Martin McDonagh

Actors 2 months ago

Brendan Gleeson, the actor who had to become a man first

The Irish actor who spent his twenties behind a classroom desk rather than a camera became one of cinema’s most formidable presences precisely because of the delay. From The Banshees of Inisherin to Calvary, Brendan Gleeson plays men…

Movies 2 months ago

What Venice actually rewarded: not the films, but the act of witnessing them

Read as a sentence, Maggie Gyllenhaal's seven Venice prizes say one thing: the jury rewarded the act of…

Movies 2 months ago

Wild Horse Nine drew Venice’s longest ovation and one prize: Malkovich’s Volpi Cup

Martin McDonagh's competition film earned the festival's loudest applause and converted it into a single award — the…

Movies 2 months ago

Woman Unknown sweeps Venice’s top two prizes as Gyllenhaal’s jury makes its point

May el-Toukhy's Danish drama Woman Unknown took the Golden Lion and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at…

Movies 2 months ago

Venice 2026 tonight: start time, how to stream the Golden Lion ceremony, and the five races worth your attention

Venezia 83 closes tonight. Start time in every major zone, how to stream the ceremony from abroad, the…

Directors 2 months ago

Martin McDonagh: making violence funny has never been the point

Three decades of plays and films, and McDonagh keeps returning to the same interrogation: what one person owes…

Actors 2 months ago

Parker Posey: the actress indie cinema crowned and couldn’t hold

Time magazine called her "Queen of the Indies" in 1997, at the peak of the Sundance-fueled independent film…

Movies 2 months ago

Two ovations in, five Venice races still on paper — our refined Golden Lion call

Ink and Wild Horse Nine drew the first big ovations, but Venice's marquee favourites screen next week. Our…

Movies 2 months ago

John Malkovich’s Tears at the ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Venice Premiere Are His Best Actor Case

At the Venice premiere of 'Wild Horse Nine,' John Malkovich wept through the festival's longest ovation. Martin McDonagh…

Movies 2 months ago

Martin McDonagh Returns to Venice With ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ a CIA Story on the Eve of the Chilean Coup

McDonagh's first feature since The Banshees of Inisherin premieres in competition at Venice: Malkovich and Rockwell as CIA…

Movies 2 months ago

Best Screenplay at Venice 83: McDonagh Returns to the Prize That Suits Him

Best Screenplay is the Lido's prize for construction over spectacle — and Martin McDonagh, who won it here…

Actors 3 years ago

Sam Rockwell, the actor Hollywood kept casting as the best thing you almost missed

For two decades, Sam Rockwell was the performance critics cited first and award shows thanked last. Then he…

Actors 3 years ago

Barry Keoghan, from thirteen foster homes to playing Ringo Starr

He spent seven years moving through thirteen foster homes in Dublin, then built a career on characters nobody…