Mark Ruffalo

Timing is everything when it comes to general elections

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Fri Oct 11 2024 - 14:16

‘Most significant reform in planning legislation since 2000’ passes in Dáil

Controversial Planning and Development Bill a key part of plans to address housing crisis, but Opposition says it will add to delays and costs

Wed Oct 09 2024 - 21:01

Why is The Incredible Hulk angry at Ireland’s Green Party, and what does it mean for our energy security?

Hollywood A-lister Mark Ruffalo has criticised the Government’s planning legislation allowing for use of ‘strategic’ liquefied natural gas reserves

Wed Oct 09 2024 - 18:16

Mark Ruffalo rows in on Irish politics, saying Green Party ‘about to do something really terrible to the environment’

After actor rows in on LNG terminals and Planning Bill, party responds that ‘keeping the lights on in Ireland is not something he needs to worry about’

Wed Oct 09 2024 - 15:51

Kin star Sam Keeley: ‘I failed my Leaving. I don’t know if acting was a good idea, but it worked for me’

Already known to audiences for his roles in What Richard Did and RTÉ hit drama Kin, Irish actor Sam Keeley is making waves internationally

Fri Feb 23 2024 - 05:00

Four new films to see this week: Poor Things, The Beekeeper, Freaks vs the Reich, Lift

Poor Things, The Beekeeper, Freaks vs the Reich, Lift

Sun Jan 14 2024 - 05:00

Poor Things review: Emma Stone is properly unsettling in this provocative feminist fable drenched in Victorian horror

This deranged comedy with shades of Pygmalion is a feast of cinematic excess loaded with intellectual traction and psychological grit

Wed Jan 10 2024 - 05:00

‘Emma Stone came up with a lot of the sex stuff that we did’: Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos

The master of cerebral weird has made a string of angular comedies with Element Pictures. Their latest, Golden Lion-winning collaboration is their wildest ride yet

Sat Jan 06 2024 - 05:15

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in November

The Crown returns this month with its final series, and Selling Sunset proves that when it comes to awesome abodes and gorgeous gaffs, there’s no limit

Wed Nov 01 2023 - 05:00

Venice film festival: Irish-produced Poor Things wins top Golden Lion award

Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and produced by Irish company Element Pictures, wins Golden Lion

Sat Sept 09 2023 - 20:54

Poor Things first-look review: Emma Stone has never been better, and a moustache-twirling Mark Ruffalo has a ball

Venice International Film Festival 2023: Yorgos Lanthimos’s new film won’t be in Irish cinemas until January. It’ll be well worth the wait

Fri Sept 01 2023 - 17:45

Venice film festival 2023: Liam Neeson and Emma Stone movies lead Irish interest as line-up unveiled

A sparkling line-up of titles for the upcoming 80th edition of the festival has been announced

Tue Jul 25 2023 - 16:46

Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees

Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 13:30

The Adam Project: Effective retro entertainment that comes back from the future

Film review: Ryan Reynolds time-travel adventure gives all the good lines to the boys

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00

The Hollywood stars who cosied up to Vladimir Putin

Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 15:50

Golden Globes 2022: What’s happening with the ceremony you can’t watch?

After a year of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under pressure

Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00

Nothing says festive warmth like The Muppets, Home Alone and some psychological horror

Emer McLysaght: Netflix knows all too well that I am a divil for a Christmas comfort film

Sat Dec 04 2021 - 06:00

Jennifer Garner: ‘I want joy in my life and in the world’

Her new family comedy suggests otherwise but the actor insists she’s not always a fun mom

Wed Mar 10 2021 - 05:00

Golden Globes 2021: Nomadland starring Frances McDormand wins best dramatic film

Chloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best director

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 05:57

Mixed reaction to ‘Instagram Freeze’ by celebrities, despite campaign objective

Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and Demi Lovato among those taking part in the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 10:14

Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman dies aged 43

US actor who died of colon cancer starred in a number of TV dramas and films

Sat Aug 29 2020 - 07:52

Green Party enters final stages of intense debate on entering government

Mark Ruffalo speaks during event organised by pro-coalition party members

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 02:37

Imagine Gal Gadot hadn’t roped her friends into making this cringy video

Look, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warbling

Thu Mar 19 2020 - 13:32

Dark Waters: A solid, old-fashioned whistleblower drama

Review: This is the kind of issue-driven cinema that used to win Oscars

Fri Feb 28 2020 - 05:00

Todd Haynes: ‘All my movies are critical and financial disappointments initially’

The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 06:00

Can you be friends with someone you fundamentally disagree with?

Jennifer O’Connell: Listening to an opposing view isn’t endorsing it. Civility isn’t weakness

Sat Oct 19 2019 - 06:03

Native Americans go solar with goal of energy independence

Poverty levels result in US tribes being hit hard by electricity and delivery costs

Thu Oct 03 2019 - 13:18

Advisory council says Ireland must continue to explore for gasfields

Independent experts say gas will be a key part of the State’s energy supply for the next 30 years

Wed Oct 02 2019 - 18:22

Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00

The Six Billion Dollar Man is the reboot industry’s latest offering

When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s a new version of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer

Wed Apr 24 2019 - 14:00

Avengers: Endgame – How Marvel conquered Hollywood

Avengers: Endgame set to become the fifth Marvel film in top 10 grossing of all time

Fri Apr 19 2019 - 06:00

Patrick Freyne: Thank you, Stan Lee, for making superheroes just like us

The man behind Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Incredible Hulk and the Uncanny X-Men made it okay to express your feelings while wearing spandex and fighting evil lizards

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00

Avengers Infinity War: Overlong, overcrowded and over here

Review: It’s not a good film, but it is clogged with star actors and good jokes

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 23:00

Catherine Keener: ‘I did not know about Harvey Weinstein at all’

Onetime queen of indie flicks on her good Catholic upbringing, the #MeToo movement and her latest role in Irish director Alan Gilsenan’s adaptation of a Carol Shields novel

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 05:00