Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinema
The fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah Connor
Michael Stipe: ‘Cold-ass b**ch was a coat I put on to protect myself. I can take it off now’
The artist and REM singer talks American presidents, parties and photographing his heroes
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
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The new indie comedy Saint Frances features period sex – cinema has travelled a long way
The best horror movies of all time – see them if you dare
The silver screen’s spooky best from the last 100 years of cinema
Washington, we need an exorcist!
Maureen Dowd: William Friedkin revisits old haunts for his new film about exorcism
Alluring actor who was pleased to be outrageous
Obituary: Jeanne Moreau, actor, born January 23rd, 1928; died July 31st, 2017
Film star with ‘the temperament of a cannonball’
Paris Letter: France mourns Jeanne Moreau, an actor of fierce intelligence
Jeanne Moreau: very French, half-English and a little Irish
The throaty actor – a walking embodiment of French sophistication – has died aged 89
What’s the point of September without the All-Ireland finals?
If Motion 5 goes through Congress, should we not just do away with the month altogether?
‘The Exorcist’ author William Peter Blatty dies at 89
Stephen King writes: ‘RIP William Peter Blatty, who wrote great horror novel of our time’
The Wolfpack: Six brothers who never went outside
Crystal Moselle’s documentary The Wolfpack tells the extraordinary story of a family raised in complete isolation in Manhattan
‘I am making A Most Violent Year in response to violence in films’
Oscars be damned: JC Chandor has taken a minor business transaction and turned it into one of the first great films of 2015. And the director has plenty more he wants to talk about
Matthew McConaughey's hunk evolution
He was once known primarily as a mahogany beefcake, but a series of thrilling performances has seen Matthew McConaughey’s critical star rise to the very top. The Oscar nominee talks reinvention, rom-coms and running the gauntlet of awards season
Michael Shannon’s got the Krypton factor
Michael Shannon is one of the most intense actors of his generation, with eye-popping turns in the likes of Bug, Take Shelter and Man of Steel, but in person, he couldn’t be more nonchalant . . . He even has a nice lie down during the interview
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