Horror films Backrooms and Obsession are doing something astonishing
The building success of Obsession speaks to the power of strong reviews and stronger word of mouth – and twentysomething YouTube film-makers
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Lupita Nyong’o, Odessa A’zion and the Norman Nobrains of racially controversial casting
Nobody wants casting directors to be administering DNA tests to establish the genetic suitability of auditioning actors
The Hollywood History of Art: cinema’s ‘tortured artist’ myth has real-world impact
Christopher Frayling’s elegant exploration of how art and artists have been depicted in film questions how our society values both
Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays by Mark Cousins: A generous, playful and unpretentious collection
The self-confessed ‘altar boy in the church of cinema’ propels the reader comfortably from one argument to the next
Moby Dick in Youghal: ‘It was magic. It was just like Hollywood came to town’
In this series, Rosita Boland visits places in Ireland where films were made, and assesses the legacy they left behind
Best movie of all time: The world’s critics crown a new winner
Sight and Sound’s influential list of the 100 greatest films of all time is voted on by more than 1,600 professionals around the world
‘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
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
Peter Bogdanovich, Last Picture Show director, dies at 82
Oscar-nominated film-maker’s many credits include What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Lean, efficient take on the Scottish Play
Joel Coen delivers an expressionist version of the often-filmed drama
‘A secret of a life’: Alen MacWeeney’s evocative photographs of 1960s Dublin
The celebrated photographer’s new book chronicles the city of 60 years ago
West Side Story: Sondheim’s lyrics still crackle in Spielberg’s movie
Review: Steven Spielberg revives Bernstein and Sondheim’s classic musical for the screen
Donald Clarke: When is a new take on a movie not a remake?
A complex formula involving several variables dictates whether the word is appropriate
Paddington 2 the ‘Greatest Film Ever’? Giving any film that tag is not worth the effort
Donald Clarke: Rating what movie is best is fun, but a waste of intellectual energy
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