The Jewish dream team of Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman star in Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix comedy drama, writes Helen Barlow

‘An Inconvenient Truth’ might have made for depressing viewing, but Al Gore’s sequel sounds a note of optimism in the fight against climate change and those who are trying to scupper recovery, writes Helen Barlow

‘To the Bone’, Netflix’s tale of anorexia, has stirred debate, but star Lily Collins says she has brought her own experiences to a film that raises awareness, writes Helen Barlow

Korean creativity and a couple of top western stars have combined for one of the year’s most

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Helen Barlow reflects on a festival in which fabulous females, streaming TV shows and Irish actors took centre stage.

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Kitty Green’s childhood obsession with the killing of JonBenét Ramsey led her to make a film involving people from the city where it happened, writes Helen Barlow.

He may have had a reputation as the coke-snorting bad boy of ballet, but Helen Barlow found there’s a lot more to Sergei Polunin. He talks about dancing to Hozier and how he came to possess Mickey Rourke’s bloody pants.

As he steps out as his X-Men character one more time, Hugh Jackman tells Helen Barlow why he’ll miss the snarling anti-hero he has played nine times

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Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman star in the amazing true tale of an Indian boy adopted to Australia, who used Google Earth to find the family he had lost at the age of five, writes Helen Barlow

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Natalie Portman tells Helen Barlow about her Oscar-tipped role as Jackie Kennedy in the days after JFK was killed.

Oliver Stone’s new film aims to show the human side of CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Helen Barlow

Jim Jarmusch was the perfect man to make a film about his friend Iggy Pop and The Stooges, writes Helen Barlow

At 80, Ken Loach was inspired to come out of retirement for his Newcastle-set tale. Winning at Cannes was a nice bonus too, writes Helen Barlow

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In remaking classic western, The Magnificent Seven, the director and cast had to bring something different to the table, writes Helen Barlow

Just like the protagonist of his latest film, Pedro Almodovar admits that the weight of years gone by have had an effect on him, writes Helen Barlow

As a family they were Hollywood royalty, but Isabella Rossellini’s abiding memories of Ingrid Bergman are of a kind and caring mother, she tells Helen Barlow

While Fassbender and Vikander started their own real life romance on the film and they aren't the only new loves who will be in Venice.

Steven Spielberg and Mark Rylance have become good friends through the making of The BFG, writes Helen Barlow

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Through her acting and production work, Susan Sarandon is happy to help challenge the Hollywood patriarchy, writes Helen Barlow

With a billionaire husband and lovely daughter, as well as an expanding career Salma Hayek really is happy with her lot, writes Helen Barlow.

Michael Moore wants the US to adopt some of the better ideas for governance he has found in Europe. Helen Barlow talks to him about his first happy movie

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Jodie Foster’s  first films as a director were personal. Money Monster, starring a dancing George Clooney, sees her tackling the financial sector, writes Helen Barlow

Dublin provided the perfect backdrop for Whit Stillman’s raunchy adaptation of one of Jane Austen’s lesser-known works, writes Helen Barlow

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László Nemes tells Helen Barlow how his Oscar-winning Auschwitz drama, Son of Saul, is still relevant for today’s world

It isn’t just his new film that’s put the smile on Gabriel Byrne’s face, writes Helen Barlow

Helen Mirren has always eased into typically male roles, and is still doing so at 70, she tells Helen Barlow

For the latest big release in an incredible year for Irish cinema, Rachel Griffiths plays a grieving mother embroiled in an unlikely love affair, writes Helen Barlow

A central component of liberal democracy, free speech faces challenges from all directions, from Islamist death sentences to the ‘no platform’ movement in universities, writes TP O’Mahony