Cannes: Irish Colin Farrell film wins best screenplay awardPrize for the Irish-backed ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, while ‘The Square’ wins Palme d’OrMon May 29 2017 - 07:30
Donald Clarke: Class still rules – it’s just harder to tellBeing born to the right family is still invaluable when trying to hold the levers of powerSat May 27 2017 - 06:00
Palm Dog goes to the pooch from The Meyerowitz StoriesBruno the poodle from Noah Baumbach’s film is top dog of Cannes 2017Sat May 27 2017 - 06:00
The Florida Project: joyful and moving - one of the best of Cannes 2017Sean Baker's follow-up to Tangerine is destined to be remembered as one of the great films about childhoodFri May 26 2017 - 16:15
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: can you prove you have a beautiful mind?Watch out, this week’s quiz has a maths questionFri May 26 2017 - 10:26
Demon Hunter review: move over Buffy, there’s a new bad-ass in townDirector Zoe Kavanagh delivers an enjoyable, unashamedly genre-hugging horror flickThu May 25 2017 - 10:39
Where did it all go wrong for Johnny Depp?After a string of flops and a ton of bad press, Johnny Depp’s star power looks as wobbly as Jack Sparrow on a plankThu May 25 2017 - 05:25
The Red Turtle review: another masterful turn from Studio GhibliDutchman Michaël Dudok de Wit’s magical film is both visually and emotionally richWed May 24 2017 - 14:03
Cannes review: The Beguiled - straining at the seams with suppressed sexual passionColin Farrell squirms with delight under the female gaze in Sofia Coppola’s slice of feminist Southern GothicWed May 24 2017 - 14:00
How to talk to Girls at Parties review: Mad, bad and boring to knowCannes 2017: There’s a lot of latex and little sense in this punks and aliens caperWed May 24 2017 - 09:36
Roger Moore: Self-parodying James Bond actor dies aged 89Policeman’s son went from being the UK’s biggest TV star to the country’s greatest spyTue May 23 2017 - 17:35
Cannes festival reacts to Manchester attack with sombre silence‘This is yet another attack on culture, youth and joyfulness,’ read a festival statementTue May 23 2017 - 16:14
Irish film among those ‘drooled over’ at Cannes‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is a Palme d’Or contender. ‘120 Beats per Minute’ is the favouriteTue May 23 2017 - 05:00
Irish film starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman in running for Cannes awardYorgos Lanthimos’s ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ from Element Pictures premieres at the French film festival to great acclaimMon May 22 2017 - 17:56
The Killing of a Sacred Deer review: unmissable, with a horror that’s unshakeableCannes 2017: Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan are exceptional in Yorgos Lanthimos latestMon May 22 2017 - 12:39
Happy End review: An icy soap opera that uncoils like a watchful snakeCannes 2017: Michael Haneke’s latest carries a defiantly conventional setup followed by the director at his most unconventional and teasing bestMon May 22 2017 - 09:51
The Meyerowitz Stories: Adam Sandler give his best performance in a decadeCannes 2017: Noah Baumbach's star-studded latest for Netflix is a welcome addition to his great comic oeuvreSun May 21 2017 - 15:22
Awkward, odd and disturbing sex remains a distraction at CannesThank heavens for ‘120 Beats per Minute’ which communicates affection through sexSun May 21 2017 - 14:53
A hedgehog in a bun, s’il vous plait, and other French weirdnessSo much about French culture is simultaneously magnificent and bafflingSun May 21 2017 - 11:52
120 Beats Per Minute review: unofficial early Cannes favourite120 Beats honours the dead and the survivors but it feels like a lost opportunitySat May 20 2017 - 12:27
Cannes festival, day three: Let the booing commenceThis time it was for a technical hiccup and not for Bong Joon-ho’s fine film ‘Okja’Fri May 19 2017 - 16:57
Okja review: a mad tale of giant pigs and evil corporations told with vigourCannes 2017: Snowpiercer director Bong Joon Ho’s latest is brasher, madder and more fun than anything he’s done beforeFri May 19 2017 - 12:53
Cannes jury president Pedro Almodovar says he won’t be voting for NetflixAlmodóvar says he will be ‘fighting for the capacity of hypnosis of the large screen for the viewer’ in the Palme D’Or, while Will Smith rows in behind the streaming serviceFri May 19 2017 - 11:37
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: this week we’re celebrating in the sunshineThis week’s quiz comes to you from the beach at Cannes. How well do you know your Un Certain Regards from your Palmes D’Or?Fri May 19 2017 - 06:16
Festival report: Iñárritu brings virtual reality to CannesMexican director’s project one of several in the festival to address refugee crisisThu May 18 2017 - 21:05
Loveless review: an unflinching look at how bad people can beCannes 2017: Leviathan director Alexey Zvyagintsev tale of a broken marriage and a missing child is brutal in its pessimismThu May 18 2017 - 14:11
Wonderstruck review: warm and clever but still stubbornly HaynesianCannes 2017: Todd Haynes latest has moments to cherish, but doesn’t quite deliver the emotional payoffThu May 18 2017 - 13:49
In View: Ciarán Creagh’s brave debut delves deep into the darknessCaoilfhionn Dunne delivers a terrific central performance as a woman torn to pieces by griefThu May 18 2017 - 10:53
Caoilfhionn Dunne: Life after Love/Hate is clearly In ViewThe RTÉ show brought Caoilfhionn Dunne to the attention of the wider world, but not all of it was good. ‘I was disappointed that young women were so aggressive to this potential heroine’Thu May 18 2017 - 05:12
Palme d’Or battle expected as 70th Cannes Film Festival opensFestival features thousands of producers selling horror, romance and comedy filmsWed May 17 2017 - 16:16
Cannes Film Festival begins amid heavy securityShow goes on as Michael Haneke tipped for third Palme D’Or, for ‘Happy End’Tue May 16 2017 - 15:00
Guy Ritchie’s ‘King Arfur’ and the wideboys of the round tableThe director has reinvented ‘King Arthur’ as an East End geezer. Watch it, mateTue May 16 2017 - 14:37
Snatched review: Goldie Hawn and Amy Schumer are so wasted it’s not even funnyThis mildly racist, tonally bizarre farce fails miserably to use the talents of its leadsTue May 16 2017 - 11:15
Cannes 2017 line-up the most promising in a decadeIrish film ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’, starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell, is one of the favourites for the Palme d’OrTue May 16 2017 - 05:00
Have Cannes and Netflix fallen out for good?Netflix won’t screen its films in cinemas. Cannes says it will ignore them. Who’ll blink first?Mon May 15 2017 - 08:50
Donald Clarke: I’ll fly without trousers. But don’t take my laptopI am Homo Aeronautica. I have opposable thumbs. And I don't check my bags in the holdSat May 13 2017 - 06:00
'Dr Eccles claims he treats four people a week with avocado-related wounds'Avocado Hand: An epidemic that afflicts incompetent slicers of trendy fruits is to be welcomedFri May 12 2017 - 16:24
Are you (a) a dunce or (b) a genius? Find out with Donald Clarke’s movie quizThis week's quiz has aliens but definitely doesn't pass the Bechdel TestFri May 12 2017 - 06:02
Miss Sloane review: And the award for liberal self-congratulation goes to...Jessica Chastain's latest is absurd and intellectually dishonest but also hard to resistThu May 11 2017 - 14:00
François Ozon: ‘I am happy that we escaped from the white extremism’The French director’s new film ‘Frantz’ has much to say about the dangers of nationalismThu May 11 2017 - 06:00
The Young Offenders is to become a TV seriesThe BBC/RTÉ co-production to get a six-episode run - and the Cork accents are stayingTue May 09 2017 - 12:41
No surly crew? Alien Covenant is not a proper Alien filmReview: A promising opening and solid cast can’t save Ridley Scott’s prequel-sequelMon May 08 2017 - 16:14
Is Christopher Nolan directing the next Bond film?He made sense of Batman. He is bossing Dunkirk. Is Nolan signed up for Bond 25?Mon May 08 2017 - 13:21
Johnny Depp’s going broke and the schadenfreude feels goodWe needed the Fyre Festival to fail. We needed Louis XVI to be guillotinedSat May 06 2017 - 06:00
Colm Meaney: ‘In this business, anybody who keeps their word for 7 minutes is pretty f**king rare’The Irish actor discusses Hollywood values, playing Martin McGuinness and what it taught him about 'Dr No' PaisleySat May 06 2017 - 05:00
The first Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival kicks off todayClassics such as ‘Barbarella’ and ‘The Fifth Element’ to get big-screen outingsFri May 05 2017 - 10:36
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: 10 questions of wonder and amazementThis week’s quiz features female superheroes, James Bonds and questions of realityFri May 05 2017 - 09:11
Sleepless review: It’ll keep you awake but don’t expect depthBaran bo Odar’s empty entertainment is an attractive, unpretentious catastropheThu May 04 2017 - 17:00
Mindhorn review: good-fun, high-concept Britcom with a bit too much plotJulian Barrett is 1980s TV clairvoyant investigator Mindhorn called back ito action to negotiate with real-life maniac the KestrelThu May 04 2017 - 11:15
The Journey review: ludicrous retelling of McGuinness and Paisley paths to peaceThere is a great movie to be made about the peace process - sadly, The Journey is not that filmThu May 04 2017 - 09:09
