Four new films to stream this weekOxygen on Netflix, Some Kind of Heaven, Cowboys and Apples on demandSun May 09 2021 - 06:00
If we can’t agree on a name, does Northern Ireland even exist?Region? Statelet? The difficulty is separating an Ulster identity from a Northern Irish oneSat May 08 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Pick out the non-Sergio Leone film title – in ItalianPlus: Nomadland’s Oscar haul, Harry Potter’s Irish actors, Hitchcock’s title charactersFri May 07 2021 - 06:00
Apples: A memorably weird Greek fable about amnesiaBleak, deceptively rich comedy about what happens when identity is stripped awayFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
Cowboys: Questions of identity in macho AmericaFilm review: Strong performances carry this good-hearted road movieFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this week, including Nomadland and Wild Mountain ThymeNomadland, Mitchells vs the Machines, Truman & Tennessee, Wild Mountain ThymeSun May 02 2021 - 06:00
Paddington 2 the ‘Greatest Film Ever’? Giving any film that tag is not worth the effortDonald Clarke: Rating what movie is best is fun, but a waste of intellectual energySat May 01 2021 - 05:00
‘It’s a sort of family business’: Danny Huston on being part of a Hollywood dynastyAmerican actor reflects on growing up with famous dinner guests in Ireland and RomeSat May 01 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who earned Oscar and Razzie nominations for the same role?Plus: Chris Nolan guy Cillian Murphy, legendary Marlene Dietrich’s legendary costarFri Apr 30 2021 - 06:00
Wild Mountain Thyme: Bejapers, isn’t it only after arrivin’ at last?The accents are the only thing that aren’t terrible in this woeful Micksploitation flickFri Apr 30 2021 - 05:00
Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nomineesDonald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into actionTue Apr 27 2021 - 11:00
Oscars 2021 will be remembered as the one where Frances McDormand howled like a wolfIt was also the one where Chadwick Boseman didn’t win. The one with the miscalculated finaleMon Apr 26 2021 - 16:10
Nomadland review: Chloé Zhao’s triple Oscar winner is a film at war with itselfFrances McDormand plays a widow who takes to the road after losing her jobMon Apr 26 2021 - 10:27
Oscars 2021: ‘I have no words’ – Frances McDormand wins her third best actress OscarChloé Zhao’s Nomadland wins best picture at a singular, sometimes bizarre ceremonyMon Apr 26 2021 - 05:55
Oscars 2021: Who should win, and who will winIt’s an Academy Awards year like no other. Donald Clarke makes his (pretty reliable) predictionsSat Apr 24 2021 - 05:00
The Simpsons creeps from the shadows to remind us it was once a defining cultural forceThe show gave Morrissey a prime opportunity to moan like an underappreciated maiden auntSat Apr 24 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the only X-rated film to win the best picture Oscar?Academy Awards special: Niven reveals, women and nominations, hosting dutiesFri Apr 23 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendBlack Bear, I Blame Society, Sisters with Transistors, House of CardinFri Apr 23 2021 - 06:00
I Blame Society: Terrific and messy movie-industry satireReview: Gillian Wallace Horvat stars in a self-referential and sassy skewering of post-MeToo HollywoodFri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00
House of Cardin: A long life in coutureReview: Pleasant biographical documentary teeters on edge of hagiographyFri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Digging for dirt in Nomadland’s soilMud-slinging at Chloé Zhao over work scenes set in Amazon warehouse unlikely to stickSat Apr 17 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendPromising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, Henry Glassie: Fieldwork, Love and MonstersFri Apr 16 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What is Switzerland’s only contribution to world culture, according to Harry Lime?Plus: Oscar no-mates, Vanessa Redgrave non-credits, Jaws as Moby-Dick meets...?Fri Apr 16 2021 - 06:00
Promising Young Woman: Garish but gratifying revenge flickCarey Mulligan shines in an entertaining, imaginative exercise in score-settlingFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
Henry Glassie: Field Work – Quiet contemplations of creativityGreat Irish filmmaker Pat Collins documents the work of a famous ethnographerFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
Wild Mountain Thyme will now be released in Ireland on April 30th. Brace yourselfAbout-turn means we can watch Jamie Dornan’s ironic paddywhackery over the bank holidayThu Apr 15 2021 - 12:15
It’s as if censorship were back: Why Ireland can’t watch Wild Mountain Thyme this monthThe Jamie Dornan movie is out for rent in the UK on April 30th. But it won’t be available on TVs hereTue Apr 13 2021 - 16:52
Baftas 2021: Nomadland moves another step closer to Oscar gloryThe Irish animation Wolfwalkers, seen as a serious challenger, loses out to Pixar’s SoulSun Apr 11 2021 - 21:05
Remember when Ian Botham was going to be ‘the next James Bond’?Donald Clarke: For 60 years we have been living with Next James Bond speculationSat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00
Aidan Turner: ‘That photograph. Yeah. It took away from the work’Poldark-turned-Leonardo da Vinci actor on ballroom dancing, hazmat suits and a thirst for stoutSat Apr 10 2021 - 05:00
Prince Philip: Irascible, possibly unfaithful – and, since The Crown, so incredibly glamorousNetflix’s hit royal drama has shaped how millions think of the late duke of EdinburghFri Apr 09 2021 - 17:45
Four new films to stream this weekendPalm Springs, Sequin in a Blue Room, A Common Crime, Those That, at a Distance, Resemble AnotherFri Apr 09 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who once chaired the President’s Council on Physical Fitness?Plus: Merchant Ivory credits, remaking Caine, multiple Mad Worlds, blessed are...?Fri Apr 09 2021 - 06:00
Those That, At a Distance, Resemble Another: Handcrafted and handsome to watchReview: Jessica Sarah Rinland’s film recalls TV programmes of the 1970sFri Apr 09 2021 - 05:00
Palm Springs review: It’s like deja vu all over again, againThis time-loop comedy is good enough to transcend obvious comparisons to Groundhog DayFri Apr 09 2021 - 05:00
Since when do the Irish say ‘loo-tenant’ instead of ‘lef-tenant’?Aidan Turner and Graham Norton have been pronouncing it wrongly. Or have they?Sat Apr 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendGodzilla vs Kong, The Mauritanian, Minari, UndineFri Apr 02 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Spot the ‘Richard Curtis film’ actually directed by Richard CurtisPlus: Tim Burton’s Depp count, lining up for Suicide Squad, Greta Garbo’s lamentFri Apr 02 2021 - 06:00
Godzilla vs Kong: Monster mash-up a cut above the restIn a puzzlingly uneven franchise, this one’s worthy of the price of admissionFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
The Mauritanian: Guantánamo drama in need of greater biteReview: Tahar Rahim’s subtle performance lifts a gripping but flawed film about tortureFri Apr 02 2021 - 05:00
Lee Isaac Chung: ‘There are a lot of hate crimes going on right now against Asians’The Korean-American filmmaker talks about Minari, which has won six Oscar nominations and comes at a fraught time for Asian communities in the USTue Mar 30 2021 - 05:00
Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on itSat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Just how long is Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League?Plus: Oscar noms and counting, the 2nd best money-making film, Godzilla versus...?Fri Mar 26 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendAmmonite, Tina, Six Minutes to Midnight, MalmkrogFri Mar 26 2021 - 06:00
Ammonite: Even the Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet sex scenes are too respectableFilm review: Starring two great actors, this could have been an awards magnetFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
Six Minutes to Midnight: Who do you think you are kidding, Eddie Izzard?Not even Judi Dench can save writer and star Izzard’s prewar romp from drab mediocrityFri Mar 26 2021 - 05:00
Johnny Sexton x Ronan O’Gara x The Breakfast Club: How that viral video was madeAfter Rambo McIlroy and Graham Souness’s Brutal scent, Steven Connolly has a new parodyTue Mar 23 2021 - 14:53
Think you know the origin of 'posh'? You're wrong. AgainTrade in outlandish etymologies has been going on for as long as humans have had mouthsSat Mar 20 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekendThe Senator, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, Town of Strangers, Banksy Most WantedFri Mar 19 2021 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What beans would Hannibal Lecter be serving up in Ireland?Plus: Stephen Rea’s Michael Collins meme and parenting an Oscar winnerFri Mar 19 2021 - 06:00
