Charles Laughton

Madge Herron: Eccentric and brilliant Irish poet of London’s streets

The legacy of the Donegal-born poet and performer has been reclaimed in a new book

Maureen O’Hara: the exotic cinema star from Ranelagh

With red hair and green eyes O’Hara was made for showing off the rise of Technicolor

Maureen O’Hara obituary: Ireland’s first great Hollywood star

Chemistry between O’Hara and John Wayne was cleary apparent in ‘The Quiet Man’

Plenty of hot air as Vinny pushes the boat out for Valentine’s trip to remember

Instead of the usual Valentine’s reliables Vinny had another idea

Philip Seymour Hoffman: a strange kind of movie star

Rather than being bullied into adoration by tub-thumping promotion, filmgoers felt they had discovered Hoffman all on their own

Jeff Nichols: the hippest young director on the block

Is it Southern Gothic? Americana? Or just another reason to love Matthew McConaughey? Jeff Nichols is back with the intruguing Mud

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