In a Word...Comedy
It is difficult to believe that Fawlty Towers is 50 years old. Probably, the greatest comedy sitcom series
British Film Institute
Best movie of all time: The world’s critics crown a new winner
Sight and Sound’s influential list of the 100 greatest films of all time is voted on by more than 1,600 professionals around the world
Harry Wootliff: ‘That’s my genre – smart, strong women making bad choices’
The British film-maker on her new drama True Things and being true to herself
Film star, humanist and ... vindictive lover? Who was the real Charlie Chaplin?
The closer you look, the more unknowable the once-in-a-generation comedian appears to be
Cannes film festival 2021: Irish-produced movie secures place in prestigious Directors’ Fortnight
Element Pictures’ The Souvenir Part II stars Honor Swinton Byrne and Tilda Swinton
Helping children – and adults – to explore and understand grief
Sol is the story of a boy trying to find light in the darkness after the death of his grandmother
Poll-topper: Is this a film you’d watch and rewatch?
Four Weddings and a Funeral’s director says yes. Richard Curtis, its writer, prefers... Elf
Why are all these useless films now being declared classics?
I cannot pretend that Hocus Pocus is any more deserving of affection now than it was in 1993
Oscars to introduce diversity targets for best picture hopefuls
Beginning in 2024, inclusion standards will have to be met by films hoping to qualify for the category
London Calling 40 years on: How The Clash rewrote the rule book
The Clash filleted rock, politics and history with swagger and biting social commentary
Irish movies feature strongly at Toronto International Film Festival
Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar
‘Astonishing’ video footage of smiling ‘famine queen’ Victoria’s Dublin visit found
Film archivists are amazed at the quality of film showing Victoria’s 1900 visit
British Film Institute streams trove of Victorian era silent film
Collection of 500 digitally restored films available as free archive
Ready for their Cannes close-up? Irish film-makers in the spotlight
Cinema is an increasingly puzzling market. So what counts as success for an Irish release?
Can you guess what the biggest film in Irish cinemas was last year?
Ireland had the highest cinema attendance in Europe in 2018, with 3.3 visits per person
Michael Collins plays a starring role as Irish historic films go free-to-view online
Irish Film Institute brings together 150 films from 1900 to 1930, showing key events of Irish history
British film director Lewis Gilbert dies aged 97
Tributes paid to the Oscar-nominated maker of three James Bond films
Dublin International Film Festival: the must-see movies
Films you should see at the tri-located 2018 Audi Dublin International Film Festival
Too many critics still regard television as an inferior medium
The inclusion of 'Twin Peaks: The Return' on such lists is bizarre: it’s a TV series. Right?
An abundance of entrepreneurial talent
The Irish Times Innovation Awards have again showcased innovative excellence across a range of products and services
Connecting marketing with the cinema ticketing process
Innovation awards finalist: Usheru creates film specific websites which are connected into cinemas
The strange, true story of Ghana's modern-day camps for witches
For her new film, Rungano Nyoni spent more than a month in a real-life witch camp, that works as a tourist attraction, labour camp and women’s refuge
Like ‘Brokeback Mountain’, but with Yorkshire weather
Francis Lee’s ‘God’s Own Country’ feels like a career-launching film
Harry Potter actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91
Star also played Siegfried Farnon in BBC series All Creatures Great and Small
Irish film industry glued to unfolding Brexit drama
Co-productions with UK should survive, but free movement vital, says film board
Cannes festival, day three: Let the booing commence
This time it was for a technical hiccup and not for Bong Joon-ho’s fine film ‘Okja’
Best new Irish writers: Hennessy Literary Awards shortlists, 2017
We name the 18 nominees for this year’s Emerging Poetry, First Fiction and Emerging Fiction prizes
Hipsters and artists are the gentrifying foot soldiers of capitalism
The hipster may be a capitalist but they are also crafty, ethical and mobile
‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’ voted best British sitcom of 21st century
Brendan O’Carroll show beats ‘The Office’, ‘The Thick of It’ and ‘Gavin & Stacey’ in poll
Where did it all go right? The secret of Irish cinema’s success
Global acclaim and a fistful of Oscar nominations: we ask four industry heavy hitters what is going on
And the best British actor is . . . Saoirse Ronan? Really?
Why does the London Film Critics’ Circle refer to Irish actors as British? It’s baffling
Lost Walt Disney film last seen in 1928 found in British archive
Six-minute film Sleigh Bells, featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, was feared lost forever
British actor Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93
Lee devoted long career to portraying villains including Dracula
Jane Lythell: ‘Flawed people are interesting. It doesn’t matter if your readers dislike them’
Brought to Book Q&A: Former Bafta CEO on her favourite authors and writing her own novels
Why is it that spoilers seem to make so many people lose the plot?
Opinion: If Dr Johnson could get by without issuing spoiler warnings surely the rest of us can
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices