Ryan Gosling

The ‘Incredibles 2’ director on the Disney studio’s secret sauce, and keeping his distance from corporate nonsense

Is it time we looked with a more critical eye on the stories we tell about falling in love

Animated ‘Spiderman’ looks promising. But ‘Suspiria’, and new films from Steve McQueen and Lenny Abrahamson look breathtaking

Marc Meyers’s My Friend Dahmer is adapted from the graphic novel by John Backderf, aka Derf

RTÉ’s ‘Stetsons and Stilettos’ throws open the barn door on a thriving Irish sub-culture

Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year

We've finally taken to online dating here in Ireland; there are 200,000 on the Tinder app alone. But it's an absolute minefield out there

Could you be cheating on your partner without knowing it? The internet thinks so

Sudden Wild Enthusiasms: Dresses with pockets

Dunkirk blows away the competition

The hyped sequel has had a disastrous opening: is it all the studio's fault?

Can Denis Villeneuve’s 163-minute sequel to Blade Runner rescue a ‘broken’ box office?

Review: Blade Runner 2049 is not without flaws, but it’s a marvel it works as well as it does

Web Log: Qualcomm launches video series to explain high-tech topics in under two minutes

Emily Beecham is an appealing mess of uncertainties in this strong debut feature

This incoherent muddle of falling leaves, cameos and tracking shots has nowhere to go

First full look at long-awaited sequel features Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in action-packed trailer

A less-than-convincing Gosling ‘lookalike’ accepted an award for La La Land. Germany was not amused

Shock as Moonlight takes best picture minutes after La La Land is announced

‘La La Land’ or ‘Moonlight’? Emma Stone or Natalie Portman? Casey Affleck or Denzel Washington? Donald Clarke makes his predictions for Sunday night's Oscars ceremony

In the sixth part of the series, Rose Costello looks at the quickest and simplest way to get fitter

McCabe scandal; St Patrick’s Day caution; hospital strike; Baftas; Irish gangs

Hollywood musical scoops most gongs on occasion coloured by celebrity and politics

‘La La Land’ is the film to beat, earning 14 nominations including best picture

Winners will be announced on February 26th

It’s the time of year when we accurately pick around 83 percent of the main nominations

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ are already made in Ireland. New film studios, including one planned for Poolbeg, hope to capitalise on that TV-drama boom

Something will have gone terribly wrong if the Oscars fail to honour a film that fits comfortably into the Trump conversation

Following some Irish triumph at major awards, Bafta delivers disappointing news

Irish nominees come up short, Meryl Streep gives searing critique of Donald Trump

Actor criticises US president-elect over mocking of disabled reporter

Ireland and Brexit; college dropouts; ‘quango cull’; Golden Globes; ASTI pay freeze

Nicolas Winding Refn’s feud with fellow Danish director Lars Von Trier shows no sign of letting up. “It is natural for youth to destroy the old”, he says

Maren Ade’s ‘Toni Erdmann’ is a strong early contender for Palme d’Or

Woody Allen in line to set record while Pedro Almodóvar and Cristi Puiu eye Palme d’Or

Brilliantly accessible, scathing account of the financial crisis based on the bestselling book

The internet is now the world’s number-one debating forum, but online argument is more bitter and less productive than face-to-face discussion. Why do we do it and does anyone ever win?

Hooked on the craft

You know him as the ever-so-nice Matthew on Downton Abbey, but he’s toned up and turned into an all-American bad boy for The Guest. ‘It has been nice to take the stiff collar off for a bit’

How do you leave the office politics of ‘Mad Men’ behind? Starring opposite the late Philip Seymour Hoffman is a smart move. TV's `embodiment of beauty’ talks about saying goodbye to Joan, surviving high school and the power of hair colour