Four new films to see in cinemas this weekKenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile, Oscar nominee Flee, Irish documentary The Dance, and Drive My Car director’s Wheel of Fortune and FantasySun Feb 13 2022 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Without Neighbours, Hollywood would have a staffing crisisThe sexless but sanguine soap is on the endangered list, struggling in a changed worldSat Feb 12 2022 - 05:00
The Dance: Fascinating close-up portrait of a creative processPat Collins’s documentary captures the development of Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MámFri Feb 11 2022 - 08:14
The Movie Quiz: Which Irish legend costars in Tyler Perry’s next Madea film?Plus: Who follows in the footsteps of José Ferrer, Gérard Depardieu and Steve Martin?Fri Feb 11 2022 - 06:00
Death on the Nile: Harmlessly enjoyable entertainmentKenneth Branagh’s long-delayed whodunnit overcomes most of its problemsFri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00
Oscars 2022: Will any Irish nominees win? Will Lady Gaga’s snub break the internet?Donald Clarke: Here are 10 key questions on this year's Oscars nominationsTue Feb 08 2022 - 17:45
Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nomineesBelfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original songTue Feb 08 2022 - 12:10
Oscars 2022: On track for most Irish academy awards in yearsDune will dominate, but the Irish will be ubiquitous in this Tuesday’s nominationsMon Feb 07 2022 - 04:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekBelle, The Souvenir Part II, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, JockeySun Feb 06 2022 - 06:00
Andrew Garfield: ‘I needed to be with these freaks and lunatics’Now starring in The Eyes of Tammy Faye the former web-slinger is tipped for an OscarSat Feb 05 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Jim Sheridan was the unusual director of whose biopic?Plus: How many Dan Brown adaptations has Ron Howard directed?Fri Feb 04 2022 - 06:00
Jockey: Well-crafted horse-racing drama drips with authenticityReview: Director Clint Bentley has done an exemplary job in recreating that worldFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Money: The five-letter word that could kill the Wordle crazeNew York Times says online word game will ‘initially’ remain free to useFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
The Souvenir Part II: There is nothing else quite like this in cinemaJoanna Hogg’s quasi-autobiographical film may divide opinions, but that’s no bad thingFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00
Baftas 2022: The nominations in fullKenneth Branagh’s Belfast has secured six nominations, with 11 for Denis Villeneuve’s DuneThu Feb 03 2022 - 14:34
Baftas 2022: Caitríona Balfe, Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds and Belfast among nominationsHalf the best supporting actress list are Irish. Dune dominates with 11 nominationsThu Feb 03 2022 - 14:22
Dublin International Film Festival 2022: In-person screenings and Adam McKay visitDomestic premiere of An Cailín Ciúin opens festival’s 20th edition on February 23rdWed Feb 02 2022 - 12:30
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekParallel Mothers, Amulet, Doineann, Sing 2Sun Jan 30 2022 - 06:00
Branagh’s Belfast is right, unionists didn't have a problem calling themselves IrishDonald Clarke: Even Ian Paisley saw no contradiction in being both British and IrishSat Jan 29 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: In Gremlins 2, which writer is deemed vital for civilisation?Plus: What just became the first ever Disney song to reach No 1 in the UK charts?Fri Jan 28 2022 - 06:00
Sing 2 review: Lord alone knows why Bono bothered to take the jobThe U2 singer appears in the guise of a grizzled lion and speaks in an American accentFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
Doineann: Irish-language thriller starts strongly but peters outIsland noir has some nice touches until standard gangster fare takes overFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:00
M&Ms have had an ‘inclusivity’ makeover. Excuse me while I overreactFox News host Tucker Carlson led the way in sneering at Green’s new androgynous lookWed Jan 26 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekKenneth Branagh's Belfast and Bradley Cooper in Nightmare Alley, plus Mass and CicadaSun Jan 23 2022 - 06:00
Mrs Brown and Madea: A meeting of culturally reviled phenomenaDonald Clarke: Maybe this is the future. Locate discrete fanbases and double your appealSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
The 50 best films on Netflix right now: From classics to new Oscar contendersComedies, sci-fi, kids’ movies, documentaries ... Catch them before they disappearSat Jan 22 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many times have Scorsese and DiCaprio worked together?Plus: What do you get when you add up all the numbers in every Ocean’s film?Fri Jan 21 2022 - 06:00
Cicada: Despite a major flaw, there’s much to enjoy in this Manhattan romanceReview: This impressive drama has the compact shape of an elegant short storyFri Jan 21 2022 - 05:00
Belfast film review: Kenneth Branagh’s memoir is black-and-white and rose-tinted all overThe film is aggresively apolitical but as romanticised reverie it could hardly be betteredThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekScream, Memoria and Cow in cinemas, Killing Field on demandSun Jan 16 2022 - 06:00
Catriona Balfe: ‘Monaghan in the ’80s, a guard’s daughter … you’re not particularly welcomed’The Monaghan star on modelling, motherhood – and becoming Kenneth Branagh’s maSat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Hey Francis, leave our pets aloneThe Pope has launched a crusade against Squeaky the canary and Bowie the goldfishSat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Sidney Poitier was the 1st black man to win an acting Oscar; who was the 2nd?Plus: Which ski resort is about to not-quite-host one of the year’s big film festivals?Fri Jan 14 2022 - 06:00
Killing Field: No, Bruce Willis hasn’t retired. He’s just been making bad films like thisReview: The Pulp Fiction star fails to add any value to this sub-Tarantino stinkerFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Cow: Affecting but unsentimental portrait of animal lifeAndrea Arnold’s film shows how we have stripped the character away from animal livesFri Jan 14 2022 - 05:00
Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: The list in fullSome of Hollywood’s biggest names are among the nominees for the 28th SAG awardsWed Jan 12 2022 - 17:30
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2022: Belfast and Ruth Negga prominent in nominationsNegga and Caitríona Balfe have consolidated their positions in the run-up to the OscarsWed Jan 12 2022 - 17:20
Golden Globes 2022: Full list of winners in film and televisionThe Power of the Dog, West Side Story and Succession each scored three awardsMon Jan 10 2022 - 06:05
Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awardsJane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the IrishMon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55
How about a little break from Harry Potter controversies?Not even the Marvel Cinematic Universe attracts this degree of debateSun Jan 09 2022 - 22:55
Four new films to see this weekBoiling Point, A Hero, Munich: The Edge of War, The 355Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00
Drop the needle, it’s the 1970s on screen – againDecade of brown carpets and complicated hair lives on in a long line of retro moviesSat Jan 08 2022 - 05:00
Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giantsDonald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie starsFri Jan 07 2022 - 17:40
The Movie Quiz: Peter Bogdanovich owed the title of one of his hits to whom?Plus: If Rachel was once Natalie and Ansel was once Richard, then who was Rita?Fri Jan 07 2022 - 06:00
Boiling Point: Claustrophobia in the kitchenOne-shot drama pants grim picture of restaurant lifeFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
The 355: All-female action romp fails to rise above second-rate materialDiane Kruger is the one bright light in a movie that’s weighed down by clichésFri Jan 07 2022 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic storyPeople’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growthSat Jan 01 2022 - 05:00
50 films to see in 2022: Belfast, Avatar 2 and Top Gun: MaverickAfter the pandemic nudged back blockbusters, this year should see a wide range of releasesSat Jan 01 2022 - 05:00
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain: Starry but misfiring biopicBenedict Cumberbatch plays yet another eccentric in this portrait of a Victorian artistFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
Licorice Pizza: A blast of a movie starring Seymour Hoffman’s sonReview: Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film is enjoyable, chaotic and evocativeFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:00
