Rose Plays Julie: Highbrow quasi-thriller frustrates and rewardsA more fibrous, chewier piece of work than Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s previousFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins takes us on an eye-opening journeyIdiosyncratic documentary explores the meaning of sight and imageryFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980sWed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00
Twenty new films worth going back to the cinema forThe film studios’ release schedule for the rest of 2021 is as tasty as any in recent memoryTue Sept 14 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekAretha Franklin biopic Respect, Herself and Copilot in cinemas, Sweet Thing streamingSun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
Jennifer Hudson: ‘I grew up very normal. I wasn’t born into fame’The Oscar-winning actor on her Chicago roots, fame and playing Aretha FranklinSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: The enduring appeal of the greatest TV show ever madeIt is some measure of Columbo’s uniqueness that it has no obvious successorSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: From which Dylan song does Jack nearly steal a line in Titanic?Plus: Which of the Mad Max films was called The Road Warrior in the US?Fri Sept 10 2021 - 06:00
Respect: Just a little bit of a great soul storyAretha Franklin biopic follows familiar rhythms of the genreFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Herself: Delayed portrayal of housing crisis loses none of its relevanceWriter-star Clare Dunne shines in this irresistible dramaFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Get you, wee man: There’s nothing wrong with my accent – and you shouldn’t need subtitlesThe Belfast ‘brogue’ in Kenneth Branagh’s new film is stumping some US reviewersWed Sept 08 2021 - 13:20
Venice Film Festival: Who will triumph as all eyes turn to the Golden Lion?Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festivalTue Sept 07 2021 - 11:40
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAnnette, Wildfire, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Here TodaySun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Diana worship isn’t going away, you knowKristen Stewart stars in new drama depicting the princess as ‘just an ordinary girl’Sat Sept 04 2021 - 05:00
Dune: None of us has been anywhere like this before. They can put that on the posterReview: Donald Clarke on Denis Villeneuve’s unforgivingly stark film of the Frank Herbert novelFri Sept 03 2021 - 17:45
The Movie Quiz: Which studio has won the most best picture Oscars?Plus: Directing Jack, the very last line, spotting the odd track and odd title outFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Marvel takes a turnReview: The latest offering from the MCU is pleasingly snappy and energeticFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Wildfire: Nika McGuigan burns brightly in her final performanceReview: Border psychodrama has impressive visuals and excellent performancesFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including 5 stars for Jude LawThe Nest, Candyman and Redemption of a Rogue in cinemas, Demonic streamingSun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The B&B paperback is deadUp to the 1980s, every Irish B&B had bookshelves stuffed with books left by guestsSat Aug 28 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was not one of Richard Lester’s original Three Musketeers?Plus: Name the only film to date to be nominated for four male acting OscarsFri Aug 27 2021 - 06:00
Redemption of a Rogue: Mucky goings-on in CavanReview: Black humour interspersed with mad visions flesh out the dark themesFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
Candyman: There goes the neighbourhood, againThis sequel to the horror classic is a blood-soaked treatment of the United States’ racial tensionsFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s BlindnessSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Expect all celebrities to have their own tequila by 2050It transpires that Black Irish is Mariah Carey’s entry into the ‘Irish cream’ warsSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who, in 1984, was talking Italian (as he waited)?Plus: Hitchcock’s loss – and that of cinema more widely – was which dynasty’s gain?Fri Aug 20 2021 - 06:00
Censor: Niamh Algar keeps the momentum surging in this video-nasty horrorReview: Prano Bailey-Bond brings a clever concept to life with invention and emotional honestyFri Aug 20 2021 - 05:00
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan – Sitcom stars hit the big screenReview: Hard to say if film adaptation will appeal to people unfamiliar with Kurupt FM crewFri Aug 20 2021 - 05:00
Bill Murray is helping to flog Ireland. So what’s he getting out of it?The friend of the old country is golfing his way around the island with help from Fáilte IrelandThu Aug 19 2021 - 07:20
Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas CoppolaAs his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genreTue Aug 17 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Video games spawned two film genres. Only one of them is awfulThe other, which includes new release Free Guy, helps explain how we became what we areSat Aug 14 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What film was Meryl Streep’s first Oscar nomination for?Plus: Spot the film not directed by Clint Eastwood (that you’ve probably forgotten)Fri Aug 13 2021 - 06:00
Coda: An irresistible if generic dramaSian Heder’s Sundance winner pushes all the right emotional buttonsFri Aug 13 2021 - 05:00
Free Guy: When the game starts fighting backRyan Reynolds plays a video game character who’s not going to take it any moreFri Aug 13 2021 - 05:00
‘Video nasties’: It was the 1980s, and moral madness stalked the landA child was possessed while watching a film, moralists claimed, and even dogs were corruptedThu Aug 12 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekZola, Boys from County Hell, Last Letter to Your Lover in cinemas, Antebellum streamingSun Aug 08 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Hollywood stopped putting women at the heart of stories in the 1940sNow, Voyager’s female characters have enormous strength despite the nods to societal normsSat Aug 07 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What sets the second Suicide Squad film apart from the first?Plus: Which Pixar director comes after Brian De Palma, John Woo and JJ Abrams?Fri Aug 06 2021 - 06:00
Boys from County Hell: A decent slice of Irish bog horrorVampires bring gruesome death and welcome diversion to a humdrum rural townFri Aug 06 2021 - 05:00
Zola: A thrilling modern epic that began life as a Twitter threadProvocative, blind-siding project engages with its source media while standing aloneFri Aug 06 2021 - 05:00
Director Tom McCarthy: ‘American movies don’t often come to France and embrace the backdrop’Spotlight director on his new film starring Matt Damon adrift in MarseilleTue Aug 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekLimbo, The Suicide Squad, The Sparks Brothers, Jungle CruiseSun Aug 01 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Kick that deviant Shakespeare off the Leaving CertWhat kind of misguided puritan can find ‘no moral learning’ in The Handmaid’s Tale?Sat Jul 31 2021 - 05:00
Scarlett Johansson’s suing Disney. Welcome to the great 21st-century streaming warsThe Black Widow star and her lawyers are riding a wave that has been swelling for some timeFri Jul 30 2021 - 13:55
The Movie Quiz: Who avoided appearing in Gal Gadot’s ridiculed Imagine video?Plus: Which actor has appeared in more James Bond films than anyone else?Fri Jul 30 2021 - 06:00
The Suicide Squad: Franchise gets welcome jolt of mad energyReview: James Gunn’s comic-strip fantasy delivers on its own termsFri Jul 30 2021 - 05:00
Limbo: Original story of asylum seekers on a remote islandThis wonderful, not-to-be-missed comedy finds new ways to tell old storiesFri Jul 30 2021 - 05:00
Björn Andrésen: ‘I was extremely uncomfortable’The Most Beautiful Boy in the World is a new documentary about the pressures imposed on the young star of Death in VeniceWed Jul 28 2021 - 05:00
Galway Film Fleadh 2021: Stacey Gregg’s thriller Here Before wins best Irish filmFrom best first film to short film winners, here’s everything you need to knowMon Jul 26 2021 - 14:10
