The actor on creativity, sex scenes and missing Cannes Film Festival due to Covid

As a summation of every cinematic evasion about the sexual act it is close to perfect

Donald Clarke: Blue is the Warmest Colour, 12 Years a Slave both overlooked in the polls

Why are audience members so eager to flee screenings of The Painted Bird?

Different cases of Allen and Polanski show how past is now up for vigorous reassessment

The film, set in 1960s LA, stars Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie, will compete for Palme d’Or

Every now and then, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize anticipates a movement

There were many contenders, but Jennifer Lawrence is the undisputed boss of 2013

The strong showing of 'Blue is the Warmest Colour' suggests erudite Ticket readers just can’t get enough Franco-Tunisian neo-realism, writes Donald Clarke

It was a spectacular year for cinema – but once again, many of 2013’s best offerings made little or no impact on the mainstream. Plus ça change . . .

As his three-hour love story arrives in Irish cinemas weighed down with awards – and ongoing allegations of exploitation – director Abdellatif Kechiche ponders the dynamics of love and betrayal with Donald Clarke

Why can't the media discuss the season’s best releases without bringing up the Academy Awards?

What better way to get you through the dark winter nights than beneath the flickering lights of a warm movie theatre? Donald Clarke runs through all the cinema releases between now and the new year