Film review: Blue Is the Warmest ColourSome of the controversy surrounding this intense lesbian romance from France is understandable. But the acclaim is also well-deserved, writes Tara BradyFri Nov 22 2013 - 00:00
Colin Farrell: “Lothario! There’s a nice word for a slut. Imagine what they’d say if I was a woman”He’s older, wiser and still sober but Colin Farrell hasn’t lost any of his wicked streak – and he’s definitely in touch with his feminine side. The Saving Mr Banks star on film, family, fame and femininityFri Nov 22 2013 - 00:00
Rotten Potatoes: ’Cause and F/XWhy have some movies done the business at the box-office while others have bombed? Because, because, because, because . . .Fri Nov 22 2013 - 00:00
Film review: The ButlerLes Daniels’s historical drama is more radical than it’s Oscar-bait subject might suggest - and Oprah Winfrrey is wonderful, writes Tara BradyFri Nov 15 2013 - 00:00
Allen Leech makes the move from Downton to TinseltownThe smash success of Downtown Abbey has made Allen Leech a household face, if not quite a name to remember yet. Now, with a scene-stealing role in new Irish horror film In Fear, the Killiney-born actor’s career is definitely looking upFri Nov 15 2013 - 00:00
Rotten PotatoesBad Grandpa shows that, for once, Ireland is not alone in its insatiable desire for braindead shenanigansFri Nov 01 2013 - 00:00
Judi Dench: "I have many more insecurities than I ever had before"The theatrical Dame chats to Tara Brady about her new movie Philomena, still being nervous and admiring Clint Eastwood’s eyesFri Nov 01 2013 - 00:00
Hailee regardedOnly 16, Hailee Steinfeld’s CV already boasts an Oscar nod and roles alongside the likes of Bridges, Ford Streep and Kingsley. How did she find herself in such illustrious company? “I never really found something that I loved as much as I love acting,” she tells Tara BradyFri Oct 25 2013 - 00:00
Tom Hanks reveals the secret of his billion-dollar box-office successHis recent star turn in Captain Phillips is the latest in a long line of iconic performances that have made Tom Hanks one of the world’s most bankable – and watchable – movie starsFri Oct 18 2013 - 05:00
Review: The Fifth EstateThis interesting but underdone drama ultimately tells us far less than we’d like to know about Julian AssangeFri Oct 11 2013 - 11:26
Daniel Brühl: first Berlin, then the worldHe was on the wrong side of the wall in 'Good Bye, Lenin!'; a sniper in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds; a racing legend in 'Rush' and now, Daniel Brühl is leaking all over the planet in 'The Fifth Estate'Fri Oct 11 2013 - 04:00
Rotten Potatoes: Diana’s downfallBeware the idiosyncrasies of the Irish box officeFri Oct 11 2013 - 00:00
Martha Wainwright on the concert for her mother that turned into a wakeAs the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tearsFri Oct 04 2013 - 00:00
Cate Blanchett: 'My maternal guilt is of the high-class and expensive variety'Cate Blanchett's latest performance in Woody Allen’s ’Blue Jasmine’ – as a vodka-and-Xanax-swilling woman on the brink of breaking point – must have been quite a stretch for the immaculately casual mother-of-threeFri Sept 27 2013 - 00:00
Dissecting Diana: Naomi Watts on playing the people's princessDiana star Naomi Watts is feeling the pressure like never before – even for a two-time Oscar nominee, the intensity of the response to the movie is something new. “There is a huge amount of responsibility,” she says. “I am a little bit scared by it”Fri Sept 20 2013 - 00:00
Ron Howard – the feelgood kidAll-round nice guy Ron Howard – whose new movie, Rush, a souped-up treatment of Formula One’s 1976 season, is on our screens now – explains the secret of his five decades of successFri Sept 13 2013 - 00:00
