Tangerine review: The best Christmas movie about trans prostitutes ever madeTangerine’ glows with aesthetic and technological flair, but it is the humanity on display that makes Sean Baker’s film specialThu Nov 12 2015 - 19:00
Lady in the Van review: Alan Bennett’s everywhere, but Maggie Smith shinesThe cyclonic Smith has an indecently appropriate role in this starry film adaptation by Bennett of his own hit West-End playThu Nov 12 2015 - 16:30
The Fear of 13 review: death-row tales of the unexpectedNick Yarris – sentenced to death for rape and murder in 1982 – tells his own story in this fascinating, if flawed, new documentary from David SingtonThu Nov 12 2015 - 13:46
13 things to do indoors this winter: ski, climb, watch, visitIt’s getting colder, darker, wintrier. Whether you favour active or stationary pursuits, these suggestions will get you through the coming monthsMon Nov 09 2015 - 12:00
Burnt review: over-garnished cliche, and that’s just for startersPlaying a bit like the world’s most lavish episode of Masterchef, Bradley Cooper latest is all pretty food and bourgeois nonsenseSun Nov 08 2015 - 13:24
Donald Clarke: Let’s not start another war over the wearing of the poppyWear it or not, as you please, and ignore the multitude of whingers in both campsSat Nov 07 2015 - 14:26
Chemsex director Max Gogarty: ‘We agonised about how to tell this story’"It's a perfect storm that has shifted things for a significant portion of people" - Director Max Gogarty's new film explores the rise of drug use within London gay hook-up cultureFri Nov 06 2015 - 05:30
In its 60th year, Cork Film Festival shows no signs of growing old gracefullyThe festival started in 1956, when priests still flung themselves angrily before any screen that dared to project uncovered anklesThu Nov 05 2015 - 17:00
Kill Your Friends review: a farrago of witless filthNicholas Hoult tries his best but can do little with a screenplay full of derivative misogy, misanthropy and bad writingThu Nov 05 2015 - 16:31
Reissue of the Week: David Lean’s Brief Encounter - pure miserablist brillianceA welcome big-screen return for one of the greatest romances ever made, though you may be left wondering just why the film was banned in Ireland until 1962Wed Nov 04 2015 - 17:32
Brooklyn review: a most unconventional conventional romanceA good Irish Catholic girl immigrates to New York but can’t quite leave the old country behind in this delicately understated period drama based on Colm Toíbín’s novelWed Nov 04 2015 - 15:24
Donald Clarke: Plan to change New Zealand flag has a mad logicNew Zealanders are about to vote in a most unusual pair of referendumsSat Oct 31 2015 - 01:00
Colm Tóibín: enjoying life on the Brooklyn roadAs the film of ‘Brooklyn’ gets good reviews, Tóibín’s status at home and abroad rises yet another notchFri Oct 30 2015 - 11:30
From Skins to Mad Max, Nicholas Hoult knows how to pick a roleThe actor who played the geeky kid in ‘About a Boy’ is now a bone fide starFri Oct 30 2015 - 06:00
The Black Panthers review: a disappointingly thin treatment of a fascinating subjectThis documentary on the 1960s black power movement is no more than efficient, but does demonstate that not all gun nuts are ‘right-wing’Thu Oct 29 2015 - 19:00
Tehran Taxi review: a fascinating look into some dark corners of Iranian societyJafar Panahi comes up with another inventive way to truth-tell in modern-day IranThu Oct 29 2015 - 17:04
Spectre review: James Bond back on form, but...Tension between innovation and tradition ultimately pulls latest 007 episode to piecesMon Oct 26 2015 - 11:20
Maureen O’Hara: the exotic cinema star from RanelaghWith red hair and green eyes O’Hara was made for showing off the rise of TechnicolorSun Oct 25 2015 - 08:22
Donald Clarke: Don’t we know web reviews are unreliable?Amazon is taking legal action against about 1,100 people paid to write positive reviewsSat Oct 24 2015 - 01:33
Maya the Bee review: well-meaning, well-voiced and entirely devoid of characterBees and hornets learn to live together in a harmless kids’ cartoon – based, fascinatingly, on a rabidly nationalistic German kinder bookFri Oct 23 2015 - 12:57
Mississippi Grind review: the cliches come a little too fast and fruityThis sporadically effective card-sharp drama is no ‘Cincinnati Kid’ but does have two aces up its sleeve courtesy of stars Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan ReynoldsThu Oct 22 2015 - 17:00
Ben Mendelsohn: ‘My main skill was determination. Is that even a skill?’Ben Mendelsohn had worked the acting angles for years, before ‘Animal Kingdom’ helped him hit the jackpotThu Oct 22 2015 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: James Bond and ‘Playboy’ turn over a new leafTwin relics of an age of bogus sophistication have finally started to move with the timesSat Oct 17 2015 - 01:00
Beasts of No Nation review: Netflix makes a visceral start in the movie businessIdris Elba wafts malign charisma, but for all the murky brilliance on display, Cary Fukunaga’s story of African child soldiers ultimately suffers from a lack of contextFri Oct 16 2015 - 13:55
We meet again Mr Bond: On the set of Spectre with Daniel CraigBuoyed by the smash success of ‘Skyfall’, the makers of ‘Spectre’ are promising the biggest 007 thrill ride yet. Donald Clarke joins cast and crew on set during the Mexico leg of the Bond shootFri Oct 16 2015 - 06:00
Talking to my Father review: an efficient consideration of Irish modernismSimon Walker, now a successful architect in his own right, as he delves into the story of his distinguished father Robin WalkerThu Oct 15 2015 - 21:00
Pan review: this joyless fantasy is sprinkled with something, and it sure isn’t pixie dustCome back, Steven Spielberg’s Hook! All is forgivenThu Oct 15 2015 - 18:00
The Lobster review: a spookily beautiful corkscrew comedyDeadpan comedy on the pressure society places on people to pair offThu Oct 15 2015 - 17:00
The Hit Producer review: words don’t come easy in this eye-bogglingly strange Irish comedy thrillerMichelle Doherty brings some charisma, but can do little about the uncertainty of tone and unsayable scriptThu Oct 15 2015 - 16:20
Donald Clarke: Time for vampires to come out of the twilight againIt’s 10 years since the first ‘Twilight’ book was published and vampires are having a momentSat Oct 10 2015 - 01:00
Pan director Joe Wright's going back to Neverland, and this time it’s personalJoe Wright, director of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, ‘Atonement’, and ‘Hanna’, returns with his ‘sideways take’ on JM Barrie’s classic tale of Peter PanFri Oct 09 2015 - 06:00
Sicario review: a thrilling blend of action, intelligence and moral ambiguityAmerica’s endless War on Drugs is given a provocatively cynical spin in this intelligent, riveting thriller starring Emily BluntFri Oct 09 2015 - 00:13
Tana Bana review: looming technologyIndia’s traditional silk weavers face change in this stunning Irish documentaryThu Oct 08 2015 - 19:00
Suffragette review: unimpeachable, well-dressed, a bit too glossyin Sarah Gavron worthwhile drama, the hard, brave campaign for women’s rights is given the soft-centred treatmentThu Oct 08 2015 - 15:23
“I’d rather be a rebel than a slave”: Meryl Streep’s Suffragette slogan stirs racist outcryMeryl Streep and Carey Mulligan pose in T-shirts to promote new movie. In the US, many interpret the T-shirts as sympathetic to the losing side in the US Civil WarThu Oct 08 2015 - 14:30
Donald Clarke: Why is marriage still so popular?Far from being obsolete, weddings are louder, gaudier and more expensive than everSat Oct 03 2015 - 04:00
Macbeth review: There will be royal bloodPropelled by impressive central performances from Fassbender and Cotillard, this is one of the strongest film versions of the Scottish Play yetFri Oct 02 2015 - 11:17
The Martian review: the vacuum-packed potatoes save the dayMatt Damon grows spuds on Mars in Ridley Scott’s best film in a decade. That must have been some decade...Fri Oct 02 2015 - 11:16
By Our Selves review: a delightfully barmy meditation from Andrew KöttingIain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Toby Jones and a Straw Bear retrace a walk poet John Clare once took. What more could you want?Fri Oct 02 2015 - 11:15
The Suffragettes and the keeper of the Pankhurst flameAs a descendant of the movement’s first family, Helen Pankhurst had an extra reason to encourage – and play a small role in – Sarah Gavron’s film about the suffragettesFri Oct 02 2015 - 05:30
99 Homes review: homes upon the scrapheapA malevolent housing repo man takes on a partner in this odd but effective – and very timely – morality taleThu Oct 01 2015 - 21:00
Donald Clarke: The words ‘gone viral’ don’t begin to cover Cameron’s #piggateWho cares if dubious reports of youthful debauchery don’t constitute serious news?Sat Sept 26 2015 - 01:00
Life review: a very professional piece of work, but it’s terribly hard to loveAnton Corbijn’s latest is gorgeous, cool and infuriatingly insubstantialFri Sept 25 2015 - 07:00
John Turturro: always an actor of characterThis most gounded of movie stars plays an egomaniacal American star tormenting his Italian director in Nanni Moretti’s latest. Just don’t ask Turturro to say who he based his ugly American onFri Sept 25 2015 - 06:00
Miss You Already review: Sickly sweet at times, but still a brave effortIt’s an odd mixture of genres, but Catherine Hardwicke’s story of friendship and illness has some good momentsThu Sept 24 2015 - 17:30
Older than Ireland review: the secrets of our centenariansIreland’s oldest residents fill the screen with warmth and wisdom in Alex Fegan’s thoughtful new documentaryThu Sept 24 2015 - 16:00
Room wins People’s Choice Award at Toronto Film FestivalLenny Abrahamson’s adaptation wins prize that usually predicts Oscars successSun Sept 20 2015 - 20:14
Donald Clarke: Corbyn is right, God Save the Queen is awfulNational anthems present a considerable challenge to even the most committed patriotSat Sept 19 2015 - 01:00
A Walk in the Woods review: Comedy is not fit for purposeRobert Redford’s latest project will stretch the credibility of viewersFri Sept 18 2015 - 08:52
Older Than Ireland: The secrets of centenariansPeople who were alive in 1916 opened up to film-maker Alex Fegan, but their own life stories were the most fascinatingFri Sept 18 2015 - 06:00
