‘Werner Herzog lives every day like he wants his life to be an adventure’
Thomas von Steinaecker goes deep beneath the skin of the much-mythologised German film-maker in his documentary Radical Dreamer
Werner Herzog
Kevin Power on Werner Herzog: A memoir of extremes that goes out of its way to avoid looking in the mirror
Herzog’s life and films dwell in the haunted house of the Third Reich
Donald Clarke: Is it time to dust off your 3D specs?
Avatar kickstarted a brief and blurry 3D revival, Cameron could do it again this Christmas
‘I am grateful for the experience. It was like I got a PhD in filmmaking’
Director Robert Eggers on making his bloody Viking epic The Northman in time of Covid
What lessons did Stacey Dooley learn while living in a convent? Nun whatsoever
TV review: The usually empathetic presenter just wasn’t on the sisters’ wavelength
Tilda Swinton: ‘I lived through my 20s in a whole queer environment’
The actor talks about her years with Derek Jarman and reveals plans for a career change
Fintan O’Toole: Disaster movie now playing on the big screen of Earth
Challenge for Cop26 is that humans have an in-built bias towards optimism
Ian O’Riordan: Olympic documentary series keeps focus despite shifting horizons
Darragh Bambrick’s three-part series looks at nine Irish athletes on the long road to Tokyo
IT Sligo improving access through online writing
‘Despite being unable to physically be together, we formed an almost immediate bond’
Gort film Town of Strangers is a fascinating hybrid of fact and fiction
Treasa O’Brien’s film explores a Galway town transformed by immigration
Werner Herzog: ‘I’m fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes’
At 77 the veteran director and actor shows no signs of slowing down or accepting limitations
Sergio: Unsubtle but efficient biopic of an inspirational UN leader
Review: The screenplay works hard to cram a long career into a fresh, well-meaning whole
20 great travel movies to take you around the world while you’re stuck at home
From city breaks to train trips, Rome to the Amazon, these are all on streaming services
The Mandalorian does an excellent job of living up to expectations
The new Disney+ show combines tight action with the dinginess of the original Star Wars
European Film Awards another triumph for Irish production The Favourite
Dublin director of photography Robbie Ryan wins for Best Cinematography
Meeting Gorbachev: Werner Herzog’s fan-boy portrait of Mikhail Gorbachev
Review: Ceaseless adulation grates – but it is still a fascinating study of a remarkable life
45 of the best TV shows to watch this autumn
From The Dublin Murders to The Crown, Red Rock to Ru Paul, here are this season’s best comedy, drama and reality series
The Cold Blue: Stunning retelling of a second World War legend
Review: The testimony of the airmen is what lingers most strongly in this documentary
‘We had it licked. Now America is the idiot cousin of Europe’
Erik Nelson on his documentary about the bombing of Germany, and the resonances today
Cannes 2019: A busload of auteurs and pizzazz aplenty
Time will tell about the quality of the films – but the programme does not disappoint
Cannes 2019: New Pedro Almodóvar, Terrence Malick, Ken Loach films, but no Tarantino
Big-name auteurs in Croisette line-up, but only four films by women in competition
Jagged Little Pill isn’t the only sacred cow that deserves a kicking
Donald Clarke: A new print of A Clockwork Orange is on the way – get your boots on
Past tension: the eternal battle between old and new music
There was nothing wrong with the New Music Dublin Festival – just its name
A farewell to Dublin’s Screen and the rest of the old-school arthouse cinemas
Whatever name the building was known by in its lifetime, it was always a city landmark
Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in ‘Downfall’, dies aged 77
Actor, who was diagnosed with cancer, was a key figure in German cinema
Cork Film Festival to open with ‘Float Like a Butterfly’
Over 250 feature, documentary and short films to screen over next ten days
The 100 greatest foreign-language films revealed
Only four out of the top 100 films directed by women in BBC poll of critics
The best horror movies of all time – see them if you dare
The silver screen’s spooky best from the last 100 years of cinema
Klosterhof review: Obsessive collectors of human traces
Dublin Theatre Festival: Janek Turkowski and Iwona Nowacka assemble a time capsule
Pope Francis documentary: A film that could buttress the case for sainthood
Director Wim Wenders says pope answered every question ‘spontaneously and in-depth’
Manifesto review: 13 characters 12 too many for Cate Blanchett
Let’s never speak again of her turns as a tattooed English punk and a bearded hobo
Robert Pattinson: ‘I’m still hiding’
Post ‘Twilight’ he has become one of the most interesting actors of his generation. Just don’t remind him he’s famous
Karl Ove Knausgaard: ‘I’m not f**king around. This is hardcore’
Bestselling Norwegian novelist insists he is not a good writer. He has been corrupted by pleasing people, he says
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