As the world that made Samuel Beckett who he was becomes magically apparent, the point of Dead Centre’s unusual approach begins to makes sense

Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

Film sex is fine. But sex featuring Irish actors, in films set in Ireland? That never really works

Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar

At its most successful Irish cinema tells local stories that resonate abroad and at home

Selina Cartmell unveils a new season featuring collaborations with Colm Tóibín, Stanley Townsend, Garry Hynes, Anu and Dead Centre

Review: A startling drama from the director of This is England has a shadowy Irish storyline

The star of Shane Meadows’s The Virtues says she has a thirst for honest performances

Composer’s new album ‘Testament’ aims to meld disparate musical works

‘Cellar Door' director Viko Nikci on his new horror film, inspired by Magdalene laundries and Tuam babies scandal

Paddy Breathnach on making a film about a homeless family with Roddy Doyle

The Dubliner on the exhausting success of Room, anti-Semitism and his ghostly The Little Stranger

The 2018 Fleadh was defined by some first-class documentaries. Evidence that we can’t escape our violent past came with Keepers of the Flame, Unquiet Graves and I, Dolours

The screen fizzes with the talent of some of Ireland’s best actors. But it’s not enough

Dublin stage actor who has died aged 44 remembered as ‘an outstanding example of how to live’

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Hugh Lane’s contribution to cultural history is the focus of Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s new film

Fishamble bring Maz and Bricks, unlikely allies with different views on life, back into the street protests of contemporary Dublin

Emmet Kirwan and Dave Tynan are shooting a low-budget film in Dublin's crowded city centre

Halal Daddy review: This Sligo-set comedy sometimes displays a fearful contrivance