The Irish Times

Harry Wootliff: ‘That’s my genre – smart, strong women making bad choices’

The British film-maker on her new drama True Things and being true to herself

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 05:00

Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema

The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor

Fri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00

Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giants

Donald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie stars

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 17:40

Donald Clarke: Forget movie stars, it’s all about the IP now

‘We are about to visit the most marvellous places,’ says Netflix after Roald Dahl aquisition – yeah, right

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00

Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas Coppola

As his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genre

Tue Aug 17 2021 - 06:00

Donald Clarke: Hollywood stopped putting women at the heart of stories in the 1940s

Now, Voyager’s female characters have enormous strength despite the nods to societal norms

Sat Aug 07 2021 - 05:00

Scarlett Johansson’s suing Disney. Welcome to the great 21st-century streaming wars

The Black Widow star and her lawyers are riding a wave that has been swelling for some time

Fri Jul 30 2021 - 13:55

Bette Davis eyes mesmerise in New York photography auction

Sotheby’s sale features Victor Skrebneski photograph of Davis billed as her ‘favourite’

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 06:00

Female films: Where did the women go?

How Hollywood fell out of love with female-made and -led film

Sat Feb 20 2021 - 06:00

Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why

Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 05:00

Thandie Newton names names. Will Hollywood punish her?

Many are women tidied away by an industry that prefers its boats to remain unrocked

Sat Jul 11 2020 - 05:00

Carl Reiner: An immense comedic talent who inspired generations of writers

Obituary: The screenwriter, actor and director was a man of remarkable energy

Sat Jul 04 2020 - 01:20

Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and again

There’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comforts

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00

Beyond Netflix: where to find Golden Age classic movies

Apple and Google are excellent options for the greatest era of American cinema

Sat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00

Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Sat Jan 18 2020 - 06:10

You'll be sorry when nobody holds the door for you any more

Donald Clarke: Harvey Weinstein's lawyer took us on a trip back to the Sexist Seventies this week

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 05:00

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

Us: Macabre American satire from the maker of Get Out

Review: All credit to a cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o and Elisabeth Moss

Wed Mar 20 2019 - 10:05

The Misfits: Marilyn Monroe’s swansong gets a stage reboot

Corn Exchange is tackling Arthur Miller’s play for Dublin Theatre Festival. Ghosts of John Huston’s troubled 1961 movie loom large

Sat Sept 22 2018 - 05:00

Dwayne Johnson: Can ‘The Rock’ save Hollywood?

The golden era of a film selling itself on its star is over – but ‘Skyscraper’ does just that

Sat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00

Turning classic movies into plays is just plain wrong

Classic movie ‘All about Eve’ is being turned into a play with Gillian Anderson. Why?

Fri Jul 06 2018 - 05:00

My heroines: Cagney, Lacey, Xena and She-Ra

The Powerpuff Girls turned out to be a template for a new generation of feminists

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

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

Has Olivia de Havilland’s last starring role just been cut short?

The Hollywood great’s failed lawsuit has got fact-based TV and cinema off the hook

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 20:28

Andy Bell: On My Culture Radar

The Erasure frontman on his cultural favourites and recommendations

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00

‘Anti-ageing’ products are a myth but you can still manage the damage

Beauty: All we can do is manage damage – and serums and eye creams can help

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 01:01

Boy babies wet their nappies at any lurch towards gender equality

The three highest grossing movies in the US have women in leading roles – about time

Fri Jan 05 2018 - 05:00

Going out this weekend? Here’s the best of what to see

Sean Millar, Irish Opera Artists and The Grimm Tale of Cinderella come to Dublin

Fri Dec 15 2017 - 01:00

Jamie Bell: I hope things are getting better for women in film

The former ‘Billy Elliot’ star on Durham versus LA, acting pitfalls, and women in film

Fri Nov 17 2017 - 05:00

Dakota Fanning: Women like to watch other women on screen

At just 23, Dakota Fanning is a Hollywood veteran - just don't expect her to go all Lindsay Lohan anytime soon

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 05:00

Tributes paid to Labour MP Gerald Kaufman after death at 86

Oldest member of House of Commons was known as acerbic debater and critic of Israel

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 14:00

Carrie Fisher’s ashes carried in ‘Prozac urn’ at funeral

Actress laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds who died a day after her

Sat Jan 07 2017 - 10:20

Obituary: Reynolds was prolific, ambitious and resilient

When Debbie Reynolds burst out of a cake in Singin’ in the Rain she burst into screen stardom

Thu Dec 29 2016 - 06:49

Sigourney Weaver: ‘I want to do an Irish accent’

The towering star of ‘Alien’, ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Avatar’ deals with death in ‘A Monster Calls’

Sat Dec 17 2016 - 05:00