Nothing compares to Sinéad O’Connor, proudly awkward national treasureBelfast film-maker Kathryn Ferguson discusses her excellent study of the Irish singerSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Vicky Phelan: ‘She’s just extraordinary. And somehow she was able to keep going’Sasha King talks about making a portrait of the courageous campaignerSat Oct 01 2022 - 05:00
Why wouldn’t you judge a book by its cover? I always doDonald Clarke: A book’s design is essential to the reading experience. Mess with it at your perilSat Oct 01 2022 - 04:30
Flux Gourmet: the latest smorgasbord of peculiarity from Peter StricklandNone more queasy. None more strange. None more alienating. None more off-beigeFri Sept 30 2022 - 05:00
Pure Grit: opening up a hidden world with styleFew non-fiction films released this year have done a better job of encapsulating their protagonistFri Sept 30 2022 - 05:00
Lesley Manville: From Emmerdale to the OscarsIt is hard to think of a British actor busier with promising projects than ManvilleTue Sept 27 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this week, including a controversial Marilyn Monroe biopicBlonde, Don’t Worry Darling, Athena, After YangSun Sept 25 2022 - 05:00
What do you mean, we have to wait two months for the film to come to Ireland?Donald Clarke: Young whippersnappers don’t know how easy they have it in these daysSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
20 great new films to see between now and the end of 2022Sequels to Avatar and Black Panther plus a Whitney Houston biopic and the In Bruges team reunitesSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Opening Night review: A puzzling experimental piece that works best when it does leastDublin Fringe Festival 2022: Electronic composer Jane Deasy monitors the space around her as she probes the anxiety of performanceFri Sept 23 2022 - 09:30
The Movie Quiz: Which film did Boris Johnson quote in his last Prime Minister’s Questions?A character voiced by whom appeared twice on the BBC in tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth?Fri Sept 23 2022 - 05:00
Blonde review: Marilyn Monroe is still waiting for the justice she deservesThe unrelieved bleakness of Andrew Dominik’s fictionalised biopic becomes monotonousFri Sept 23 2022 - 05:00
Don’t Worry Darling review: What lies beneath the surface? Not muchAs pop crossovers into film go, Harry Styles is more Cliff Richard than Frank Sinatra – it’s Florence Pugh who steals the show in an otherwise vacuous fantasyFri Sept 23 2022 - 05:00
Oliver Cromwell Is Really Very Sorry review: This barnstorming musical deserves to run and runDublin Fringe Festival 2022: Xnthony’s hilarious, deceptively angry marvel smuggles polemic into its comic show-stoppersThu Sept 22 2022 - 09:23
The Spin review: Tense two-hander balances social comedy with emotional heftDublin Fringe Festival 2022: This Corcadorca production finds a singular mechanism for telling its unsettling storyWed Sept 21 2022 - 09:34
Back with a bang: The Dane who conquered IrelandWhether it’s as a Viking in The Northman or an abusive husband in Bad Sisters, the Danish actor keeps getting cast in Irish-based productionsTue Sept 20 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTicket to Paradise, Róise & Frank, Clerks III, Funny PagesSun Sept 18 2022 - 05:00
Since when did a bear from Peru become the royals’ grim reaper?Donald Clarke: There could have been worse mascots for a bereaved nation than PaddingtonSat Sept 17 2022 - 05:00
Róise & Frank: A shaggy dog story with real heartComedic but emotionally true study of bereavement and its effectsFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: When is the sequel to Blade Runner set?Plus: Who was billed as ‘the shame of the nation’?Fri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
Ticket to Paradise: Bringing the rom-com back to partial lifeThis resuscitation of a moribund genre manages to coast along on the star wattage of Julia Roberts and George ClooneyFri Sept 16 2022 - 05:00
‘David Bowie didn’t die. David Jones died’Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream isn’t a traditional documentary, but it has the momentum of a great songWed Sept 14 2022 - 05:00
Jean-Luc Godard: Until this morning, he was the most influential living film-maker The nouvelle vague director, who has died at the age of 91, revolutionised film-makingTue Sept 13 2022 - 14:17
Colin Farrell wins best actor at Venice International Film FestivalMartin McDonagh takes best screenplay for The Banshees of Inisherin, which stars FarrellSat Sept 10 2022 - 20:39
The standing ovation used to mean something. Not any moreDonald Clarke: The standing-o is an unreliable metric for judging a film’s qualitySat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
Ciarán Hinds: ‘A lot of my friends have the same talent as me, but never got the breaks’The Belfast actor talks about that night at the Oscars, and his lifetime of non-stop workingSat Sept 10 2022 - 05:00
See How They Run: Saoirse Ronan gives a stand-out performance using her own accentAgatha Christie-style comic whodunit is at least as enjoyable as Knives OutFri Sept 09 2022 - 05:00
Crimes of the Future: The master of body horror serves up some discomfort food‘Surgery is the new sex,’ remarks Kristen Stewart, apparently aware she is in a David Cronenberg filmFri Sept 09 2022 - 05:00
Oscar contenders assemble for the Venice Film FestivalBrendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell get the longest ovation, but Cate Blanchett is the star of the showThu Sept 08 2022 - 05:00
‘There was really only one dog for this role’The directors of new Irish-language film Róise & Frank on the increasing acceptability of subtitles and their casting secretTue Sept 06 2022 - 05:00
The Banshees of Inisherin might finally get Brendan Gleeson his long-deserved Oscar nodVenice Film Festival audiences liked this reunification of In Bruges alumni Gleeson and Colin FarrellMon Sept 05 2022 - 16:45
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekFall, Three Thousand Years of Longing, The Territory...and BlackbirdSun Sept 04 2022 - 05:00
What is it about movies that attracts pop stars so much?Donald Clarke: Harry Styles is just latest in a long line of musicians to leap from music to screenSat Sept 03 2022 - 05:00
Three Thousand Years of Longing: Underwhelming fantasy that doesn’t fulfil its eastern promiseIdris Elba is a genie in George Miller’s overcooked fable that comes across as a 21st-century Turkish Delight adFri Sept 02 2022 - 05:00
The Venice Movie Quiz: Who is missing from Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin?Plus: Which was the last film to win both the Golden Lion and best picture at the Oscars?Fri Sept 02 2022 - 05:00
Blackbird: Michael Flatley’s film is a hoot. If only it was meant to be funnyA Chicagoan dancer saves the world while evading amorous younger women. But don’t mistake this for a vanity projectWed Aug 31 2022 - 22:00
Venice Film Festival: A controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic and the In Bruges team reunited Reunited In Bruges team and controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic among the line-upWed Aug 31 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekOfficial Competition, Beast, Queen of Glory, Mr Malcolm’s listSun Aug 28 2022 - 05:00
Cinema nostalgia ain’t what it used to beDonald Clarke: Filmmakers have always loved recalling their movie-going childhoods, but that may be coming to an endSat Aug 27 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Where do most of John Hughes’ movies take place?Plus: Who is the star honoured with a statue in Bristol?Fri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Beast: Entertaining lion-v-man action romp of the old schoolIdris Elba and his family are up against a man-eater in this efficient adventure storyFri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Queen of Glory: Getting back to roots in a Bronx taleReview: Intergenerational immigrant tensions are delicately explored in this debut featureFri Aug 26 2022 - 05:00
Watch the trailer for Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson: hatchet job or hagiography?News of Michael Winterbottom’s This England has been met with fury by online conspiracistsMon Aug 22 2022 - 15:35
Four new ★★★★☆ films to see in cinemas this weekAnaïs in Love, My Old School, The Feast and Free Chol Soo Lee, all on limited releaseMon Aug 22 2022 - 08:53
Donald Clarke: Sacheen Littlefeather finally gets her Oscars apologyThe Academy is moving to redress a wrong that occurred nearly 50 years agoSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was the original title of Monty Python’s Life of Brian?What film ends (and begins) with The End?Fri Aug 19 2022 - 12:46
Anaïs in Love: Truly, madly, deeply entertainingThe eponymous central character is appallingly, delightfully fascinating in this Woody Allen-esque French comedyFri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
Free Chol Soo Lee: a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decadesReview: San Francisco murder conviction may seem obscure today, but bears a resemblance to the Birmingham Six and Guildford Four casesFri Aug 19 2022 - 05:00
Jonah Hill has quit film promotion interviews to protect his mental health. Are they really that bad?Actors may go before cameras and audiences for a living. That doesn’t mean they’re always comfortable with the attentionThu Aug 18 2022 - 14:00
Wolfgang Petersen: Director of Eastwood, Clooney, Pitt and, in Das Boot, one of the best war movies ever madeThe German film-maker then deftly moved to Hollywood, where he directed Troy, In the Line of Fire and Air Force OneWed Aug 17 2022 - 15:50
