Donald Clarke runs the rule over the likely winners ahead of this week’s festival trifecta

The number of female directors in the film business remains stubbornly low

Canadian event is the most important cinema festival in North American calendar

As a teacher, I have always known how tough the exams are. Reform is overdue

Few films have felt so awards-baity since The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...

Strong focus on mass movements, role of women and workers in series based on award winning book

The Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland hailed as a ‘true-life horror movie’

Donald Clarke on the best portrayals of the city on film, from ‘The Informer’ to ‘Sing Street’

London-based Irish architect John Crowley works on projects in both the UK and Ireland

As we head into the final voting days for this year’s Ticket Awards, the main categories couldn’t be closer

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

The actor, who could pick up an Oscar nomination for his role in Andy Serkis’s ‘Breathe’, on working with Mel Gibson, feeling Jewish, and leaving Spider-Man behind

This five-course feast takes us from his debut in Tigerland to the darkly comic The Lobster

From entering first year to life beyond, four succesful graduates tell their stories of third-level education

Christine Crowley (71) accused of falsifying patient records at two outlets in west Cork

‘Game of Thrones’ is safe, says HBO, but some question whether another ‘Brooklyn’ could get made once the UK leaves the European Union

John Carney’s Sing Street strikes a chord as part of Hong Kong and Macau Irish Festival

Room sweeps the board with seven awards while Brooklyn takes two

‘Room’, ‘Sing Street’ and ‘My Name is Emily’ lead nominations in excellent year for Irish film

Ahead of 88th Academy Awards, the Irish film industry decamps to Hollywood

Next government must re-evaluate priority it affords arts and film sector in Programme for Government for the next five years

In any other year, Oscar nominee Benjamin Cleary would be the name on everyone’s lips – but he’s delighted to be in the race with Room and Brooklyn

Mainstream entertainments such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant jostle with independents including Brooklyn and Room

Lenny Abrahamson’s Room and John Crowley’s Brooklyn vie for the best picture Oscar this weekend. They are part of a grand tradition

Global acclaim and a fistful of Oscar nominations: we ask four industry heavy hitters what is going on

John Crowley’s adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s novel scoops first award of the ceremony

Sing Street, Love & Friendship and Mammal earn rave reviews at independent festival

Irish success at Academy Awards shows the value of both cultural planning and self-belief

With roles in ‘Frank’, ‘Ex Machina’ and ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, and a star turn in ‘The Revenant’, Gleeson’s career has gone stellar

Nominations represent a return on long-term investment in a generation of local talent

Pundits underestimated films’ potential ahead of Academy Awards announcement

Saoirse Ronan and Michael Fassbender get acting nominations, while ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Room’ both make the Best Picture list

Sylvester Stallone takes best supporting actor for ‘Creed’ in Los Angeles ceremony

Donald Clarke previews Sunday night’s award ceremony in Los Angeles

Why does the London Film Critics’ Circle refer to Irish actors as British? It’s baffling

Paddy Breathnach’s film portrays young gay man’s struggle to get by in present-day Cuba

Mammal, Land of the Enlightened, The Lobster, Viva, Love & Friendship and Sing Street feature

‘Brooklyn’, ‘Room’ and ‘The Secret Scripture’ all have unapologetically literary sources

As the film of ‘Brooklyn’ gets good reviews, Tóibín’s status at home and abroad rises yet another notch