The 355: All-female action romp fails to rise above second-rate material
Diane Kruger is the one bright light in a movie that’s weighed down by clichés
The Tragedy of Macbeth: Lean, efficient take on the Scottish Play
Joel Coen delivers an expressionist version of the often-filmed drama
Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon
French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour
Smell of success: 100 years of Chanel No5
Part of the legend of the world’s most famous fragrance is that it is adaptable, and is as beloved by fragrance lovers now as it was 100 years ago
Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees
Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list
But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?
Is Tenet as good as Inception? Christopher Nolan’s films ranked
As Tenet arrives in cinemas, we judge how it compares with The Dark Knight and Memento
Sparks still flying after all these years
Ron Mael and his brother Russell still believe in their maxim ‘innovate or die’
Dolittle review: Worse than a bad movie, this is the low-point of every career involved
This ‘film’ doesn’t even have the good grace to be a bad movie. It’s far worse than that
Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for
The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year
James Gray: 'I went back to the US and got told I was nothing'
The director’s on working with Brad Pitt on Ad Astra, being ignored in America and making movies in Northern Ireland
What’s that stench? It’s the 10 worst films of 2018
From Fifty Shades Freed to sleazy Muppets in The Happytime Murders, the cinematic lowlights of the year
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover
Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women
Ismael’s Ghosts: Marion Cotillard turns up, and things get messy
Review: The wife who went missing 20 years ago reappears and introduces herself to her husband’s new squeeze
Cate Blanchett: I don’t think I’ve stayed silent on Woody Allen
The Oscar-winning star of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine has spoken about sex abuse allegations against the director
From the Land of the Moon review: Mills & Boon à la française
Marion Cotillard is smashing as a lovestruck heroine, but this is ‘cinéma de papa’ territory
Cannes Film Festival begins amid heavy security
Show goes on as Michael Haneke tipped for third Palme D’Or, for ‘Happy End’
It’s Only the End of the World review: an unfocused sort of homecoming from Xavier Dolan
Dolan’s entry into the Weekend in Family Hell genre is certainly adventurous, but woefully miscast, and ultimately fails in its ambitions
The trouble with strong, sexy, altruistic Angelina Jolie
In coverage of Brangelina split, there’s been only one bad guy – and it’s not the Brad guy
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be busy splitting $400m fortune
Jolie has reportedly requested custody of their six children
Female voices to fore in first half of Cannes Film Festival
Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann’ is a strong early contender for Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival 2016: Established masters - and some fresh faces
Three female directors out of 20 will compete for this year's Palme d’Or - in 2012 there was none on the list for the top prize
Irish Women of the World: Bafta’s Anne Morrison, and six more who mould media
Strategy, solidarity and social are strong themes in the entertainment industry
Everything awesome as Irish animation beats Lego movie to Oscar shortlist
Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ is odds-on favourite for best picture
Paris Fashion Week: Dior, Miyake and Loewe bring out the stars
Irish designer makes stellar debut with Spanish leather goods house
All two human: the Dardenne brothers get a little bit less miserable
Human catastrophe has always loomed large in Dardenne movies, but now, after decades of onscreen misery, the Belgian brothers are begining to let in a little light
Cannes comes to a close with a Palme d’Or for Winter Sleep
Timothy Spall and Julianne Moore among award winners from the Cannes Jury
John Turturro: Not just a gigolo
Actor and director John Turturro plays a florist turned sex worker – and Woody Allen his pimp – in his new film. He talks to Tara Brady about giving screen time to a character who can do anything with his hands
Review: Two Days, One Night
The premise of the latest film from the Dardennes is a little trite, but the execution is as assured as ever
‘If you talk to anyone on set they don’t take me seriously at all – much to my dismay’
Few actors create characters that unnerve as much as Michael Fassbender, and in person he has an intensity that never quite fades. He talks method acting, metal music and making ‘Macbeth’
Questions for Cúirt after middling performance
Competition is fierce on the literary festival circuit and on the evidence of last weekend Cúirt needs to do more to set itself apart
Gravity’s pull: the making of a rocket-fuelled space smash
Mexican film-maker Alfonso Cuarón is delighted about the warm reception for his gripping space yarn. And what about the criticism of its supposed scientific inaccuracies? ‘It’s not a documentary,’ he shrugs
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