The Irish Times

‘The more of the novel I read, the more it made me think of Marian Keyes’

Mia Gallagher’s speech to launch Alan McMonagle’s new novel at Hodges Figges

Fri Mar 20 2020 - 05:36

Todd Haynes: ‘All my movies are critical and financial disappointments initially’

The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 06:00

Todd Haynes: ‘I was consciously making a film that I wanted kids to see’

The director has flipped the script once again with his latest project ‘Wonderstruck’, a proper grown-up film about and for children

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 05:00

Lynne Ramsay: From Ratcatcher to revenge thriller

The Scottish film-maker on her taut new film starring Joaquin Phoenix, watching movies with her mum, and the awkward fallout from that Natalie Portman flick

Sat Mar 10 2018 - 05:00

'Not everybody wants to confront death. And pay for the ticket'

The French director’s ‘Heal the Living’ follows the journey of a heart from donor to transplant recipient

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 06:30

Fear Eats the Soul - Rainer Fassbinder’s masterpiece is as timely and affecting as ever

Fassbinder’s 1974 drama is a bleak dissection of race, age, gender, bigotry and hate

Thu Mar 30 2017 - 11:23

Visual art round-up: Thoughtful films about artifice and architects

Amie Siegel’s essay films are full of ideas, and Eddie Kennedy’s paintings are informed by Mayo

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 01:00

François Ozon: the new new wave

Satirical wit, freewheeling sexuality and a new wave cinematic sensibility? François Ozon, director of ‘Sitcom’, ‘Swimming Pool’ and, now, ‘The New Girlfriend’, is a most French film-maker, and despite Hollywood overtures he refuses to change his style

Sat May 16 2015 - 10:15