The Movie Quiz: What really went down Psycho’s bloody plughole?Plus: ‘Who am I? You sure you wanna know?’ and the highest for the longestFri Jun 04 2021 - 06:00
Gunda: The uncomfortable truth about how a sausage is madeViktor Kossakovsky’s film raises profound questions about our dominion over animalsFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
After Love: compelling and complex tale of betrayalJoanna Scanlan shines in this subtle drama of a widow who learns a shocking secretFri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00
‘Cinema is not dead.’ Cannes film festival makes a promising returnAfter cancelling in 2020, Cannes returns this summer with an extensive programmeThu Jun 03 2021 - 14:45
A ‘disgusting movie’ made by ‘vile creatures’? This Irish film is far from that, says its directorLetitia Wright and Josh O’Connor star in Aisha, Frank Berry’s movie about direct provisionTue Jun 01 2021 - 13:00
Four new films to stream this weekCruella, I Used to Be Normal, Earwig and the Witch, Alex Ferguson: Never Give InSun May 30 2021 - 06:00
Forever contemporary Cruella leaves Mary Poppins in ‘olden times’Both films were originally made about 50 years after the period they recreate – and raise a curious question about the past in cultureSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
Joanna Scanlan: ‘I felt like an embarrassed child running behind the elite pack’Actor talks about Footlights, teaching, sage advice from doctor and new film After LoveSat May 29 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What film links Villanelle and the duchess of Cornwall?Plus: Coned in Shame, the last Oscar winner, celebrating 20, not by Akira KurosawaFri May 28 2021 - 06:00
Cruella: Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my nameUnconvincing origin story reimagines puppy-killer as tween-friendly feministFri May 28 2021 - 05:00
I Used to Be Normal: Why must I be a teenager in love?Perceptive and empathetic study of the psycological dynamics of boyband obsessionFri May 28 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this weekThe 8th, Army of the Dead, State Funeral, My New York YearSun May 23 2021 - 06:00
Are superhero films and remakes the only career promotion left in Hollywood?The opportunity to play with the noisiest toys in the biggest sandpit must be hard to resistSat May 22 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who holds the record for the most James Bonds?Plus: Martin Scorsese’s lengthiest, directing Indiana Jones, a Palme d’Or by the monthFri May 21 2021 - 06:00
The 8th: How Ireland went through a ‘collective national moment of catharsis’This tightly told film charts the 2018 referendum campaign to legalise abortionFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
Army of the Dead: Inventive pulp on a massive scaleReview: Zack Snyder has a ball proving trash can triumph in this zombie horror heist flickFri May 21 2021 - 05:00
House of Cards’ Robin Wright: ‘I think the crack in the glass ceiling is getting bigger’‘We need to keep putting the pressure on to have more diversity,’ says the actor and directorWed May 19 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to stream this week, including an Oscar contenderThe Auschwitz Escape and Servants from Slovakia, Be Good or Be Gone and The SwordsmanSun May 16 2021 - 06:00
If the film's great, who cares if it's faithful to the book?When confronted by the BBC’s noisy, modern version of The Pursuit of Love, harsh reality clashes with a long-held principle and this viewer finds himself fumingSat May 15 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which Muppets film did The Irish Times make a cameo in?Plus: a soft porn skeleton in the closet, the first Mrs Brown(e), 2020’s actual film festFri May 14 2021 - 06:00
The Auschwitz Escape: Taut retelling of horror exposedSlovakian drama teases out the dynamics of terror in its economical 93 minutesFri May 14 2021 - 05:00
Be Good or Be Gone: A promising low-budget crime caperShadows of previous Dublin dramas hang over Cathal Nally’s feature debutFri May 14 2021 - 05:00
Tom Cruise hands back his awards. NBC pulls out. Is it all over for the Golden Globes?A Los Angeles Times exposé has left the Hollywood Foreign Press Association reelingTue May 11 2021 - 17:15
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
Cowboys: Questions of identity in macho AmericaFilm review: Strong performances carry this good-hearted road movieFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
Apples: A memorably weird Greek fable about amnesiaBleak, deceptively rich comedy about what happens when identity is stripped awayFri May 07 2021 - 05:00
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
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
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
Four new films to stream this weekendBlack Bear, I Blame Society, Sisters with Transistors, House of CardinFri Apr 23 2021 - 06:00
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
House of Cardin: A long life in coutureReview: Pleasant biographical documentary teeters on edge of hagiographyFri Apr 23 2021 - 05:00
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
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
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
Four new films to stream this weekendPromising Young Woman, Sound of Metal, Henry Glassie: Fieldwork, Love and MonstersFri Apr 16 2021 - 06:00
Henry Glassie: Field Work – Quiet contemplations of creativityGreat Irish filmmaker Pat Collins documents the work of a famous ethnographerFri Apr 16 2021 - 05:00
Promising Young Woman: Garish but gratifying revenge flickCarey Mulligan shines in an entertaining, imaginative exercise in score-settlingFri 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
