Mark Rylance

50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited

Nicole Kidman stars in a kinky office romance, Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell play wedding planners, and Éanna Hardwicke and Steve Coogan replay Saipan

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 05:30

TV guide: the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight

November 10th-15th: From the return of Wolf Hall to a Blindboy tale about one man and his giant fridge

Sun Nov 10 2024 - 05:00

Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies by Elizabeth Winkler: A fascinating indictment of incurious scholars

The journalist was slated for daring question whether the plays attributed to Shakespeare could have been written by a woman

Tue Aug 08 2023 - 04:33

The Phantom of the Open: Gentle comedy makes the cut

True-ish comedy celebrates ‘world’s worst golfer’

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

‘I was just a very confused actor. But I was really keen to learn’

Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdog

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00

Mark Rylance on theatre, film and his family’s tragedy: ‘For me, love is stronger than death’

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

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 10:07

Don’t Look Up: Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence’s new film misses its target

There are decent jokes but Adam McKay’s comedy feels overstuffed

Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:00

Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’

She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s Blindness

Sat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00

Lorde: ‘I’m only just scratching the surface of my powers’

The New Zealand singer on her new album, giving up social media and dealing with grief

Mon Jun 28 2021 - 06:00

Aidan Turner: ‘That photograph. Yeah. It took away from the work’

Poldark-turned-Leonardo da Vinci actor on ballroom dancing, hazmat suits and a thirst for stout

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00

From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)

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

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00

Olivia Cooke: ‘Colm Meaney does everything with a wink and it’s so delicious’

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

Thu Oct 08 2020 - 05:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in October

Highlights include Rebecca, Emily in Paris, The Trial of the Chicago 7, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 05:00

Robert Sheehan: ‘I was a contrarian f**ker. I thought it made me seem more edgy’

The Portlaoise-born actor talks about London living, meditation and lockdown writing

Sun Jul 26 2020 - 06:10

Toxic philanthropy: When arts sponsorships mask social ills

We must ensure the super rich don’t get a pass because they fling money at the arts

Sat Jul 06 2019 - 05:00

Kenneth Branagh: ‘The life of an actor? Strange men phone and offer you money’

The actor and director talks Shakespeare ‘trutherism’ and his working-class upbringing

Fri Feb 08 2019 - 06:00

'Right now, speaking as an American, we are lacking compassion'

Too much fame, too young, that has been a problem for young actors too – but the articulate, polite Charlie Plummer is unlikely to spin off the rail

Tue May 01 2018 - 05:00

‘Ready Player One’ is no Spielberg masterpiece

Review: It’s an undeniably entertaining film, but also retro-addicted and madly overlong

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 14:23

Oscars 2018: Who’ll win, who won’t and 10 other questions

Who is in the running to win the Oscars in every category?

Sat Mar 03 2018 - 05:00

Barry Keoghan: Ireland’s next superstar actor

He first came to prominence in TV crime drama Love/Hate. Now he’s making movies with Christopher Nolan, Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell. But in his heart he’s still a lad from inner-city Dublin

Sat Nov 04 2017 - 05:00