The Devil's DoubleIT’S ABOUT time some bright film-maker offered us a serious study of the outrages that went on in the court of Saddam Hussein…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Do we need to elect a largely powerless president at all?THE ONGOING race for the presidency has, as I understand it, stirred up some controversy this weekSat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Sarah's Key/Elle S'Appelait SarahTHE HOLOCAUST was, surely, sufficiently catastrophic to require little melodramatic enhancementFri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Taking a bare-knuckle rideIt took 10 years to capture the blood, sweat and punches that make up ‘Knuckle’, a gripping documentary about Travellers and …Wed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
A Better LifeHEAVEN SAVE us from Hollywood directors and their troubled consciencesFri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Horrid Henry: The MovieKEEP THE little ones away from the fizzy pop before bringing them – if you must – to Nick Moore’s take on Francesca Simon’s pathologically…Fri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
No hate figure worthy of name left to fill the Murdoch vacuumThe arch-Beelzebub’s loss of menace leaves lefties bereft of a bête noireSat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
BeginnersIF YOU WERE feeling unkind, you could view Mike Mills’s latest film as an almost self-parodic adventure in liberal quirkiness…Fri Jul 22 2011 - 01:00
Race between China and US for Top Nation trophy not over yetCan America’s belief that all things are possible win it back its coveted global status?Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Bobby Fischer Against the WorldTHERE’S A SCENE in All the President’s Men where, as Bob Woodward readies himself for the day, a newscaster relates details of…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Guard takes top Fleadh prizeThe Guard had more to celebrate this week – the film secured the audience prize for best Irish feature at last week’s Galway…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz1 Which current hit teams Cheadle with Gleeson?Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Quality movies for the little onesSick of watching your children hammer away at those Angry Birds? In search of a more cerebral alternative to Harry Potter? Get…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Koreans put the Pow! in PandaJust when we thought 3D was dying off, a gang of Korean boffins has gone one dimension furtherFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: a surprising degree of high dramaThe final film in the Potter saga offers a surprising degree of high drama, writes Donald ClarkeFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Arresting debut for Connemara cop comedyThe week before the most successful film of the year opened (come on, what else is going to trump the last Potter?), the box-…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Film Fleadh ends with prize-givingTHE 23RD Galway Film Fleadh ended last night by awarding the event’s audience prize, an influential citation, to John Michael…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Hard to contain resentment of the anti-begrudgery brigadeAREN’T YOU sick of so-called Rory McIlroy? Look at him playing golfSat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
The Princess of Montpensier/ La Princesse de MontpensierBACK IN THE 1960s, directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Éric Rohmer formed the nouvelle vague partly as a…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Partners needed for short filmMarriage Equality, the organisation dedicated to narrowing the gap between marriage and civil partnerships, plans to make a short…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Birthday bash is wheeled outThe splendid Cinemobile has long been an essential part of the Galway Film FleadhFri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Thumbs up for Madonna’s movieIt seems as if the Weinstein brothers have faith in W.EFri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Ashton puts Voice in the tweet spotIn so far as any news about Twitter is worth heeding, a diverting punch-up has been taking place between the Village Voice and…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
The GuardJOHN MICHAEL McDonagh? Now, that name sounds familiar. You’re thinking along the right lines.Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Galway film festival gets into top gear with acclaimed comedy 'Parked'GALWAY FILM Fleadh marked its 23rd year last night as it kicked off with a screening of Darragh Byrne’s eccentric comedy Parked…Wed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
New 02 cinema a capital idea for city so conspicuously short of 3D venueUpcoming blockbusters are made for an Imax screen, but studios and fans want premieres in the city centreFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
A Bond gets his girlCongratulations to Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig who, following a whirlwind romance, were married in secret last week.Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
A SeparationTHROUGHOUT ITS rise over the past few decades, Iranian cinema has gained a reputation for visual austerity and elliptical storytelling…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Transformers: Dark of the Moon review: everything that’s wrong with the entertainment industrySuch the appalling reputation of the Transformers movies that this release seems less like the launch of a summer blockbuster than the recurrence of a debilitating, infectious diseaseFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Python team plans to reuniteHere’s a nice idea. Surviving members of the Monty Python team plan to produce a 3D animated film based on the autobiography …Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Box-office big, box-office littleThere was good news for Schadenfreude fans in this week’s UK and Ireland box-office figuresFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
'Psychopaths and gangsters in tiaras'A controversial new documentary about the death of Princess Diana is packed with mind-bending speculations and theories – and…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Is Palin ready for her close-up?Let’s be honest. We might rant about the media’s obsession with Sarah Palin, but we continue to mop up every scandalous nugget…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Standards slip in EdinburghThe sad decline of the Edinburgh Film Festival continues.Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Struggle for the soul of English usage is not just small potato'sTexting and social media are the new battlefield for language pedants and libertinesSat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Film-makers head back to baseREELNEWS: Filmbase, the admirable resource centre for moviemakers, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a series of exciting…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Beeb to chronicle unholy rowREELNEWS: The BBC seems to have an obsession with dramatising the lives of post-war comicsFri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
23rd Fleadh makes holy show of Stella line-upREELNEWS: The programme for the 23rd Galway Film Fleadh was unveiled this week.Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Award for best dictator goes to . . .REELNEWS: Har, har! Michael Bay, director of the cacophonous Transformers franchise, has confirmed what many people already …Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Viva Riva!ON PAPER, this acetylene-driven thriller – allegedly the first dramatic feature ever from the Democratic Republic of the Congo…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Ebert’s car-crash review hits a nerveREELNEWS: An odd controversy has sprung up in the aftermath of Jackass performer Ryan Dunn’s death in a car crashFri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Plaudits for the publicREELNEWS: An interesting scheme is afoot aimed at thanking the general public for attending movies and at promoting the importance…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Atheists who protest too much risk affirming what they opposeA FEW years ago, Jonathan Miller, the admirable physician, theatre director and satirist, gave an interview on the subject of…Sat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Bad TeacherTHE TITLE nods towards Bad Santa and the film’s premise is undeniably similarFri Jun 17 2011 - 01:00
