Cillian Murphy
From Oppenheimer to Scoop: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
The blockbusting atomic biopic hits the small screen, and some equally explosive stuff from a dramatised newsroom memoir
Stuart Heritage
05, Apr, 2024 @8:00 AM
‘This is more than a #MeToo drama’: Jez Butterworth on his new play – and punching Harvey Weinstein
The playwright reveals how his clashes with the sexual predator haunt the most disturbing scenes of The Hills of California, his latest Olivier-nominated play about teenage singing sisters trying to make it big. Warning: contains spoilers
Stuart Jeffries
04, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM
‘It gives me freedom’: from the Oscars to the Baftas to Sundance – why Irish Gaelic is everywhere
Paul Mescal spoke Gaeilge at the Baftas, Cillian Murphy at the Oscars. Films are being written in it, dramas acted in it – and rappers are translating drug lingo into it. Our writer hails an extraordinary renaissance
Colin Crummy
13, Mar, 2024 @4:02 PM
The big bang: how Oppenheimer pulled off its extraordinary Oscars victory
Despite its doomy story, three-hour length – and some remarkable competition – Christopher Nolan’s film dominated the Academy Awards. We examine the campaign behind the slowburner which blew Barbie away
Andrew Pulver
12, Mar, 2024 @6:00 AM
‘Real awe’: wave of Irish jubilation greets Cillian Murphy’s Oscars win
President of Ireland, artists, academics and friends pay tribute to actor, who dedicated award to ‘peacemakers’
Rory Carroll in Dublin
11, Mar, 2024 @6:47 PM
It was an Oscars night with a British accent – and no real upsets | Peter Bradshaw
So many Brits – and a supremely talented Irishman – took home wins tonight while Oppenheimer’s relevance can hardly be doubted
Peter Bradshaw
11, Mar, 2024 @3:58 AM
Oppenheimer wins best picture Oscar as Emma Stone pulls surprise win
Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster picked up seven awards while Poor Things star won over Lily Gladstone for best actress
Benjamin Lee
11, Mar, 2024 @2:25 AM
Cillian Murphy wins best actor Oscar for Oppenheimer
Irish actor takes the award for his role as nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, in Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed biopic
Andrew Pulver and Catherine Shoard
11, Mar, 2024 @2:00 AM
Why Oppenheimer should win the best picture Oscar
Christopher Nolan’s biopic is precision tooled to tick all the right boxes – epic scale, lavish spectacle, meticulous craft, plus: explosions! The bookies have it as 1/25 on for a good reason
Paul MacInnes
26, Feb, 2024 @8:00 AM
Berlin film festival 2024 roundup – tasty treats and the odd potboiler
A careworn Cillian Murphy excelled, Atlantics director Mati Diop returned, astronaut Adam Sandler had us drifting off, and kitchen dramas continued to sizzle
Jonathan Romney
24, Feb, 2024 @10:00 AM
YouTube prankster invades stage during Oppenheimer’s best picture Bafta presentation
YouTuber who has a history of infiltrating awards ceremonies got on stage while the Oppenheimer team were receiving their award
Andrew Pulver
19, Feb, 2024 @1:25 PM
Hugh Grant, Michael J Fox – and Matthew Perry: who were the real stars of this year’s Baftas?
There were moderate shocks galore at this year’s Bafta awards. Here are 13 things we learned, from Ken Loach’s consistency to Barbie’s current relationship status
Catherine Shoard and Andrew Pulver
18, Feb, 2024 @10:08 PM
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