Mrs Brown’s Boys v Mulholland Drive: a culture showdown
Mrs Brown's Boys voted best sitcom of 21st century
February 2016
Frank Kelly obituary
Veteran stage and screen actor best known for playing the ranting, drunken Father Jack in the Channel 4 television comedy Father Ted
March 2015
BBC Films reach 25th anniversary with Armando Iannucci's David Copperfield
Dickens adaptation from In the Loop director announced to coincide with BBC’s celebration of milestone for its successful feature film arm
February 2015
Baftas 2015: who is Christine Langan?
As BBC Films are named as winners of a special Bafta for outstanding contribution to British cinema, we outline the role its head, Christine Langan, plays in the industry.
December 2014
Box office analysis: UK
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies marches towards year’s top spot at UK box office
The third Hobbit instalment keeps Paddington at bay, as family films shine brightest in the Christmas holiday charts – and The Lego Movie revealed as year’s biggest UK earner
August 2014
The Script say Mrs Brown's Boys: D’Movie influenced their new album
Indie rock band’s work on film soundtrack inspired ‘Irish sound’ on No Sound Without Silence
July 2014
Film blog
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes climbs to top of tree at UK box office
Apes franchise makes solid opening while new Transformers slides fast – but Boyhood shows staying power in the arthouse, writes Charles Gant
Box office analysis: UK
The World Cup is dead. Long live Transformers 4 at the UK box office
Charles Gant: Age of Extinction gives cinemas a blockbuster boost after the football frenzy; while Boyhood and Begin Again offer strong alternatives to mainstream Hollywood fare
Box office analysis: UK
Sneaky previews for Transformers 4 and How To Train Your Dragon 2 lead to a flat weekend at the UK box office
Why Mrs Brown's Boys was d'saviour of cinema this summer
Catherine Shoard
Box office analysis: UK
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie gets people off the sofa for better than expected UK box office
June 2014
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie review – 'a flatly indifferent cash-in'
Mike McCahill: Brendan O'Carroll's Mrs Brown's Boys has reached the big screen spin-off, and may well become as successful as The Inbetweeners Movie – but on this evidence, it doesn't deserve to
Film blog
The Fault in Our Stars dazzles the UK but Jersey Boys lacks star quality
Charles Gant: Teenage love story enjoys sensational UK box-office debut, while Clint Eastwood's music biopic falls flat without big names
Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie is first in a trilogy, says Brendan O'Carroll
The first film incarnation of the hit TV show, which opens in the UK this Friday, to be followed by two more big-screen spin-offs
March 2014
Mrs Brown's Boys: D'Movie trailer: a film of 'the worst sitcom ever made'
Brendan O'Carroll's bolshy mam is heading to the big screen. She could just be the new face of avant-garde British cinema, says Xan Brooks