A lost New York rescued from the bunker of William BurroughsAaron Brookner’s film Uncle Howard is about his late film-maker uncle – but it is also about Aids, a disappeared New York and the dangerous BurroughsTue Jul 19 2016 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Pokémon Go has been and goneNintendo’s new app is already due a revival, so let’s get nostalgic for last weekSat Jul 16 2016 - 01:00
The most manly men crumble when mother raises her voiceMom & Me review: Ken Wardrop sets himself out as the laureate of motherhood in this touching follow-up to his acclaimed His & HersThu Jul 14 2016 - 17:03
Ghostbusters review: the haters are silencedWith nods to the original (and fanboy outrage) this fun-filled reboot wastes none of the actors’ giftsMon Jul 11 2016 - 10:59
Mad Mary and Young Offenders take Galway Film Fleadh by stormThe two films are the pick of a crop that reveals the breadth of talent in Irish filmMon Jul 11 2016 - 10:41
Further evidence of Irish cinema’s ‘golden period’ seen in Galway‘Siege of Jadotville’, ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ and ‘Staid’ among Film Fleadh screeningsSun Jul 10 2016 - 14:00
Thank God Hiddleswift is here to distract us from the apocalypseThe image of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston entwined on a photogenic rock had all the earthy veracity of an Andre Rieu album coverSat Jul 09 2016 - 06:00
Maggie’s plan review: old-school New-York comedy with a hip twistWith a sly nod to Woody Allen, Rebecca Miller’s hipster-love-triangle tale is a treatThu Jul 07 2016 - 22:01
Rebecca Miller: an Irish home, a New York state of mindShe’s lived with husband Daniel Day-Lewis in Wicklow for the past two decades but filmmaker Rebecca Miller’s heart still belongs to the Big AppleThu Jul 07 2016 - 22:00
The Neon Demon review: Ban this slick filth!The message is simple, but Nicolas Winding Refn’s method offers many revolting delightsThu Jul 07 2016 - 16:00
Inside the David Bowie time capsuleA new film looks into the late star’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition that drew in 312,000 visitorsWed Jul 06 2016 - 15:57
Michael Cimino: the man who once ruled HollywoodThe director of Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s Gate was an unrepentant risk-takerSun Jul 03 2016 - 14:07
Heterosexual Pride Day: resentment at its most childishWhy do some people feel the need to celebrate being part of an overpowering majority?Sat Jul 02 2016 - 07:00
How will Brexit affect Irish film?‘Game of Thrones’ is safe, says HBO, but some question whether another ‘Brooklyn’ could get made once the UK leaves the European UnionSat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00
Nicolas Winding Refn: ‘He kept asking my wife to have sex with him”Nicolas Winding Refn’s feud with fellow Danish director Lars Von Trier shows no sign of letting up. “It is natural for youth to destroy the old”, he saysFri Jul 01 2016 - 06:00
Five star review: Queen of Earth is incandescently brilliantDirector Alex Ross Perry weaves in sly references to Polanski, but this is a psychological drama like no otherThu Jun 30 2016 - 11:29
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie review - Wearing its years well, darlingThe plotting is lazy, but this big-screen reboot of the much-loved sitcom gets by thanks to its stars and to the endless goodwill cameosThu Jun 30 2016 - 10:42
Central Intelligence review: Hart and Johnson are far from dumb and dumberThe central pairing of tightly wound Kevin Hart and wide-open Dwyane Johnson raise this buddy-buddy spy comedy to happy heightsTue Jun 28 2016 - 17:12
Did you hear the one about the woman in the niqab?Forget what Mulder said in ‘The X Files’. If a story sounds too good to be true . . .Sat Jun 25 2016 - 07:00
Susan Sarandon: ‘Hollywood is more upset about people getting fat and old than about politics’Since being kicked out of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in 1993, for her politics, the Hollywood star has become one of the most influential activists in the USSat Jun 25 2016 - 05:45
The Meddler review: a funny and sincere slice of old-fashioned entertainmentSusan Sarandon is in top form as a recently widowed woman who can’t help meddling in her daughter’s lifeThu Jun 23 2016 - 17:00
Elvis & Nixon review: When the King met Tricky DickyThis curious film – based on an iconic photograph – could do with a little less exposition and a little more NixonThu Jun 23 2016 - 08:00
Remainder review: odd and interesting thriller with baffling levels of nuanceTom Sturridge gets hit in the head, loses his memory, receives millions in compensation – and then things get obtuseWed Jun 22 2016 - 16:30
Independence Day 2 review: A cynical love song to ChinaRoland Emmerich’s reliably cynical, psychotically CGI’d sequel to his own 20-year-old hit gives new meaning to the word ‘moronic’Wed Jun 22 2016 - 12:55
Jamie Dornan and ‘Siege of Jadotville’ on Galway Film Fleadh schedule28th festival, which begins on July 5th, to involve 90 films screened at three venuesWed Jun 22 2016 - 09:08
Why the Brexit poll is the dumbest mistake a UK PM has ever madeDespite the threat of mutiny from his own crew and the sight of Ukip pirates on the port side, nobody forced Capt Cameron to chart a course towards Referendum BaySat Jun 18 2016 - 07:00
Tale of Tales review: Old stories given an unsettlingly delicious horror twistDorector Matteo Garrone’s first English-language feature is a fabulous (in all senses of the word) and fantastic treatment of three gory Italian fairy talesThu Jun 16 2016 - 16:00
Cemetery of Splendour review: a film of subtlety, wit and quiet bloody-mindednessPalme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul returns with an unconventional tale of a narcolepsy outbreak among Thai soldiersThu Jun 16 2016 - 13:00
The Conjuring 2 review: a hokum-filled retro horror full of atmosphereChairs fling themselves across rooms and nuns materialise in corridors in James Wan’s entertaining investigation of horrible happenings in 1970s LondonTue Jun 14 2016 - 13:15
Michael Moore on Orlando: ‘chickens coming home to roost’Speaking in Dublin, director says America has become a more violent societyMon Jun 13 2016 - 19:37
The real rules of air travel: Get out of the aisle, get out of my seat!Take a flight from any busy airport and watch fellow passengers turn into childrenSat Jun 11 2016 - 07:00
Gianfranco Rosi: 'We have to stop using the word emergency. It’s not going away'The Italian director’s new documentary Fire at Sea - winner of best film at the Venice and Berlin Film Festivals - takes an unflinching look the immigrant crisisFri Jun 10 2016 - 06:00
Miracles From Heaven review: dare you question the logic of this universe?Jennifer Garner and Queen Latifah star in this COMPLETELY INCREDIBLE film from the same studio that brought you Heaven Is For RealThu Jun 09 2016 - 16:23
Embrace of the Serpent review: Skullduggery and atrocity in the AmazonShocking imagery abounds in this thoughtful, blackly funny anti-colonial epicThu Jun 09 2016 - 11:30
Where to Invade Next review: Michael Moore is at it againFans will enjoy his look at international cultures, but it does reek of cherry pickingThu Jun 09 2016 - 07:00
Mattress Mick gets ready to wow the international film festival circuitThe Irish are set to make a strong showing at this weekend Sheffield International Documentary Festival and the upcoming Edinburgh Film FestivalWed Jun 08 2016 - 14:59
Mother’s Day review: a foul, irredeemable mess of sentimental clichesGarry Marshall's third "holiday" film - after the awful Valentine’s Day and worse New Year’s Eve - manages the considerable feat of being the worst of the bunchTue Jun 07 2016 - 14:55
The unstoppable Saoirse Ronan makes cover of Time MagazineCarlow actor makes magazine’s ‘Next Generation Leaders’ listSun Jun 05 2016 - 16:26
Donald Clarke: So many gorilla experts. So little insightSince Harambe was shot in the US, it’s crazy how many great-ape authorities have emergedSat Jun 04 2016 - 05:00
Paula Patton: ‘It’s fear that makes you want to follow something so dark and evil’Warcraft star Paula Patton on breaking up with Robin Thicke, breaking down Hollywood’s colour barrier and the shadow being cast in the US by Donald Trump’s presidential bidFri Jun 03 2016 - 06:00
The Measure of a Man review: a social drama to cherishStéphane Brizé gives us a quietly effective consideration of how surveillance culture degrades and debasesThu Jun 02 2016 - 15:00
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows review – Heroes in a half-baked shellWith a talking rhino from Cabra, this film is much more aware than Warcraft of its own ridiculousnessThu Jun 02 2016 - 12:05
Warcraft review: never in your wildest fantasies could you have imagined thisDuncan Jones tragically stultifying fantasy is hard to pin down - picture a film in which most of the antagonists wear buckets on their heads and you’re halfway thereMon May 30 2016 - 13:59
Jane Bond? Trolls would go bonkersIf an all-women ‘Ghostbusters’ has misogynists spitting venom, imagine their reaction to Gillian Anderson as 007Sat May 28 2016 - 07:00
Love & Friendship review: fizzles with wit, intrigue and creative amoralityJane Austen's eternal good sense is beautifully married to Whit Stillman's sensibility in this sharp and funny Irish co-productionFri May 27 2016 - 10:45
Money Monster review: not so much a hot tip, more a solid investmentThere?s nothing wildly original about Jodie Foster's latest, but strong turns from the bankable leads make it worth a puntFri May 27 2016 - 10:44
The Price of Desire review: an Eileen Gray biopic with a little too much furnitureToo many soft-focus Cote d'Azure exteriors bring 'Absolutely Fabulous' to mindFri May 27 2016 - 06:30
Money Monster’s Jack O’Connell: ‘Not as Irish as I would like to be’Star worked hard to make it in Hollywood and is very proud of his Irish rootsFri May 27 2016 - 05:55
Cannes Film Festival: Ken Loach picks up second Palme D’OrBritish film-maker’s win for ‘I, Daniel Blake’ leads evening of surprises in southern FranceSun May 22 2016 - 20:30
Is Boris Johnson like ‘Hitler or one of those mad fellas’?It’s crazy talk for the Brexit leader to compare an increasingly integrated EU to the Fuhrer’s plans for EuropeSat May 21 2016 - 07:00
