Doctor in Venice: Matt Smith from Tardis to 60s Soho

Set in London in the 60s, Edgar Wright’s film captures the seediness and grim glamour

Björn Andrésen: ‘I was extremely uncomfortable’

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is a new documentary about the pressures imposed on the young star of Death in Venice

Coronation Street actor Johnny Briggs dies aged 85

Actor known for his role as Mike Baldwin on soap died ‘peacefully’, says family statement

Sex, swearing and flushing the loo: How these films broke big-screen taboos

The new indie comedy Saint Frances features period sex – cinema has travelled a long way

Mubi: online repertory cinema for a handful of change

Fancy a rotating visual feast of 30 arthouse movies monthly and all neatly curated?

TV View: Barnes carried away by Moonlight’s shadow

TV3’s coverage of Ireland’s win also witnesses the birth of the ‘underlap’

Elizabeth Shaw: unknown in Ireland but fondly remembered in Germany

Belfast-born artist’s story encompasses Churchill, communism and children’s books

Unbroken review: Bravery in search of a personality

Angelina Jolie’s wartime epic has everything going for it – except character and plot

Rampling through the ages: from ‘Georgy Girl’ to ‘The Night Porter’ to ‘The Sea’

Charlotte Rampling has wandered the international cinema scene for a half a century, forever seeking challenges and shrugging off controversy. She talks about her new Irish film, an adaptation of John Banville’s ‘The Sea’, as well as projects both famous and notorious over the years

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300: Rise of an Empire

Tweety Pie – how Birdy went from doing covers to finding the fire within

Teen prodigy Jasmine van den Boegaerde – that’s Birdy to you and I – made her name with a cover of Bon Iver’s Skinny Love, then sealed her reputation with a fine album of original material. We catch up with her before her gig at Vicar St in Dublin