When playwright Martin McDonagh wanted to expand his work from stage to screen, he tested the waters by making a short film. That 2004 effort, the absurdly dark “Six Shooter,” paved the way ...

Several years ago, Martin McDonagh started work on a play called “The Banshees of Inisheer.” He didn’t care much for it, but he liked the title, with its echoes of his plays “The Cripple ...

McDonagh's new film tackles an aspect of his identity he would rather not explain — but it's part of what makes the work so good. Martin McDonagh is the rare storyteller celebrated on the stage ...

Writer-director Martin McDonagh, director of photography Ben Davis and production designer Mark Tildesley — who had been living together under lockdown while prepping for Searchlight’s period ...

For years, McDonagh has been on the bleeding edge of cool, especially in the world of theater, where his ink-black comedies about terrorism and totalitarianism often set him apart. The Banshees of ...

Seventeen years after his first and only short film, “Six Shooter” (2004), brought him his sole Oscar win for Best Live Action Short, Martin McDonagh is seeking his first Best Director victory ...

EXCLUSIVE: Mariana Di Girólamo, Oscar nominee Tom Waits, Ailín Salas and Paola Giannini are boarding Martin McDonagh’s massive ensemble, Wild Horse Nine opposite previously announced Sam ...

In 2006, my wife and I trudged through a New York City blizzard to see an off-Broadway production of Martin McDonagh’s play The Lieutenant of Inishmore. We’d received a text from the box ...

Many opponents of “Three Billboards” condemned the film for being too sympathetic towards Rockwell’s character, who uses the N-word, shares bigoted views and enacts racial violence.

It’s hardly an original insight to note that “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Martin McDonagh’s caustic and mournful new movie, is also his latest work to give its location top billing.

The Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay went to Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees Of Inisherin.” This is the first win and fourth nomination for Mr. McDonagh, who won the 2018 award for ...