Cannes 2024: Stars get shady on the carpet as the Nicolas Cage renaissance rages on with Irish director Lorcan Finnegan
Reviewer Tara Brady has her pick for the Palme d’Or and Seán Baker miraculously resurrects the screwball comedy
Reviewer Tara Brady has her pick for the Palme d’Or and Seán Baker miraculously resurrects the screwball comedy
A good three-quarters of the screenplay might read ‘automotive hell breaks out’
The Swedish actor stars in a new Viking epic full of revenge, nudity and Nordic berserkers
Director Robert Eggers on making his bloody Viking epic The Northman in time of Covid
No dull moments in Robert Eggers’ third film, though the extreme violence will not be for everyone
TV review: The BBC show is still a triumph of style over plot but it hasn’t lost its swagger
Streaming service fails in bid to have Nona Gaprindashvili’s defamation suit dismissed
Review: Edgar Wright’s time-travel diversion explores the seedier side of the 1960s
The Queen’s Gambit won best limited series, another first for the streaming platform
Ireland’s only chess grandmaster, Alexander Baburin, on what the game teaches its players
Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festival
Popularity of chess growing in Ireland thanks to Netflix series and lockdowns
Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix
An Irishwoman’s Diary on auditing your lockdown goals
On the Screen Actors Guild Awards’ TV side, The Crown and Schitt’s Creek win top honours
Chloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best director
Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Thanks to The Queen’s Gambit and talented Irish players, chess is growing in popularity here
Highlights include Rebecca, Emily in Paris, The Trial of the Chicago 7, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Review: Anya Taylor-Joy suffers as too-cool direction get in the way of a pretty enough diversion
The actor on staying in character and why starring in Emma is a rite of passage
In 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes
Review: This effort to replicate the commercial sucess of The Lego Movie is a creative flop
Review: If James McAvoy tried any harder in this film he’d burst a blood vessel
Review: It’s a shame Sergio G Sánchez didn’t stretch himself more in his directorial debut
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices