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
Black and white is the new black for feature filmsBoth Fury Road and Logan are getting re-releases in monochrome formWed May 03 2017 - 14:24
Ilie Nastase – the kind of ‘character’ sport doesn’t needThe oafish behaviour of Higgins and Nastase was once celebrated. Those days are goneSat Apr 29 2017 - 06:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Bing might help, Hope will get you nowhereThis week’s quiz features four Draculas, three Guardians, two road warriors and one Adrian de la ToucheFri Apr 28 2017 - 06:32
Florence Pugh: the best actor you haven't heard ofFlorence Pugh was awarded best actress at this year’s ADiff for her steel-eyed performance in the revenge drama Lady Macbeth. And in person, the 20-year-old is just as formidableFri Apr 28 2017 - 05:12
Heal the Living review: delicately balancing life and deathA handsome teen gives up his heart - literally - in Katell Quillévéré’s impressive drama of interconnected tragic storiesThu Apr 27 2017 - 14:00
Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73The Oscar-winning film-maker also directed acclaimed films Philadelphia, Something Wild and the Talking Heads concert documentary Stop Making SenseWed Apr 26 2017 - 18:20
Hollywood writers strike: what it means for your favourite showsThe Walking Dead and new Star Trek spin-off Discovery will suffer, and if the strike is lengthy, Game of Thrones could tooWed Apr 26 2017 - 17:29
The Avatar sequels: Don’t bet against James Cameron as he sets release datesThe first Avatar broke records but left no cultural trace. Will its successors sink or soar?Tue Apr 25 2017 - 05:00
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: ‘Expensive. Vulgar. Desperate’Film review: The sequel has more quips, more kitsch, more spectacle, less plotMon Apr 24 2017 - 16:06
Back to your seat! Here come the post-credits movie scenesGuardians of the Galaxy 2 will have no fewer than five post-credit sequencesMon Apr 24 2017 - 14:33
I’m slightly proud that I don’t get Ed SheeranI listen to his songs for an hour, but still feel as if I’ve never heard a single one of themSat Apr 22 2017 - 06:00
The Gift review: a commendable if uneven study of griefThere are moments of promise in Damian O’Callaghan’s debut, but too often The Gift tends towards melodramaFri Apr 21 2017 - 12:00
Donald Clarke’s movie quiz: Are you clueless or clued-in?This week’s quiz zooms from no place like home to a galaxy far, far awayFri Apr 21 2017 - 06:00
Gemma Arterton: ‘I wasn’t posh enough for some jobs’She never thought she’d work in film. Now, she’s determined to control her own destinyFri Apr 21 2017 - 05:12
Unforgettable review: The best worst 'erotic thriller' of all timeKatherine Heigl and Rosario Dawson’s ‘erotic thriller’ is as close to being objectively, verifiably dreadful as it getsThu Apr 20 2017 - 22:00
The Zookeeper’s Wife review: Walking a sugary thin lineDiane Ackerman's moving Holocaust true story is let down by fluffy bunnies - and Jessica Chastain’s accentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44
10 things to note about the Cannes official selectionExpect VR, immigration, Michael Haneke’s potential record... and lots of Nicole KidmanThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43
Cannes Film Festival to feature Colin Farrell’s latest role‘Twin Peaks’ reprise to be screened as Cannes film festival embraces television premieresThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Academy’s rule change could dash Irish animation Oscar hopesRule changes in the Oscars could make it tough for independent animated films such as Song of the Sea to secure nominationsThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Fast and Furious 8 review: It’s completely stupid. It’s completely awesomeLess may be more, but much more is much, much more - and no stunt is too crazy or extravagant for this barmy franchiseThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38
Show business is still hostile to open sexualityThe dictum that a male romantic lead should be potentially “available” to heterosexual female fans has barely relaxed since the days of Rock HudsonThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
