Colm Meaney on shooting in the pandemic: ‘I’ve been tested up the kazoo’The actor has fronted a video highlighting the plight of backstage workers in theatreSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Why are some people so proud of not keeping up with the Kardashians?For 14 years swathes of people have been busy telling everyone they've never seen the popular TV seriesSat Sept 12 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekendThe Painted Bird, Koko-di Koko-da, Max Richter’s Sleep, SavageFri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who are James Bond’s favourite vegetables?Plus: Hobbits (and not) and singing the hits to Star Wars and Watership DownFri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00
Max Richter’s Sleep: This movie will have you nodding off. That’s the whole ideaReview: Natalie Johns’s film is designed to replicate the experience of the concert it documentsFri Sept 11 2020 - 05:00
Diana Rigg: the husky voiced, leather-clad star who made England hipThroughout her long acting career Rigg retained the electric irony that made her such a phenomenon in the 1960sThu Sept 10 2020 - 17:40
The Painted Bird: This film sent patrons running from cinema. I recommend you watch itReview: Wartime horrors and inhumane acts are present from the very beginningThu Sept 10 2020 - 06:00
Saoirse Ronan-Kate Winslet love story Ammonite premieres at virtual Toronto Film FestivalA version of the Toronto International Film Festival glides into action on September 10thWed Sept 09 2020 - 12:00
Richard Osman: ‘The worst thing in the world is someone telling you they’re writing a novel’The star of quiz show Pointless on his new novel, being on telly, and why class is crucialTue Sept 08 2020 - 05:00
New BBC boss wants more right-leaning comics. Is he having a laugh?Tim Davie wants to tackle left bias on comedy shows, good luck with thatSat Sept 05 2020 - 05:00
Mulan: live action remake is beautifully shot, impeccably tidy... and blandReview: Disney adaptation ditches the songs and could no longer easily pass as a family filmFri Sept 04 2020 - 07:49
Four new films to see this weekendI’m Thinking of Ending Things, Mulan, Socrates streaming, Les Misérables in cinemasFri Sept 04 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Spot the fake Helen Mirren filmPlus: Oscar winners playing Oscar winners, singing Bond and a home for MulanFri Sept 04 2020 - 06:00
John Boyega says Star Wars has a problem with actors of colour. Is he right?The London actor, who found fame as stormtrooper Finn, criticised how Disney treated non-white characters in the franchiseThu Sept 03 2020 - 14:47
I’m Thinking of Ending Things review: Netflix’s brilliant, frustrating, daring Charlie Kaufman filmWhile there are typically bleak comic diversions, there's an atmosphere of surreal gloom that is very much Kaufman’s ownThu Sept 03 2020 - 05:30
‘I became a cop watcher. I was filming every time there was confrontation’Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables marks documentary maker’s big league arrivalTue Sept 01 2020 - 05:00
Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, was so much more than just a gifted actorThe late actor was a star for the ages who helped change Hollywood's view on raceSat Aug 29 2020 - 13:06
The Movie Quiz: Which film has the longest complete title?Plus: David Fincher films, Disney directors, starring roles in TenetFri Aug 28 2020 - 06:15
TV comfort culture: Feeding viewers period dramas since the 1960sNobody wants to be overly challenged when ahead of the Monday commuteFri Aug 28 2020 - 05:00
A White White Day: A creepy and grim slice of Scandi-noirIngvar Sigurðsson and Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir star in this bereavement dramaFri Aug 28 2020 - 05:00
Tenet: One cinema is showing the film 29 times today aloneToday is a giant step in the normalisation of the cinema industry in Ireland and worldwideWed Aug 26 2020 - 10:26
Ammonite: Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet fall in love in first trailerWill this be the film that delivers first Oscar for Irish film star?Tue Aug 25 2020 - 20:00
Sean Connery turns 90: An avatar of old-fashioned masculinityThe Scottish actor, voted ‘sexiest man alive’ for decades, started as a milkman and became ‘the greatest’ James BondTue Aug 25 2020 - 15:35
Is Tenet as good as Inception? Christopher Nolan’s films rankedAs Tenet arrives in cinemas, we judge how it compares with The Dark Knight and MementoTue Aug 25 2020 - 10:19
Danny DeVito: My comic career and my Irish familyThe force of nature on US politics, winding people up, and how his stature shaped himSat Aug 22 2020 - 05:00
Tenet review: Is Christopher Nolan’s film good enough to save cinema from Covid-19?It has the makings of a gung-ho entertainment, but It’s hard to work out what’s happeningFri Aug 21 2020 - 17:23
The Movie Quiz: Name that femme fatale – and spell it right!Plus: Netflix numbers at the Oscars, directors on screen, the odd literary source outFri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendPerfumes, Chemical Hearts, The One and Only Ivan, Coup 53Fri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00
Perfumes: Something a little like a romantic comedyReview: Nobody will be enormously surprised by how the story plays itself outFri Aug 21 2020 - 05:00
Trump doesn’t have a pet – is that proof he’s a bad president?Many pets have padded through the White House; some have been used for political gainFri Aug 21 2020 - 05:00
No more sex scenes: Film-makers advised to revert to chaste style of golden eraThere’s a touch of pearl-clutching in report aimed at keeping ‘intimacy’ safe in the pandemicThu Aug 20 2020 - 13:28
Chemical Hearts: Following the teen angst formula with flairReview: The film deals with the trials of Gen Z, but could apply to any generationThu Aug 20 2020 - 13:03
The Movie Quiz: What is the completely made-up tagline for Jaws 19?Plus: How many M's have there been in the official James Bond films?Fri Aug 14 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendPinoccho and Spree on limited release, Project Power and Sputnik on demandFri Aug 14 2020 - 06:00
‘Staycation’ is just another sad casualty of the war against pointless pedantryDonald Clarke: The original meaning has gone the way of trolls, rebooters and gaslightersFri Aug 14 2020 - 05:00
Project Power: Netflix nails the action movieReview: It mostly succeeds on old-fashioned smack-’em-up and sure personal chemistryFri Aug 14 2020 - 02:00
Pinocchio: A gorgeous but dark and unsettling reworkingMatteo Garrone sets a challenge for Guillermo del Toro’s ‘darker’ stop-motion takeThu Aug 13 2020 - 05:00
‘North Dakota, nul points’: Why the American Song Contest can never be as bizarre as EurovisionThe US reboot won’t have the accidental camp or regional conflicts of the European originalTue Aug 11 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who stirred the late Olivia de Havilland to consult her lawyers?Plus: talking pictures’ first words spoken and the first animated best picture contenderFri Aug 07 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendEndings Beginning, Howard, Giraffe, Spaceship EarthFri Aug 07 2020 - 06:00
Giraffe: Cautiously constructed film about endangered rural communityReview: Picture has quality of high-brow essay in austerely presented literary magazineFri Aug 07 2020 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one beforeStephenie Meyer has retold Twilight from the vampire’s point of view. It’s a popular ployFri Aug 07 2020 - 05:00
Endings, Beginnings: An easy-going sit-com universe where everyone is prettyReview: Drake Doremus’s romantic drama throws off any serious effort at structureFri Aug 07 2020 - 05:00
The 40 best Irish fictional characters – in orderFrom Nidge and Connell Waldron to Gretta Conroy, Rashers Tierney and Pegeen MikeSat Aug 01 2020 - 05:00
Alan Parker helped kickstart a cultural renaissance in DublinThe director, who has died aged 76, created a diverse range of hits during his careerFri Jul 31 2020 - 20:00
The movie quiz: Which Jaws warned against going back into the water?Plus: movies with Love/Hate stars, home of the highest-grossing film, between BondsFri Jul 31 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendBroken Law, Proxima and The Vigil in selected cinemas, Make Up on demandFri Jul 31 2020 - 06:00
Broken Law: An atmospheric but flawed Irish gangster filmReview: Digestible slice of Dublin life will open doors for debut director Paddy SlatteryFri Jul 31 2020 - 05:00
Make Up: A surreal nightmare vision of Cornwall caravan gothicReview: Claire Oakley’s debut navigates the worrying spaces Lynne Ramsay favoursFri Jul 31 2020 - 05:00
Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s whyWomen over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sortFri Jul 31 2020 - 05:00
