Robbie Ryan

Review: Film shines a light on the grim reality of gig economy workers

The director who has spent 50 years poking the establishment on Brexit, right-wing broadcasters and the gig economy

Review: Paul Duane documents Drummond on his latest quest to confuse and bewilder

Toronto film festival: Opening weekend also included Knives Out, Greed and Sea Fever

There was lots of comedy and a little Celtic misery at the famously bibulous festival

The Oscars body has invited 842 new members: 50% female, 29% people of colour

Extra Ordinary, Never Grow Old, Animals and Supervized on bill for 31st festival

Best of Irish: In advance of St Patrick’s Day, we celebrate leading lights of our creative industries

Green Book is best film, Bohemian Rhapsody wins most. Glenn Close overlooked for 7th time

Where can you watch the ceremony? When does it start and end? Who are the favourites?

The Favourite may be overlooked for the big prizes with Roma likely to steal the show

Donald Clarke: This week’s Oscars news reflects the common, idiotic view that cinema is little more than a type of flat theatre that you can now watch on your telephone

Donald Clarke: The academy has been tying itself in knots trying to reverse a decline in ratings

Irish-produced film The Favourite and Netflix’s Roma lead the way with 10 nominations each

Yorgos Lanthimos works his trademark colours into a fantastically dark picture

And Element Pictures scoop 10 prizes for ‘The Favourite’ at British Independent Film Awards

Olivia Colman wins best actress for performance in Yorgos Lanthimos’s Irish production

He first came to prominence in TV crime drama Love/Hate. Now he’s making movies with Christopher Nolan, Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell. But in his heart he’s still a lad from inner-city Dublin

Cannes 2017: Noah Baumbach's star-studded latest for Netflix is a welcome addition to his great comic oeuvre

Irish film ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell, is one of the favourites for the Palme d’Or

Ronan got to see four of what they call The Big Five – the ex-pat Irish criminals the gordaí would most love to put behind bors

Loach weaves many moments of quiet brilliance into his Palme D’Or-winning polemic about the UK’s Kafkaesque welfare system

British film-maker’s win for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ leads evening of surprises in southern France

Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann’ is a strong early contender for Palme d’Or

Exhibitions by Clare Langan and Diana Copperwhite succeed, while a group show in Carlow is less certain

Reynor first attracted attention as the star of Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did

Actor awarded special jury prize for acting for role in film set in Tallaght

Life in the Free State was no jape, according to Ken Loach's affecting, beautifully shot but somewhat underpowered drama

This film from Irish director Ruairi Robinson shows that the galactic chamber piece can be every bit as gripping as the huge space opera