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Normal People’s Paul Mescal named as actor to watch by Variety

The Emmy-nominated Kildare actor appears in 10 to watch list with Borat’s Maria Bakalova

Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, was so much more than just a gifted actor

The late actor was a star for the ages who helped change Hollywood's view on race

Workhuman considers Dublin as venue for major HR conference

Irish-founded software company reports big rise in pretax profit to $32.2m

‘No one will know’: Studio wanted Julia Roberts to play black abolitionist

Harriet Tubman screenwriter says an executive proposed actor to play former slave

Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees

Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

New this week: Assassination Nation, Shoplifters, The Girl in the Spider’s Web and The Camino Voyage

Widows: funny, twisty, implausible heist caper delivers unashamed thrills

Review: Steve McQueen tries to cram in too much good stuff – but there's no crime in that when it's such good stuff

Toronto may not have the Cannes kudos, but the gap is closing

Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer

McQueen’s ‘Widows’ so consistently funny that flaws hardly matter

Toronto film festival: British filmmaker honours series while imprinting his own visual stamp

Irish films in the mix at Venice and Toronto festivals

The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto

After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover

Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women

Which films will be up for next year’s Oscars? These ones will

Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year

Will Saoirse Ronan win an Oscar? Watch the SAG Awards to find out

The ‘Lady Bird’ star faces tough competition in this year’s best female actor category

The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds, Domhnall Gleeson get the Academy seal of approval

The Irish stars are among a raft of Academy inductees, which could diversify the Oscar nominations

Nicole Kidman explains her ‘seal’ clapping at the Oscars

Actor came under fire on social media for her unusual method of applauding the awards

‘Visibly unhappy’ Brie Larson and the amateur body linguists

Commentators dissecting perceived slights at Oscars need to brush up on film history

Oscars 2017: Blunder overshadows biggest upset in recent history

‘Moonlight’ carries off best picture statuette after ‘La La Land’ wrongly declared winner

Oscars 2017: how did I fare with my predictions?

A diligent Oscars observer should be happy with nothing less than 70 per cent in the prediction stakes – which means I’m not happy with my forecasting

Oscars 2017: Our verdict on the winning films and performances

Did Moonlight deserve its last gasp win? Was Emma Stone up to scratch? Here’s how we reviewed the winning films

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