Laura Dern

Sam Neill on living with blood cancer: ‘I’m not afraid to die, but it would annoy me’

New Zealand actor’s memoir reveals he will need chemo for the rest of his life. ‘Dying? I couldn’t care less,’ he says

Mon Mar 20 2023 - 10:41

Fra Fee: ‘I was completely terrified of coming out in Northern Ireland’

Cabaret star’s acting career has taken him from Tyrone to West End and LA

Thu May 26 2022 - 16:50

Cannes 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick to be shown at film festival

Up to 35,000 accredited to attend the festival this year, the biggest showing since 2019

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 14:18

Golden Globes 2021: Who should win, who will win and are any of them Irish?

Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards

Sun Feb 28 2021 - 06:00

Sam Neill: ‘I’m not having Jimmy Nesbitt turned into sausages’

'I love my animals' ... The actor was heartbroken by the death of his chicken, Meryl Streep

Sun Feb 07 2021 - 05:00

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

John Boyega says Star Wars has a problem with actors of colour. Is he right?

The London actor, who found fame as stormtrooper Finn, criticised how Disney treated non-white characters in the franchise

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 14:47

Zoë Kravitz on High Fidelity: ‘A lot of white men who identified with the book think it’s theirs’

Following in her mother’s footsteps, Kravitz is starring in a new TV adaptation of the Nick Hornby book

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 05:45

Oscars 2020: Parasite triggers great upset as cult Korean film wins best picture

Saoirse Ronan misses out; Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger take home Academy Awards

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 05:53

Netflix falling short in ferocious Oscar drive

A $70m campaign and 24 nominations may not bring it a big night

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 16:00

Baftas 2020: full list of winners

A big night for Sam Mendes and 1917 as Renée Zellweger and Joaquin Phoenix win best acting awards

Sun Feb 02 2020 - 22:45

Bafta awards: Two Irish stars lose out to Renée Zellweger for best actress

Saoirse Ronan in running for Little Women, while Jessie Buckley competed for Wild Rose

Sun Feb 02 2020 - 22:00

Screen Actors Guild awards 2020: Parasite scores historic upset

Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger take lead acting prizes as Jennifer Aniston wins for The Morning Show

Mon Jan 20 2020 - 09:02

Oscars 2020 nominations: the complete list

Saoirse Ronan gets nominated for Little Women role as best director shortlist dominated by men

Mon Jan 13 2020 - 13:55

Baftas 2020: The full list of nominations

Saoirse Ronan earns nod for Little Women as Joker leads with 11 nominations

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 09:00

Baftas 2020: Saoirse Ronan nominated for best actress award for Little Women

Joker leads with 11 nods, while The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood earn 10

Tue Jan 07 2020 - 08:29

Golden Globes: Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood wins big

Saoirse Ronan, nominated for Little Women performance, loses out to Renée Zellweger

Mon Jan 06 2020 - 06:00

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

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 16:58

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

You season 2, Noah Baumback’s Marriage Story, 6 Underground and The Witcher

Mon Dec 02 2019 - 05:45

Marriage Story: A bitter divorce war with a surprisingly soft heart

Review: Scarlett Johansson has never been better and Adam Driver is equally good in Noah Baumbach’s breakup tale

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 05:00

Jeff Goldblum: ‘Imelda May is one of my favourite people on Earth’

Jeff Goldblum was a pianist before he was an actor. Now he’s back at the keys – and loving it

Sat Nov 09 2019 - 05:00

‘Saoirse Ronan is going to land her fourth Oscar nomination for Little Women’

Online film commentators react enthusiastically to early US screenings

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 12:45

What’s up and what’s down at the Toronto International Film Festival

Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 06:00

Saoirse Ronan in Little Women: What’s all the fuss about?

Greta Gerwig’s upcoming film is the book’s eighth screen adaptation. So why the excitement?

Tue Aug 20 2019 - 00:12

Making Montgomery Clift: truth behind gay self-loathing myth

Nephew mines family archives to debunk myth that has defined star’s legacy

Mon Jul 29 2019 - 05:00

There’s no place like home: The Wizard of Oz, 80 years on

We all have our own Oz, be it fame, money or love. For immigrant families like mine, it is usually an actual place

Wed Jun 19 2019 - 09:35

What will win the 2020 best picture Oscar? Probably one of these

Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...

Tue Feb 26 2019 - 11:54

Cold Pursuit: Liam Neeson’s best film in years but no one’s talking about that

Review: This revenge thriller will be renowned for its star's racially charged comments

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 05:32

Richard E Grant: ‘Every day I thank God for Withnail and I’

Richard E Grant is playing another starry-eyed drunk and this time he's Oscar nominated

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00

David Lynch: As a father and husband ‘you gotta be selfish’

The Twin Peaks director lives for his work – and believes explaining his films is a ‘crime’

Mon Jun 25 2018 - 10:03

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom – A satisfyingly vicious movie

Review: Playful and mildly risky, it’s the second best film in the ‘Jurassic’ sequence

Tue Jun 05 2018 - 20:00

Is it possible for Hollywood to fix harassment problem while busy celebrating itself?

Each week allegations of sexual exploitation grow as the industry converts them to branding exercises

Tue Jan 30 2018 - 08:15

Golden Globes 2018: full list of winners

Saoirse Ronan winse best actress while Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins four awards

Mon Jan 08 2018 - 08:30

Saoirse Ronan wins best actress at Golden Globes

Martin McDonagh wins best screenplay; attendees dress in black

Mon Jan 08 2018 - 06:42