US pop culture has struggled to come to terms with TrumpismThe angry pop culture of the Nixon years is better than that of the Trump eraSat Oct 31 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Maureen O’Hara was raised in which leafy Dublin suburb?Plus: playing Cleopatra, a Hitchcock no-show, Meryl and her many nominationsFri Oct 30 2020 - 06:00
There are plenty of sombre films about. Should we be surprised?Hollywood regularly confounded that myth that grim times generate merry, escapist artSat Oct 24 2020 - 14:02
The Movie Quiz: Who never got to direct an episode of Columbo?Plus: singing Oscarless, editing Martin Scorsese, a co-director goes uncreditedFri Oct 23 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendOn the Rocks, Rebecca, Summer of 85, The Secret GardenFri Oct 23 2020 - 06:00
On the Rocks: Bill Murray and Rashida Jones are perfect in Sofia Coppola’s latest filmExasperated, bewildered Jones is at least the equal of her older costar in this exquisite filmThu Oct 22 2020 - 05:00
Netflix’s Rebecca: The new Mrs de Winter isn’t a patch on the first oneReview: The film is so lathered in superficial gloss the subtexts struggle to breatheWed Oct 21 2020 - 05:00
Iftas 2020: ‘My daughter’s hitting the keys, sorry.’ Tom Vaughan-Lawlor accepts best actor awardCharming domestic moments made up for the lack of red-carpet pizzazz at the virtual eventSun Oct 18 2020 - 23:46
Walking sort of like an Egyptian may not be enough any moreThe news had barely landed before social media blew its collective topSat Oct 17 2020 - 05:00
Iftas 2020: Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley, Michael D Higgins to appear at virtual ceremonyThe Irish Film and Television Academy’s awards will be broadcast on Sunday nightFri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was the first filmmaker to win three Oscars for a film?Plus: In what year is the new Wonder Woman film mostly set?Fri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to stream this weekendUnsettling Wicklow-shot The Other Lamb, Sundance winner Time, harrowing Body of Water, saccharine Disney biopic CloudsFri Oct 16 2020 - 06:00
The Other Lamb: This is not a film designed to shake off late-Covid uneaseReview: Film is at the more austere end of the cult-movie spectrumFri Oct 16 2020 - 05:00
Body of Water: Powerful study of an eating disorderReview: Stark and unyielding throughout for those adventurous enough to dive inThu Oct 15 2020 - 05:00
Embargo review: Deirdre Kinahan’s new play is unashamedly humanisticDublin Theatre Festival: Unquestionably a celebration of the protest but with layers of nuanceTue Oct 13 2020 - 05:00
Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right nowThere’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you canSat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00
John Wayne: Mattie McGrath references an emblematic, problematic AmericanA limited actor and probable racist, he is still the go-to icon for frontier bravadoSat Oct 10 2020 - 05:00
The Party to End All Parties: There is a lot going on in one-and-a-half smallish packagesDublin Theatre Festival review: Summoning the despair of an urban space in the time of CovidFri Oct 09 2020 - 13:00
Four new films to see this weekendKajillionaire in cinemas, David Attenborough, 40-Year-Old Version, My Zoe at homeFri Oct 09 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: What is Sean Connery’s last feature role?Plus: SNL spin-offs, Marvel alter egos, the American Pie crew, Carry On castingFri Oct 09 2020 - 06:00
Kajillionaire: Miranda July’s best film to dateReview: The film is more aware of its own oddness than the director’s first two featuresThu Oct 08 2020 - 08:17
David Attenborough: ‘To continue, humans require more than intelligence. We require wisdom’Review: This ‘witness statement’ for Netflix is filled with truths worth hammering homeThu Oct 08 2020 - 05:00
Miranda July: Some people will always react to something new with derisionThe director of US high-quirk indie cinema returns with her best yet, KajillionaireWed Oct 07 2020 - 05:00
The Savoy may soon be the last big cinema in the heart of DublinCineworld shut down ... Bond postponed again ... The cinema sector is on life supportMon Oct 05 2020 - 13:30
Donald Clarke: Is Stallone’s Sico knockout just a publicity stunt?The disappearance of Rocky’s robotic butler has the conspiracy censors twitchingSat Oct 03 2020 - 05:00
Dara Ó Briain: ‘I get abuse from Brexiteers and Corbynistas in satisfyingly similar amounts’His new book, Is There Anybody Out There?, skilfully weaves thumping gags with raw physicsSat Oct 03 2020 - 05:00
To be a Machine review: Experimental format well-suited to play’s core themeSelf-conscious experiments complement the exploration of transhumanismFri Oct 02 2020 - 09:38
Four new films to see this weekendRialto, The Boys in the Band, Eternal Beauty, The Trial of the Chicago 7Fri Oct 02 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Which of the Magnificent Seven lived the longest?Plus: a year without Marvel, the home of Cartoon Saloon, nothing for the ladiesFri Oct 02 2020 - 06:00
The Trial of the Chicago 7: Plodding and pedantic reading of the 1968 riotsReview: The film fails to engage with the radicalism of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry RubinFri Oct 02 2020 - 05:00
Rialto: A searing Dublin movie that will stay in your brainFilm review: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor’s towering performance lifts the film above the miseryThu Oct 01 2020 - 05:00
Oscars 2021 could be the best awards season everWith big releases postponed, this awards season looks more welcoming of smaller filmsSat Sept 26 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What is the last line in Chinatown?Plus: Riley and Elvis, Hitchcock and du Maurier, and if it sounds like an Orson Welles flick...Fri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekendBill & Ted in cinemas, Enola Holmes, Miss Juneteenth and Tesla streamingFri Sept 25 2020 - 06:00
Tesla: Fascinating film detailing the ‘underappreciated’ genuis’ life and workReview: Almereyda’s efforts to steer away from standard biopic tropes is admirableFri Sept 25 2020 - 05:00
Miss Juneteenth: Nicely balanced – if somewhat clunkyReview: For all its virtues Miss Juneteenth is a bit lacking in gritFri Sept 25 2020 - 05:00
Cuties controversy: If you haven’t seen it, you don’t know what you’re talking aboutThe film’s arrival on Netflix prompts a typhoon of condemnation for perceived ‘child porn’Sat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
Seán Hillen: ‘The oxygen of publicity is everything for an artist’The artist on cameras, John Hinde postcards and Newry during the TroublesSat Sept 19 2020 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekendThe Devil All the Time and White Riot on demand, Rocks and Nocturnal on releaseFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Marilyn Monroe and a title she did withoutPlus: Blade Runner 2049 director, Marvel movies in order, actor or actress, and adaptations that kept the source nameFri Sept 18 2020 - 06:00
The Devil all the Time – Mania and depravity gives way to fractured narrativeThe characters struggle to develop personalities beyond their collective, God-driven psychosisFri Sept 18 2020 - 05:00
White Riot: When rock fought the racism of David Bowie and Eric ClaptonReview: Documentary is as much about power of solidarity as dangers of intoleranceThu Sept 17 2020 - 05:30
Antonio Campos: ‘When I got into the New York Film Academy I lied about my age’Devil All the Time director talks Southern Gothic, Netflix and the high cost of Elvis tunesWed Sept 16 2020 - 05:00
Wildfire: the late Nika McGuigan is charismatic in her final roleToronto International Film Festival featured cheery Saoirse Ronan and fine new Irish movieTue Sept 15 2020 - 15:09
Wolfwalkers: Irish animated film set in Cromwell era looks a dead cert for an Oscar nominationCartoon Saloon’s movie is set in its home city of Kilkenny during 17th century atrocitiesMon Sept 14 2020 - 10:27
Ammonite: Saoirse Ronan is ‘superb, superlative, magnetic’ in love story with Kate WinsletCritics have praised the ‘beautifully matched’ performances by both womenSat Sept 12 2020 - 15:11
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
