Mark Rylance

Harry Potter TV show: HBO confirms casting of Albus Dumbledore, Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall and more

John Lithgow, Janet McTeer and Paapa Essiedu confirmed for roles amid rumours that Cillian Murphy is being considered to play Voldemort

Tue Apr 15 2025 - 11:00

Oscars 2026: Will Hamnet with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley get a best picture nomination?

It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year

Tue Mar 04 2025 - 05:33

The 25 greatest upsets in Oscar history

It’s almost Academy Award weekend. From an inappropriate smooch to Envelopegate, here are the biggest limelight-stealing Academy Award moments

Mon Feb 24 2025 - 05:16

50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited

Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 05:30

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight

November 10th-15th: From the return of Wolf Hall to a Blindboy tale about one man and his giant fridge

Sun Nov 10 2024 - 05:00

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler: A fascinating indictment of incurious scholars

The journalist was slated for daring question whether the plays attributed to Shakespeare could have been written by a woman

Tue Aug 08 2023 - 04:33

The Phantom of the Open: Gentle comedy makes the cut

True-ish comedy celebrates ‘world’s worst golfer’

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

‘I was just a very confused actor. But I was really keen to learn’

Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdog

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00

Mark Rylance on theatre, film and his family’s tragedy: ‘For me, love is stronger than death’

The actor’s beloved stepdaughter, Nataasha van Kampen, died aged 28 in 2012

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 10:07

Don’t Look Up: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s new film misses its target

There are decent jokes but Adam McKay’s comedy feels overstuffed

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00

Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’

She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00

Lorde: ‘I’m only just scratching the surface of my powers’

The New Zealand singer on her new album, giving up social media and dealing with grief

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 06:00

Aidan Turner: ‘That photograph. Yeah. It took away from the work’

Poldark-turned-Leonardo da Vinci actor on ballroom dancing, hazmat suits and a thirst for stout

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00

From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00

Olivia Cooke: ‘Colm Meaney does everything with a wink and it’s so delicious’

The Manchester actor on making the leap to Hollywood, and starring in new Irish-set film Pixie

Thu Oct 08 2020 - 05:00

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

Highlights include Rebecca, Emily in Paris, The Trial of the Chicago 7, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 05:00

Robert Sheehan: ‘I was a contrarian f**ker. I thought it made me seem more edgy’

The Portlaoise-born actor talks about London living, meditation and lockdown writing

Sun Jul 26 2020 - 06:10

Toxic philanthropy: When arts sponsorships mask social ills

We must ensure the super rich don’t get a pass because they fling money at the arts

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00

Kenneth Branagh: ‘The life of an actor? Strange men phone and offer you money’

The actor and director talks Shakespeare ‘trutherism’ and his working-class upbringing

Fri Feb 08 2019 - 06:00

'Right now, speaking as an American, we are lacking compassion'

Too much fame, too young, that has been a problem for young actors too – but the articulate, polite Charlie Plummer is unlikely to spin off the rail

Tue May 01 2018 - 05:00

‘Ready Player One’ is no Spielberg masterpiece

Review: It’s an undeniably entertaining film, but also retro-addicted and madly overlong

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 14:23

Oscars 2018: Who’ll win, who won’t and 10 other questions

Who is in the running to win the Oscars in every category?

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00

Barry Keoghan: Ireland’s next superstar actor

He first came to prominence in TV crime drama Love/Hate. Now he’s making movies with Christopher Nolan, Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell. But in his heart he’s still a lad from inner-city Dublin

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00