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Stephen Rea is about to join an illustrious line-up that includes John Hurt, Michael Gambon and Patrick Magee
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Curzon Home Cinema: vivid selection of films to rent online
Art house classics rub shoulders with Palme d’Or winners and critically acclaimed works
Lots from Luggala and fine furniture from grand Irish houses in London sale
A 25ft table from Carton House among the most expensive items to be auctioned
Damascus Cover: Jonathan Rhys Meyers can't save this spy thriller
Jonathan Rhys Meyers is sauve and calculating but it’s not enough amid clanging dialogue
David Lynch: As a father and husband ‘you gotta be selfish’
The Twin Peaks director lives for his work – and believes explaining his films is a ‘crime’
Top 10 prison films to watch: Donald Clarke picks his favourites
As acclaimed Irish movie Michael Inside is released, we look at prison movies from Birdman of Alcatraz to The Shawshank Redemption
Seven women allege abuse and harassment by Michael Colgan
'She’ll never work in Dublin again’ was a phrase that he used a lot around the office,' one woman recalled
Harry Potter on screen: a magic formula for the faithful
It is the second-biggest movie franchise of all time, but the films are slaves to the text
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A visit to Luggala: What sets the Guinness Gothic Revival house apart is its cosiness
Bohemians rhapsodise about it and high society have always loved the magical estate in Wicklow
John Hurt’s films: 10 of his best performances
Donald Clarke selects some stand-out pictures from veteran actor’s career
John Hurt: A brilliant actor who ‘never lost his sense of adolescent mischief’
Honorary Irishman was among the cleverest actors of his (or any other) generation
John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny
In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett
John Hurt, star of The Elephant Man, Alien and The Field, dies
Star of more than 200 films dies aged 77 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer
Alexander Skarsgård: The most popular Swedish export since Abba
Alexander Skarsgård has followed in his father’s acting footsteps, and with ‘Generation Kill’ and ‘True Blood’ behind him, he’s finding new worlds to conquer in film
Burton and Taylor’s Bray hideaway hotel goes on market
Bray Head Hotel has expired permission for new hotel, apartments, restaurant and bar
The Irish players at the forefront of new publishing
Ireland is punching above its weight in the world of New Publishing, with Irish people leading the charge in this fast-changing, global industry, Celine Naughton reports
Television: Nigella’s living well. It’s the best revenge
Review: ‘Designing Ireland’, ‘The Secret Life of Four-Year-Olds’, ‘Simply Nigella’
Meryl Streep on Brian Friel: ‘Tender dramatist, lovely man’
Playwright ‘part of the theatrical life of every theatre house’ in Ireland, Abbey director says
Originality and style in Clonskeagh
Distinctive Art Deco home with a large private garden for €975,000
Acting heavyweights Brendan Gleeson and John Hurt kick off the JDIFF
The premier of dark comic thriller Calvary impresses audience
It’s all working out nicely for Ian McShane
An actor since the early 1960s, Cuban Fury star Ian McShane has been a familiar presence on our screens big and small (Lovejoy anyone?) for decades – and now he’s a Hollywood star. Not a bad for the unassuming son of a Man Utd footballer
Television: Danish politics, German war stories and Irish builders blowing the budget
‘Borgen’ returned, with the former prime minister making new starts amid familiar, nuanced themes
Television: Need help clearing the educational hurdles? Call champion jockey Johnny Murtagh
A programme on literacy, The Family Project, and a series about amateur dramatics, Simply Am-Dram, proved surprisingly engaging
Stage Struck: Man down
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