Director of The Guard says Irish films are not ‘intelligent’

McDonagh doesn’t want Calvary regarded as Irish: ‘it’s just set in Ireland with lots of Irish characters’

Despite the homogeneous onslaught, quality can still make it at the box office

Thank God – or at least Gleeson

The success of Calvary and Noah suggest that Irish audiences have gotten religion

Film review: Calvary

Brendan Gleeson’s touching, nuanced portrayal of a caring man goes a long way in sustaining this scattershot, nihilist Irish dramedy

David McSavage: ‘If I were a woman I’d be very f***ing angry’

The comedian believes that Irish men are so mollycoddled they cannot see women as equals

Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAs

Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor category

Acting heavyweights Brendan Gleeson and John Hurt kick off the JDIFF

The premier of dark comic thriller Calvary impresses audience

Richard Dreyfuss set for Dublin film festival

Oscar-winning star of Jaws to attend Jameson Dublin International Film Festival in February

Irish film industry achieves record revenues of €168m

Irish Film Board says overseas investors ensure industry is more vibrant than ever

Domnhall Gleeson, a star in his own time

It hasn’t taken Domhnall Gleeson long to establish a reputation as a versatile actor, equally at ease on stage and screen. He talks about working on Richard Curtis’s new time-travel rom-com and a forthcoming role opposite his dad Brendan

Brendan Gleeson: even as a duck, he fits the bill

The man who played Churchill is now a duck in ‘The Smurfs 2’. He talks LA neediness, the dynasty and Flann O’Brien worship

Film board backs Galway’s bid to become Unesco city of film

Audivisual sector worth €72 million to west-coast region in 2012

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