Donald Clarke: The non-fungible token is beyond my understanding
Researching this new cultural phenomenon causes only headaches
Donald Clarke: The B&B paperback is dead
Up to the 1980s, every Irish B&B had bookshelves stuffed with books left by guests
Yes, you should feel bad for not finishing (insert classic novel here)
Donald Clarke: Guilt is an important aspect of life and a vital part of the reading experience
Asian cinema lights up Cannes but Star Wars gets the fireworks
There was plenty of Hollywood bling – and anger – at this year’s festival but new movies from Hirokazu Kore-eda and Ryusuke Hamaguchi were quieter highlights
Spoiler alert: People don’t hate spoilers . . . or do they?
Avengers: Infinity War directors have made sure the new film’s story remains a secret. But if they did tell you, would it really spoil the experience?
A shortcut to immortality: kill the president
With Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?
Sean Penn’s debut novel – repellent and stupid
The Oscar-winning actor’s foray into fiction, with Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff, has met derision online. Can it be that bad?
Mute: A Berlin-set Bowie tribute that says nothing at all
Review: Duncan Jones’s latest film is a nod his late father, David Bowie, but it feels weirdly threadbare. It’s not disastrous – just senseless and lacking a plot
Directing Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘I know. I’ve killed off the world’s greatest actor’
Paul Thomas Anderson on directing Daniel Day-Lewis in his final film, Phantom Thread
Dream designs at Jonnmar’s new Donnybrook showroom
Home Front: Wooden Star Wars toy; Christmas flea market, and stylish storage
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine review: Suffering single white females
Alexandra Kleeman’s disturbing dystopia takes on body image and the beauty myth
Folk hero: Richard Fariña’s wild ride from Tyrone to Greenwich
The late writer and musician made a big impression in the 1960s, whether playing with Bob Dylan or fishing in Ireland. Just beware of his tall tales of Castro and the IRA
Paul Thomas Anderson on adapting Pynchon, directing Day-Lewis and keeping the melancholy at bay
The director of ‘Inherent Vice’ sits down with Donald Clarke to discuss the pressure of being called ‘America’s greatest film-maker’
Five Irish novels on Impac longlist
Books nominated by public libraries for consideration include 142 novels
Okay composer: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood goes classical
Is Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood a rock musician who crossed over to classical music, or a composer who crossed over to rock? Meet the man behind the Martenot
21st-century Foxx
On the final day of shooting for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Jamie Foxx chats about going from playing dodgy comedy clubs to starring roles as pop stars, presidents and super-villains
The appeal of Garth Brooks is destined to remain a mystery to people like us
Opinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’
Rural stories of isolation and dark humour
Growing up in Co Mayo helped Colin Barrett shape wild visual narratives written in local voices
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