Maxine Peake

Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads 2020 show their age

TV review: They are most satisfying when Bennett lets his penchant for the grisly take over

Fanny Lye Deliver’d: The dampest spectacle you will see this year

Review: Thomas Clay’s latest film is a home invasion horror with a Cromwellian twist

Four new films to stream this weekend

Irresistible, Eurovision Song Contest, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream

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Peterloo review: a beautiful history lesson but where’s the Mike Leigh grit?

Who thought we’d end up praising the facets of a Leigh film that feel most like the work of David Lean?

Desiree Akhavan: ‘It’s very hard to come out as bisexual’

Sundance winner ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ tells the story of a teen forced into ‘gay conversion’ therapy

‘It’s really important’: casting women in roles traditionally played by men

Taking on Homer’s Odyssey in its first translation by a woman is all about facing up to uncomfortable truths, says actor Maxine Peake

Tracy Ryan: On My Culture Radar

The theatre director on returning to the source for ‘Trainspotting’ and why Maxine Peake is an inspiration

Waking the Feminists campaign wins a Tonic Award in London

The grassroots movement called for equality for women across the Irish theatre sector

‘Any chance of a passport?’ asks the Queen while Lars Von Trier takes on Mrs Brown

Patrick Freyne previews this year’s Christmas TV and gives away some plot twists

In its last act, Three Girls resembles but vastly exceeds the shape of a legal drama

The final episode of the astonishing drama moves into the courtroom and the aftermath of the horrific events in Rochdale

Television: Clothes have rarely looked as smelly, but it’s not all bad news for ‘The Village’

The BBC series starring Maxine Peake and John Simm is a far cry from ‘Downton Abbey’. So how come it’s looking like good Sunday-night TV?

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Run & Jump

Leap year: how US actor Will Forte landed a lead role in an Irish film

Will Forte, the comedy actor and writer, star of ‘Nebraska’ and the upcoming Irish film ‘Run & Jump’, talks about giving up stockbroking for comedy – and being hungry at the Iftas

Galway Film Fleadh: keeping the flag flying for Irish cinema

The festival, in its 25th year, continued to showcase new home-grown features, from mainstream-friendly recession comedy ‘Life’s a Breeze’ to the off-centre ‘Out of Here’