Dr Strangelove in Dublin review: Steve Coogan gives a bravura performance, but the play around him falls a little flat
Armando Iannucci and Seán Foley’s production of Stanley Kubrick’s political satire leans into broad physical comedy
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A flogging and eight years in prison: The risks Mohammad Rasoulof ran to make the Oscar-nominated Seed of the Sacred Fig
The nail-biting thriller is one of the most-lauded films of the past year - and making it involved secret shoots as well as interrogation by Iranian authorities
One of Stanley Kubrick’s greatest films was made free to watch on YouTube. It’s a sign of the trouble movie studios are in
Warner Bros’ experiment with Barry Lyndon and Michael Collins is a sign of its contortions as it tries to reshape itself to modern viewing habits
10 great films to watch if you’re stuck indoors
What to watch when it’s too cold and icy to go out? Try It Follows, The Thing, The Fly, Roman Holiday, Up, Uncle Buck and more
‘Watch your step’: Steve Coogan takes Patrick Freyne backstage at Dr Strangelove
The comic actor is playing four parts in the new stage version of Stanley Kubrick’s film, which comes to Ireland in 2025
Shelley Duvall obituary: Star of The Shining
Critics initially found her performance overbearing but Duvall’s role has since been re-evaluated
Sunny review: excellent paranoia-soaked thriller based on novel by Killarney writer Colin O’Sullivan
Television: Full points to Apple for achieving peak menace from a standing start
In film, depictions of death by robot are everywhere. The perils of midlife redundancy by AI, not so much
It’s too dull for Hollywood to portray, but we can already identify with being put out of a job by a characterless sliver of software
Even with Spielberg-style cuddliness, there’s a cold, dark void at the heart of artificial intelligence
Hugh Linehan: With his Kubrick-derived film AI Artificial Intelligence, the director created a surprisingly convincing version of where technology is leading us
There’s nothing very dramatic about That They May Face the Rising Sun. Which is why it’s such a good film
Hugh Linehan: Stanley Kubrick said a film should be more like music than like fiction. The Irish director Pat Collins knows why that matters
Actor Ryan O’Neal dies aged 82 as a legend of Hollywood’s post-classical era
Barbra Streisand among fellow actors who recalled ‘funny and charming’ leading man
What will happen when the middle class get hit by ChatGPT?
ChatGPT's inexorable rise: Typically late to the party, I tried out the AI tool for the first time this week
The Movie Quiz: Whose nose created some kerfuffle in the last week?
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Birchers by Matthew Dallek: Compelling history of the American far-right group
Author errs when tracing ‘Bircher inheritance’ in trying too hard to draw a direct line from Birchers to Trump
Donald Clarke: Napoleon still the historic figure film directors can’t get away from
No figure in history has been portrayed so often in movies than the little Corsican
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
Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?
The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrong
Donald Clarke: Is Spielberg returning to TV? Yes and no
The auteur’s Netflix deal is more a case of making peace with an evolving hybrid form
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?
When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fuming
Anne Hathaway: ‘I took lockdown seriously. I gave myself a haircut’
The Locked Down star on filming during Covid-19 restrictions and accessing Harrods’ tunnels
Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘The Tories haven’t got a clue about culture’
The frontman on sleep-talking, dying young, and what Brexit is doing to British musicians
Is the book always better than the film? Spoiler: it’s not
The French Connection won best picture but the non-fiction novel is largely forgotten
Malcolm McDowell: ‘I’m an old fossil these days. I sit still and stay quiet’
Once the embodiment of youthful rage and rebellion, the Clockwork Orange star is reconciled to a life of golf and gangster flicks
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Polish avant-garde composer who had the common touch
Krzysztof Penderecki had a remarkable career, but was most proud of his arboretum
Gawping at other Irish people’s houses. It’s who we are
In Home of the Year, three experts pass judgment on architecturally ambitious houses
Kirk Douglas obituary: Ragman’s son who became a Hollywood superstar
Actor known for celebrated films like Spartacus and Paths of Glory died aged 103
Lots from Luggala and fine furniture from grand Irish houses in London sale
A 25ft table from Carton House among the most expensive items to be auctioned
Doctor Sleep: Like an evening in a Shining theme park
Review: Ewan McGregor stars in a less intense sequel to The Shining
The Joker film controversy is exhausting. It does not make a hero of its lead character
Donald Clarke: Almost nobody expressing concern has seen the movie
James Gray: 'I went back to the US and got told I was nothing'
The director’s on working with Brad Pitt on Ad Astra, being ignored in America and making movies in Northern Ireland
Trump’s tweet oozed out the day before The Hunt was pulled
Without seeing the movie, people have opinions on whether it was a right-wing or a left-wing
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