The Irish Times

The Real Charlie Chaplin: Unravelling the little Tramp

Between the myths and the mysteries, Chaplin remains hard to grasp

Fri Feb 18 2022 - 05:00

Exoneration ‘bittersweet’ for men cleared of Malcolm X’s murder

Proper inquiry into killing of black civil rights leader ‘would have changed history’

Fri Nov 19 2021 - 16:25

Judas and the Black Messiah: Daniel Kaluuya is transcendent in this thrilling picture

The story of the killing of a young Black Panther is flawed but fiercely muscular

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 08:18

Marion Davies was as big as Valentino. Then she had a scandalous affair

Mank, David Fincher’s new film, goes some way to rehabilitating the film star's reputation

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 05:00

Trump raises prospect of easing sanctions on North Korea

US president expects next week’s summit with Kim Jong-un to be ‘very successful’

Wed Feb 20 2019 - 21:47

Fintan O’Toole: Trump has raised public tolerance for sexual sleaze

Ironically the president gave Jeff Bezos the courage to defy the National Inquirer

Sat Feb 16 2019 - 05:45

Martin Luther King, America’s ‘naked, brazen challenger’: by Fintan O’Toole

King’s murder 50 years ago in Memphis represented an irreparable loss to humanity

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 06:00

JFK files: Seven things we now know after secret papers released

Lee Harvey Oswald ‘never an FBI informant, was never paid money for information’

Fri Oct 27 2017 - 20:49

GAA may crack down on non-official email addresses

Rules Advisory Committee plans to submit a motion at this year’s annual congress

Fri Feb 03 2017 - 18:07

America at Large: Martha Firestone Ford driving Detroit Lions to higher ground

Remarkable 91-year-old owner has overseen a transformation in NFL team’s fortunes

Wed Jan 04 2017 - 16:43

‘Selma’ version of Lyndon B Johnson is a dangerous distortion

Film-makers have a responsibility to be accurate about race, the US’s original sin

Mon Jan 19 2015 - 01:00

Weekend in ... Washington DC

Plan your trip well and you’ll find the US capital a vibrant, fascinating city

Sat Jun 21 2014 - 01:00

Dissecting Diana: Naomi Watts on playing the people's princess

Diana star Naomi Watts is feeling the pressure like never before – even for a two-time Oscar nominee, the intensity of the response to the movie is something new. “There is a huge amount of responsibility,” she says. “I am a little bit scared by it”

Fri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00