Willem Dafoe

Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards

The soccer star was the film-maker’s first contact with spectacle, with ‘a high form of entertainment’

Wes Anderson’s Gallic portmanteau is gorgeous but insubstantial

Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festival

An international survey of search data finds Ireland’s most Googled Netflix property in 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

It’s far more than just the food I’m looking forward to experiencing again after Monday

Fancy a rotating visual feast of 30 arthouse movies monthly and all neatly curated?

Review: Robert Pattinson’s easy naturalism curdles into something unnerving and evil

In 10 years no movie has attracted such a buzz at Director’s Fortnight in Cannes

The Bronx filmmaker talks spirituality, creative bonds and his Italian-Irish roots

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Review: There is a fine noir here somewhere, busting to escape the Friends of Ed Norton Cabaret

Katy Davis from Clonskeagh in Dublin is starring alongside Edward Norton in a new noirish drama called Motherless Brooklyn

The actor has reinvented himself since the megahit franchise. Up next: playing Batman

Fewer instant classics on show, but Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dark drama The Lighthouse and Irish horror Vivarium stand out

Cannes 2019: Quentin Tarantino reviewed, early Oscar buzz, plus Isabelle Huppert in Frankie

Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint

Review: Portman is the pop star from hell in this unrestrained fun ride

Review: The film makes a genuine effort to engage with the artist’s mental torments

The actor throws himself into playing Van Gogh – and makes sure to have fun doing it

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

Most factual liberties are dramatically justifiable. But some seriously mislead viewers

The Favourite could hardly have done better, but most of the big races are still competitive

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

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film

From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year

Review: Aquaman begins with a carefree abandon, but then it goes a bit watery

Toronto film festival: Natalie Portman dazzles in Vox Lux as Irish films continued to premiere at another busy Tiff for domestic cinema

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

Who is in the running to win the Oscars in every category?

Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards’ triumphs as Saoirse Ronan left empty handed

Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards’ and Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon nominated

He called 83% of the nominations correctly in 2016 and 2017. But this year is tougher

Irish actor receives nod for ‘Lady Bird’ performance following win at Golden Globes

Dunkirk blows away the competition

Jennifer Peedom’s film is high on spectacle - viewers without a head for heights might not make it past the opening sequence

‘The Breadwinner’, by Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon, nominated for best animated feature

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