKay has a new film about the end of the world
Jennifer Aniston: The Friends reunion was ‘a sucker punch to the heart. Not so easy’
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Irresistible: Soft-focus political satire in small-town America
Review: Jon Stewart directs a witty and neatly drawn look at politics and big money
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John Malkovich: ‘I don’t think anybody enjoys their family dying. I liked all mine’
The actor lost four loved ones in five years. So why is he still the ‘luckiest man around’?
Screen Actors Guild awards: have Saoirse Ronan’s Oscar hopes been dented?
No nomination for Irish star of Little Women but Andrew Scott gets nod for Fleabag
Jennifer Aniston: ‘A lot of guys think every woman wants to sleep with them’
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston talk disturbing cover-ups and their decades-long fight against sexual harassment
Apple enters video streaming wars with launch of TV+ service
Maker of iPhone is going head-to-head with Netflix and Amazon Prime with its new video streaming subscription service
Apple TV Plus: What is it, what shows are on it, how do you get it?
November 1st is launch date for Apple TV Plus – on iPhone, iPad and Mac for €5 a month
Apple to splash more than $6bn on original content ahead of TV+ launch
Tech giant’s video streaming service to take on Netflix, Disney and HBO with star power
Ben Is Back: Julia Roberts is painfully on edge in study of addiction
Review: The two leads spare no effort in teasing emotions in sincere melodrama
‘I’m a 40-year-old woman. How do I tell a man I’m a virgin?’
Ask Roe: Learning to trust yourself could be the key to developing the ability to trust others
Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, father and drug-addicted son
The Beautiful Boy stars on drug culture, addiction and the challenges the young face
Welcome to Marwen: Stop wasting our time, Robert Zemeckis
Review: An icky imagined world sits surrounded by Forrest Gump-style guff
Robert Zemeckis: ‘There’s a power of being in an audience’
‘Back to the Future’ director on creating original ideas in Hollywood for 40 years
‘Big Short’ investor bets against UK banks, predicting Corbyn will be PM
Steve Eisman says he expects big fall in UK market as a result of Brexit
Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’
Onetime queen of indie flicks on her good Catholic upbringing, the #MeToo movement and her latest role in Irish director Alan Gilsenan’s adaptation of a Carol Shields novel
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Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year
Oscars 2018: Who’ll win, who won’t and 10 other questions
Who is in the running to win the Oscars in every category?
Richard Linklater's so-so reworking of a 1970s classic
Bryan Cranston channels Jack Nicholson in a spiritual sequel to Hal Ashby’s Last Flag Flying
Golden Globes: Saoirse Ronan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin McDonagh and Caitriona Balfe up for awards
‘The Breadwinner’, by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, nominated for best animated feature
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
Battle of the Sexes review: Game, set, match to Billy Jean
‘Male Chauvinist Pig versus Hairy Legged Feminist! You’re still a feminist, right?’
America at Large: Hollywood finally tips its hat to ‘Battle of the Sexes’
Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs showdown in 1973 a bizarre interlude in a turbulent time
Stone, Aniston, Lawrence: the best paid actresses in Hollywood
Emma Stone was named Hollywood’s best paid actress in the past 12 months
Steve Carell: Some people sprint to the top. For me it happened over years. I didn’t notice
The actor on hitting every rung on the Hollywood ladder
The most enjoyable summer blockbuster has arrived
Despicable Me 3 review: Minions, manic laughs and Pharrell Williams chimes in with his boppiest soundtrack to date
We laugh at the Trump press conference - but the joke is really on us
Presidency is like a long season of The Office, with Trump as the self-obsessed buffoon
Whatever happened to the Christmas movie? Here are six that need a remake
It's December 2016 - the likes of Home Alone and It’s A Wonderful Life could do with a bit of updating
Café Society Cannes review: the brand new old thing
Woody Allen’s new film for Amazon welds together his typical party pieces, with Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart playing with charm
Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’: 16 years thinking outside the box
As Stewart’s tenure as host ends, writers, producers and others look at his best moments
Analysis: So what if some of ‘Charlie’ is made up?
Dramatic distortions always risk being mistaken for historical truths, writes Donald Clarke
BJ Novak: from The Office to the classroom
The actor is aware of scepticism around celebrity children’s authors but he has taken an innovative approach to the task
‘Foxcatcher’: Steve Carrell as you’ve never seen him
Director Bennett Miller on his latest film, in which the likeable actor gets malevolent as doomed chemical heir John Du Pont
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day review
Here’s a old-fashioned family comedy with a hero to root for
Cannes comes to a close with a Palme d’Or for Winter Sleep
Timothy Spall and Julianne Moore among award winners from the Cannes Jury
Review: Foxcatcher
Astonishing performances from Steve Carell and Channing Tatum make this a true contender
Steve Carell: cool with bright spots
Best known for playing the boss in the US version of The Office, Steve Carell is reprising his turn as the crazy weatherman in Anchorman 2. And yes, he’s just as nice as he seems, writes Tara Brady
Film review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Blow-dried blowhard Ron Burgundy and his crew are back in a fitfully funny media satire
Packing ’em in at Cork Film Festival
Woe betide any movie director who gets into Dylan Moran’s black books
Donald Clarke's great big autumn movie preview
What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year
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