Cillian Murphy: ‘I’d happily appear in Peaky Blinders again’
The Bafta and Oscar-nominated actor says he would like to reprise his role as the Birmingham gangster Thomas Shelby
October 2019
Ranked
Ken Loach – all his films ranked!
From his groundbreaking dramas of the 60s, through the early-90s resurgence to the unexpected box office successes of recent years, we assess the director’s output
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
March 2017
Cillian Murphy: ‘It is getting absurd with the dumbing down'
Cillian Murphy swaps Peaky Blinders in Birmingham for gun running in Boston in his latest role. He talks to Will Lawrence about moving back to Ireland and being an old-fashioned actor
October 2016
Ken Loach: ‘If you’re not angry, what kind of person are you?’
He’s been a thorn in the establishment’s side since Cathy Come Home and Kes. At 80, he’s made his angriest film yet
April 2016
Richard Linklater: ‘Someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’
Cillian Murphy: ‘Is this it, for the rest of my days?’
June 2010
Charlotte Higgins on culture
Even The Wind that Shakes the Barley failed to reap real rewards
Vanessa Thorpe: As Pact points out, independent film producers lose out due to the burden of tax and legal requirements
November 2006
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
June 2006
It's an ill wind
John Lloyd
A nation of amnesiacs
Paul Donovan
Another cry for freedom
Another cry for freedom
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
'I just want to challenge myself with each role'
May 2006
Give Pedro the prize
Powerful view of Ireland's past - but what is the lesson?
April 2006
Culture Vulture
Canned Britain
With two British films screening in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, yesterday's announcement of the Cannes shortlist has been greeted as a minor national triumph. After a fallow year in festival terms, shortlist nominations for Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley and Andrea Arnold's Red Road have been greeted by ebullient-sounding statements from, among others, the creative industries minister James Purnell.
