Brian De Palma

With the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’

His works have been adapted by Rob Reiner, Brian De Palma, Stanley Kubrick and David Cronenberg. And we’re soon to see more adaptations on screen

Modernist houses have long been favoured backdrops for Hollywood baddies

Ennio Morricone revolutionised cinema music but has never won an Oscar for one of his scores. He’s up again, for ‘The Hateful Eight’. Does he care? Just a little

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is out on December 17th. Here’s your Star Wars guide

At the age of 9 she made her screen debut in RTÉ’s ‘The Clinic’. At 13 she was Oscar-nominated for ‘Atonement’. The Bronx-born, Carlow-raised star truly has been there/done that, which suits her role as an Irish immigrant in ‘Brooklyn’

Noomi Rapace certainly knows how to make an entrance – and how to talk. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Prometheus star discusses her love of Iceland, life as a 15-year-old wild child in Stockholm, and how acting saved her life

Irish romantic comedy ‘Standby’ also to feature in extensive festival programme

Atom Egoyan’s latest is uneven and sometimes tasteless – his return to form remains on ice

The Lord of the Rings star talks fame and fortune, film and football, and explains why he’ll be supporting Argentina in the World Cup

From the realistic (books, video games, DVDs) to the less so (Rothko Painting No 1, Bond’s Aston Martin), ‘Irish Times’ writers reveal what’s on their Santa lists

Bizarre in a bad way, says Donald Clarke

What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year