Woody Allen: ‘I am realistic in my appraisal of the human condition, but not realistic in my everyday life’Recent scandals haven’t dimmed Woody Allen’s enthusiasm for making films – though he doesn’t understand why people still want to watch themFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:20
A Walk Among the Tombstones review: more measured than the average Neeson punch-upFri Sept 19 2014 - 00:00
Director of The Guard says Irish films are not ‘intelligent’McDonagh doesn’t want Calvary regarded as Irish: ‘it’s just set in Ireland with lots of Irish characters’Mon Sept 15 2014 - 13:37
Make the most of your college days - it’s all downhill after thatOpinion: ‘Within minutes of completing one’s final exams, the vileness of the student state imbeds itself in the part of the human brain that controls irrational hatreds’Sat Sept 13 2014 - 00:01
A Most Wanted Man review: Corbijn does Le Carré, Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the showFri Sept 12 2014 - 00:00
Pride and the pits: when gay rights met the striking minersNew movie Pride celebrates the unlikely meeting of Britain’s striking miners and gay rights campaigners in the 1980s. Poverty, homophobia, Aids and the defeat of the miners provide an unlikely backdrop. Donald Clarke takes pride in a cultural rebellionThu Sept 11 2014 - 17:00
The Wizard of Oz 3D review: Caligenous Junk! It was already perfect in two dimensionsThu Sept 11 2014 - 16:54
No peace on the train, as we’re trapped with low-fi, telephonic mash-up of Katy Perry and Taylor SwiftOpinion: Tinny versions of popular tunes are now broadcast to every person unlucky enough to be sitting in the same train carriageSun Sept 07 2014 - 12:01
Helen Mirren: ‘I’m not chopped liver’Helen Mirren on traumas, triumphs and the biggest lie ever told about herFri Sept 05 2014 - 01:00
Screenwriter: What’s the bloody point?The end is nigh, but sequels live foreverFri Sept 05 2014 - 00:00
Reel love: a century of passion on the silver screenFor her latest film 'Love is All' – hewn from a century of archive – renowned documentarian Kim Longinotto has turned her attentions to the changing notions of love in cinemaFri Sept 05 2014 - 00:00
Hats off to the gardaí of Limerick who have raised the rainbow flagOpinion: When it comes to gay matters, an extraordinary shift towards tolerance has occurredSat Aug 30 2014 - 00:01
Obvious Child: when it comes to abortion, choice would be a fine thingObvious Child is not an ‘abortion comedy’ but a movie about a woman choosing to have an abortion in an area where women have access to abortion services. And it is quite funny, because life is funny. Director Gillian Robespierre talks about not judging peopleFri Aug 29 2014 - 00:00
Richard Attenborough was a gifted actor and director, but so much more than thatKindly-old-uncle façade hid inner steel and prodigious gift for the macabreMon Aug 25 2014 - 02:08
Pouring cold water on the ice bucket challengeOpinion: ‘Heck, even columns complaining about the exercise invite contributions to the cause’Sat Aug 23 2014 - 00:01
All two human: the Dardenne brothers get a little bit less miserableHuman catastrophe has always loomed large in Dardenne movies, but now, after decades of onscreen misery, the Belgian brothers are begining to let in a little lightFri Aug 22 2014 - 00:00
Why the death of Robin Williams triggers an unquestioned outpouring of griefOpinion: Reaction to the death of Michael Jackson and Princess Diana felt like nothing so much as the incantations of a religious cult at the creation of a martyrSun Aug 17 2014 - 12:01
In praise of: Lauren BacallOne of the most original and beguiling actresses of her generationSat Aug 16 2014 - 01:00
Screenwriter: The moral minefield of cultural boycottsNo singing, no dancing, no film-making: shunning Israeli culture may close the door to dissentFri Aug 15 2014 - 10:45
Dinosaur 13 review: Kafka and a dinosaur named SueThe bittersweet end does genuinely unfair things to the heart strings. Do not miss.Fri Aug 15 2014 - 00:00
Guy Pearce: Face-off with fameHe cut his acting teeth on ‘Neighbours’ and hit the big time in ‘LA Confidential’. Since then – and despite his refusal to join the celebrity circus – Guy Pearce has built an impressive career. As for movie-star glamour: “I don’t need that stuff,” he saysFri Aug 15 2014 - 00:00
Late Lauren Bacall helped define Hollywood noir-era ambienceActress delivered lines with assurance of a fallen maharani, writes Donald ClarkeWed Aug 13 2014 - 13:03
Williams’s lunatic invention set the template for generation of comediansActor had never hidden from his addictions and demons – sadly they caught up to himTue Aug 12 2014 - 01:22
Should we continue to fear another world war?Opinion: The anniversary of Hiroshima last week gives us cause to commemorate the many thousands killed and injuredSat Aug 09 2014 - 00:01
