Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readersSat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Which record did CODA not break at the Oscars?Plus: How many times have Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis collaborated?Fri Apr 08 2022 - 06:00
The Outfit: A well-tailored but stagey mob dramaMark Rylance excels in this impressive if rather uncinematic filmFri Apr 08 2022 - 05:00
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – an emotionally unengaging slogThe spell had been long broken before this barely tolerable third instalmentTue Apr 05 2022 - 15:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekTrue Things, Morbius, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Bad GuysSun Apr 03 2022 - 06:00
Oscars 2022: While watching Will Smith’s meltdown, you may have missed this milestoneDonald Clarke: Apple TV+ became first streamer to win Best Picture gong for CODASat Apr 02 2022 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: What unit of distance does Han Solo think is a unit of time?Plus: Peter Benchley, Michael Crichton, Thomas Keneally, Alice Walker and...?Fri Apr 01 2022 - 06:00
The Bad Guys: Bad, but not in a good wayPedestrian animation and ancient gags make this no fun for all the familyFri Apr 01 2022 - 05:00
Bruce Willis: A chilling anecdote lays bare the illness that ended his long and successful careerThe actor’s increasingly patchy career has been cut short by the disorder aphasiaThu Mar 31 2022 - 14:11
Morbius review: A Spider-Man spin-off written with a crayon and edited with a chainsawNeither of the first two Venom films were any good, but they both made mighty fortunesThu Mar 31 2022 - 12:20
Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nomineesDonald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy AwardsTue Mar 29 2022 - 13:30
Oscars: The last 22 best picture winners – in order of greatnessWhere does this year’s winner, CODA, sit in our ranking of 21st-century Oscar winners?Tue Mar 29 2022 - 05:55
Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry pranksterOscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snappedMon Mar 28 2022 - 14:51
Oscars 2022: Full list of winners, including Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast screenplayDune wins most awards. CODA takes best picture. Power of the Dog almost shut outMon Mar 28 2022 - 06:46
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture awardKenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical BelfastMon Mar 28 2022 - 05:58
Oscars 2022: Irish contingent among pre-ceremony Covid outbreaksBelfast’s Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds have been isolating in New York after testing positiveSun Mar 27 2022 - 09:36
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAmbulance, The Cellar, The Worst Person in the World, RiverSun Mar 27 2022 - 06:00
Oscars 2022: Who should win, and who will win?Ireland has its biggest haul of nominations since 2016, but has won few awards so farSat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: As a cyclist, I have the right to despise cyclistsDo you hate fair-weather cyclists? No, you hate me and my exclusionary attitude. I do tooSat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00
The Oscar Movie Quiz: Power of the Dog has how many acting nominations?Plus: How many ’22 nominees for best actress are in best picture nominees?Fri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00
Mother’s Day: Ten of the best and worst moms in cinemaThe fanatical mother of Carrie, the self-sacrificing Mildred Pierce, the baddass Sarah ConnorFri Mar 25 2022 - 06:00
Ambulance: Faint praise, but this is easily Michael Bay’s best film in 25 yearsFilm review: The director delivers a slightly more sophisticated take on his usual mayhemFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
The Cellar: Chilling tale set in a creepy Irish mansionFilm review: Spooky start and apocalyptic end set this film apart from the horror packFri Mar 25 2022 - 05:00
Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy AwardsDaniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to IrelandThu Mar 24 2022 - 16:54
Oscars 2022: What are brilliant, awkward Van Morrison’s chances of winning best song?As the most important Irish performer of the rock era, how will he fare against Hollywood?Thu Mar 24 2022 - 09:30
Oscars 2022: This best picture list is even better than the real thingHere are 10 films that could have been nominated for best picture, but weren’tWed Mar 23 2022 - 10:19
Oscars 2022: Can Jessie Buckley win an award before Saoirse Ronan?Kerry woman Jessie Buckley has been nominated for best supporting actressTue Mar 22 2022 - 09:03
Oscars 2022: The odds just changed. It’s now a two-horse race for best pictureOnce a rank outsider, Coda has won best film from the Producers Guild of AmericaMon Mar 21 2022 - 10:10
Four new films to see this weekFresh and Deep Water on demand, The Phantom of the Open and Hive in cinemasSun Mar 20 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrongSat Mar 19 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Can you spot the fake song from Mary Poppins?Plus: Around which university did Emilio, Rob, Ally, Demi and Judd circle?Fri Mar 18 2022 - 06:00
Belfast’s waning Oscar prospects: The film could go home with not a single awardIn ‘the curse of the early favourite’, Kenneth Branagh’s film has lots of nominations but few winsFri Mar 18 2022 - 05:45
The Phantom of the Open: Gentle comedy makes the cutTrue-ish comedy celebrates ‘world’s worst golfer’Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
Deep Water: Neurotic, not very erotic and pretty pathetic return from Fatal Attraction directorFilm review: Adrian Lyne’s ninth feature fails miserably to be any sort of good filmFri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00
William Hurt, Oscar-winning American actor with troubled personal life, dies aged 71His career ranged from an Oscar win to the Marvel Cinematic UniverseSun Mar 13 2022 - 21:54
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the DogKenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actressSun Mar 13 2022 - 21:00
Four new films to see this weekRed Rocket and Foscadh in cinemas, Turning Red and The Adam Project streamingSun Mar 13 2022 - 06:00
Iftas 2022: An Cailín Ciúin beats Belfast in ‘watershed moment for Irish-language cinema’Catherine Clinch (12) wins best actress while Moe Dunford wins best actor for NightrideSat Mar 12 2022 - 22:01
‘I was just a very confused actor. But I was really keen to learn’Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdogSat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00
The F-word, the one worse than feck, is all over pop and no one caresSwearing is big and clever. Just listen to Olivia Rodrigo, or look at the streaming figuresSat Mar 12 2022 - 05:00
Spoiler alert: The Batman contains an Irish-related secretA rumour did surface in November, but was shut down quickly. Now there’s little doubtFri Mar 11 2022 - 15:33
The Movie Quiz: What does Pixar’s WALL-E stand for?Plus: Which animal has never been the title character of a Disney Animation feature?Fri Mar 11 2022 - 06:00
Red Rocket film review: Hilarious, unsettling portrait of a tarnished American dreamFrayed lives and unnerving relationships are vividly brought to life in Sean Baker’s latestFri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
Turning Red: A period drama of a very different huePixar’s latest tackles puberty and menstruation to make enchanting entertainmentFri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00
‘I was prowling around my flat:’ George MacKay on becoming a wolfThe English actor on new Irish film Wolf, Saoirse Ronan and his Celtic connectionsThu Mar 10 2022 - 05:00
Vortex wins best film at Dublin International Film FestivalLaura Samani wins best director for Small Body and Udo Kier takes best actorMon Mar 07 2022 - 11:08
‘My cheeks hurt because I can’t stop smiling’: Ruth Negga wins Independent Spirit AwardThe Limerick star received the best supporting actress award for PassingMon Mar 07 2022 - 07:09
Four new films to see this weekThe Batman, Ali & Ava, and Irish-themed You Are Not My Mother and NightrideSun Mar 06 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Pixar’s new period drama breaks down the menstruation tabooDomee Shi’s charming Turning Red takes aim at millennia of patriarchal queasinessSat Mar 05 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What city serenaded Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis?Plus: Who is about to follow after Michael Gough, Michael Caine and Jeremy Irons?Fri Mar 04 2022 - 06:00
