Donald Clarke: The joys of watching it again... and again... and againThere’s enough novelty to last a lifetime, but repeated viewing brings its own comfortsSat Apr 04 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Brad Pitt has how many Oscars?Plus: who namechecked Marilyn Monroe, Tarantino’s ‘masterpiece’ and Hamlet-inspired titlesFri Apr 03 2020 - 06:00
Lucy in the Sky: Terrible title, curiously earthbound taleReview: Natalie Portman is hidebound as an astronaut heading for a nervous breakdownFri Apr 03 2020 - 05:00
Brushing up on your high culture? Forgive my scepticismThe crisis has allowed people loudly signal rediscovered their commitment to highbrow classicsSat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00
Mubi: online repertory cinema for a handful of changeFancy a rotating visual feast of 30 arthouse movies monthly and all neatly curated?Sat Mar 28 2020 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who is self-isolating with Whiskey and Lulu?Plus: Gone with the Wind’s last line and private eyes who never got an Oscar nodFri Mar 27 2020 - 06:00
Vivarium: In the current climate, this film feels accidentally urgentReview: Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg are excellent in this ultimate self-isolation movieFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
Uncorked: Comforting balm for the most difficult timesFilm review: A competitive drama without any real villainFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
The Perfect Candidate: Mila Al Zahrani’s acting rescues a film slight on plotReview: Haifaa al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia for a study of the pressures put upon womenFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus: Has the drive-in movie finally found its moment?‘We are delighted to offer an escape,’ say organisers of screenings in Dublin’s suburbsMon Mar 23 2020 - 15:29
James Bond film decision was the canary in the coalmineCoronavirus: Cinemas are closed, festivals cancelled, movie productions haltedSat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00
Beyond Netflix: where to find Golden Age classic moviesApple and Google are excellent options for the greatest era of American cinemaSat Mar 21 2020 - 05:00
Movie Quiz: Who’s the hero in Jaws, according to Boris Johnson?Plus: the film with the fewest credited characters and who has never played Napoleon?Fri Mar 20 2020 - 17:23
The Truth review: Tender moments that stay long in the brainCatherine Deneuve plays a great actor – not a stretch – in a Hirokazu Kore-eda gemFri Mar 20 2020 - 05:00
Imagine Gal Gadot hadn’t roped her friends into making this cringy videoLook, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warblingThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:32
Barry Keoghan: ‘I’m standing there with Angelina Jolie behind the curtain’The Irish actor on LA living, the hazards of Dublin and difficult ‘culchie’ accentsSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Stairway to Heaven set to go on and onThose of us disappointed at the lack of a total ban must admit there is some good newsSat Mar 14 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Misbehaviour, The Hunt, Bacurau, Calm with Horses, And Then We DancedFri Mar 13 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: What’s the name of the newspaper in Citizen Kane?Plus: Scrambled initials, Nobel playing and big bucks for Avengers: EndgameFri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00
And Then We Danced: A film full of life, emotion and uninhibited sexualityReview: Having endured riots at domestic screenings, it has earned our more sober attentionsFri Mar 13 2020 - 05:00
‘I was surprised so many people were homophobic by default’The film director Levan Akin on the backlash to his charming And Then We DancedThu Mar 12 2020 - 06:00
Calm with Horses: Barry Keoghan shines in a poorly plotted Irish filmReview: Tense, well-acted drama about mad hoodlums starts to drift towards the endThu Mar 12 2020 - 05:30
The Hunt review: Appalling, irresponsible – and fun. Don’t ban this sick filthRight-wing screed or liberal wet dream? Either way, Donald Trump already hates itWed Mar 11 2020 - 13:00
Max von Sydow: An incomparable presence in arthouse cinema and noisy blockbustersThe Swedish actor, who has died aged 90, leaves a rich legacy of work with Ingmar BergmanMon Mar 09 2020 - 16:47
Dublin the last international film festival to dodge the global shutdownThe singularly imaginative film, one of many discoveries, was a worthy winnerMon Mar 09 2020 - 11:55
10 great films directed by womenInternational Women's Day: Why is the film industry still resistant to female directors?Sun Mar 08 2020 - 06:00
Jesse Eisenberg’s Irish film: ‘It’s about the desperation of wanting to buy a house’Far from unlikeable, the star of horror Vivarium is a refreshingly honest intervieweeSat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00
Fight the power, fire your bandmates – after a tweet about Bernie SandersFlavor Flav has been sacked from Public Enemy, a band he helped create 35 years agoSat Mar 07 2020 - 05:00
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Sulphur and WhiteFri Mar 06 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Who is Steven Spielberg currently adapting?Plus: ‘The longer you wait, the harder it gets’ – the tagline to which hit sex comedy?Fri Mar 06 2020 - 06:00
Sulphur and White: Uncomfortable tale of abuse and survivalReview: There is a great deal of gruelling repetition on the path to semi-redemptionFri Mar 06 2020 - 05:00
The Photograph: It could be good, but the constant music is exhaustingReview: Few sex scenes have been so saucily scored since Joan Collins was in her primeThu Mar 05 2020 - 05:00
Has 007 caught Covid-19? James Bond film postponed amid coronavirus crisisNo Time To Die: It’s the latest of several blows for the crisis-hit movie starring Daniel CraigWed Mar 04 2020 - 18:41
Military Wives: Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan play delightfully off one anotherReview: Horgan sounds slightly too posh for her character – otherwise this is pretty goodWed Mar 04 2020 - 05:00
Paddy Power’s latest ad indulges in low-temperature AnglophobiaRather than generating any serious hoo-ha, Paddy Power has pushed a door that was ajarSun Mar 01 2020 - 05:00
The movie quiz: Charlize, Arnie, Kurt, Helen – who hasn’t been in a Fast & Furious film?Plus: Is this the correct way to spell BlackKklansman?Fri Feb 28 2020 - 06:05
True History of the Kelly Gang: How an Irish bandit became Australian antiheroReview: This tale of colonial abuse in 1880s Australia is no neat origin story for Ned KellyFri Feb 28 2020 - 05:00
Downhill: Will Ferrell in a salty remake of Force MajeureReview: Worth seeing. Which is not the same as saying it was worth makingThu Feb 27 2020 - 05:00
The Invisible Man review: Tenser than Christmas at the in-laws’The Invisible Man is an absolute cracker: economic, disciplined and ingeniousWed Feb 26 2020 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Weinstein verdict marks new era for women in HollywoodProducer’s rape conviction shows victory is possible for those who suffer sexual violenceMon Feb 24 2020 - 18:53
Steve Coogan: ‘Come Out, Ye Black and Tans is two fingers to the British’‘The whole history between the British and the Irish runs through me’, says CooganSat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
Elisabeth Moss: ‘Something is actually wrong here and I’m not going crazy’Unlike many stars, she has hardly put a foot wrong since her career-making roleSat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
There'll be no Bauhaus in this White HouseLeaked US document urges an embrace of traditional and classical building stylesSat Feb 22 2020 - 05:00
Steve Coogan says ‘my Irish passport will be arriving shortly’The comedian has applied for and expects his Irish passport soon. ‘That’s not a joke,’ he saysFri Feb 21 2020 - 06:10
Six of the best films to see in the cinema this weekendNew this weekend: The Call of the Wild, Little Joe, Midnight Traveler, GreedFri Feb 21 2020 - 06:00
The movie quiz: Who really controls James Bond?Plus: Wes Anderson movies, four-Oscar winners and match the adaptationFri Feb 21 2020 - 06:00
Midnight Family: Living life on a perilous ledge in Mexico CityReview: A documentary full of arresting episodes that fail to form a pleasing shapeFri Feb 21 2020 - 05:00
Greed film review: Greed is quite good. But it could be betterWinterbottom’s latest is not completely without merit but we deserve more creative satireThu Feb 20 2020 - 05:00
Little Joe: It gets under your skin and lays eggs thereReview: Some may find this film slow and obscure but it will not be easily forgottenWed Feb 19 2020 - 05:00
Gig of the Week: Virgin Media Dublin International Film FestivalIrish-made films Sea Fever, Vivarium, Arracht and Herself head the line-up this yearSat Feb 15 2020 - 05:00
