Steven Spielberg

Enlightening account of a life in laughter’s vanguard may test patience of Breaking Bad fans

'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award

Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song

The actor’s beloved stepdaughter, Nataasha van Kampen, died aged 28 in 2012

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth

Oscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debut

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast gets seven nods. Ruth Negga is also nominated for Passing

The performer and actor on playing the classic role of Anita in Steven Spielberg's remake

Review: Steven Spielberg revives Bernstein and Sondheim’s classic musical for the screen

The Hollywood veteran on West Side Story, dating Brando and Elvis Presley, and joy at 90

The actor on his father, Jaws star Robert Shaw, and the problems that plagued the film shoot

A complex formula involving several variables dictates whether the word is appropriate

Dear Evan Hansen screen adaptation comes during a fraught period for the always imperilled genre

Donald Clarke: The country easily delivers the desired sense of mildewed desolation

It is some measure of Columbo’s uniqueness that it has no obvious successor

The auteur’s Netflix deal is more a case of making peace with an evolving hybrid form

It has been driven underground at times, but the form remains reassuringly resilient

Former rapper narrates new BBC podcast about the racehorse’s disappearance

After cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programme

Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action

It was also the one where Chadwick Boseman didn’t win. The one with the miscalculated finale

Single remark from Frances McDormand is enough reminder of what we’ve missed

This year’s Oscar contenders are less about escapism and more about our sad reality

Fraudster was serving 150-year sentence for creating world’s largest Ponzi scheme

It is estimated that investments in fraud totalled €17.5bn

Streaming giant Netflix has spent gazillions making movies, with little of quality to show for it

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

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, a new film, chronicles the band’s extraordinary career

He was a fascist who walked out on the family. No wonder the star had father issues

The angry pop culture of the Nixon years is better than that of the Trump era

Gremlins director talks Spielberg, low-budget horror and ‘bizarre’ film market

Scare yourself silly with this list of everything from classic films to modern hits

The Manchester actor on making the leap to Hollywood, and starring in new Irish-set film Pixie

The disappearance of Rocky’s robotic butler has the conspiracy censors twitching

With big releases postponed, this awards season looks more welcoming of smaller films

The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucial

Former New York Cosmos owner Steve Ross’s story a cautionary tale for Dundalk fans

New book recounts the life and times of Muhammad Ali’s famous cornerman

A hidden danger threatening us all? Steven Spielberg’s 1975 hit is unnervingly topical