From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024
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Terry Gilliam
How Disney plans to turn the universal appeal of dragons into movie success
Raya and the Last Dragon looks to buck the trend of mediocre serpent-centred features
Onward: An underwhelming new Pixar fantasy
Review: Dan Scanlon’s film is an improvement on his pointless Monsters University
A Ryan Tubridy interview takes a terrifying twist
Radio review: The presenter reacts sensitively to Úna Keane's tale of a harrowing attack
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote: Compromised and astonishingly unfinished
Review: 25 years in the making, the hollowness of the female characters is bad timing
Terry Jones was the John Lennon of comedy
The Monty Python founder had the idea of dropping punchlines for an absurdist style
Terry Jones, Monty Python star, dies at the age of 77
Actor and comedian, who had dementia, directed Life of Brian, among other films
JoJo Rabbit: Hitler, the Jews and the boundaries of comedy
Sophisticated film set in Germany during the second World War deploys its laughter expertly and contains a message for our time
Mia Wasikowska: I got in trouble for an Irish accent before
Alice in Wonderland made her a star but she prefers to stay out of the limelight
Monty Python: BBC archive reveals the secrets behind the sketches
An archive of unearthed material has been released to celebrate 50 years of the comedy troupe
Terry Gilliam: I disagree with John Cleese on Brexit
Director and Monty Python star says Brexit makes him ‘terminally depressed’
Jim Jarmusch: ‘The Dead Don’t Die cast were paid in oatmeal’
The director on fighting to make movies, climate change and teenagers who can save the world
Monty Python reveal events to mark 50th anniversary
Cast of seminal comedy TV show detail record attempt and special shows to celebrate
For one night only: It’s Cirque du Soleil, the movie
Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities shows jugglers, contortionists and acrobats doing their thing
Monty Python’s Life of Brian: ‘John Cleese refused to ad-lib. He’s a humour fundamentalist’
Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam: ‘We didn’t ad-lib because Cleese doesn’t like it’
Lucas Hedges: ‘Saoirse Ronan was the most beautiful person I had ever seen on film’
Rising star on fast track to unavoidability could not turn down chance to work with Lady Bird actor
Roddy Doyle is back – and has homeless crisis in his sights
New film ‘Rosie’ focuses on ‘ordinary’ family staying in hotel accommodation
Unseen Monty Python sketches found in Palin archives
Groundbreaking British comedy group produced their last film 35 years ago
The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine resurfaces after 50 years
Review: The film’s freaky visuals are peak psychedelia. The songs aren’t bad either
Cannes 2018: There’s only one contender for picture of the year
Cannes daily: A shot of Kristen Stewart glancing admiringly at Cate Blanchett is causing a stir
‘Abused women know that danger can be lurking everywhere’
Xavier Legrand’s scintillating ‘Custody’ dramatises the horror of domestic violence
Cannes 2018: line-up features Jean-Luc Godard, Spike Lee and fresh faces
Programme flush with exciting talent but only three of 18 films competing for Palme d’Or have female directors
‘My hard-won advice: never get into an elevator alone with Terry Gilliam’
Actor Ellen Barkin hits out at the film director who said the anti-sexual violence #MeToo campaign is creating a ‘world of victims’
Adam Driver: ‘There’s a double standard for men and women’
The ‘Star Wars’ actor on leaving the marines, filming nude and getting to know his dark side
The not so steamy secrets of sex on set
Movies are becoming increasingly graphic in their depiction of sex. For actors, it means some very awkward days at the office
Brazil still tops for . . . in-flight entertainment
It was an authentic slice of Latin life that will linger long in the memory
Richard Ayoade's Double take
The IT Crowd star is relishing his new role behind the camera. His latest, The Double, is a Kafkaesque office drama inspired by Dostoyevsky’s novella of the same name
Terry Gilliam: “The poetry of cinema has been replaced by the Dan Brown prose of cinema”
Bleak, dystopian futures pervade his work, but, in person, Terry Gilliam is a happy soul who retains an anarchic, irrepressible bounce despite the craziness he sees all around
Richard Dreyfuss set for Dublin film festival
Oscar-winning star of Jaws to attend Jameson Dublin International Film Festival in February
All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady cast eyes towards the coming year’s cinematic treats
And now for something completely lucrative
Monty Python are re-forming. Is it because they need the money? And what can they offer their fans?
Monty Python set to reunite for stage show
Five surviving members, including John Cleese and Michael Palin, due to announce move
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