Oscar bravos, Oscar charliesAre the Academy Awards about the year’s best films – or nice frocks and aggressive lobbying? And who will – or should – bag the prizes?Sat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Donald Clarke's predictions for the Academy AwardsPutting his reputation on the line. Donald Clarke predicts the big prizes at the Academy Awards tomorrow night - and who deserves to win in each categorySat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Definitely maybe a message of hope from the era of OasisOpinion: Good times always come to an end, but so do bad timesSat Mar 01 2014 - 00:01
‘The Stag’ and ‘Calvary’ top nominations for the upcoming IftasShortlist for best Irish film completed by ‘Byzantium,’ ‘Run & Jump’ and ‘The Sea’Fri Feb 28 2014 - 01:11
Stellan Skarsgård: Nymphomaniac’s off-centred everymanTwo decades of collaboration with out-there Lars Von Trier has honed Stellan Skarsgård’s Swedish oddball persona to perfection – but deep down he’s really just an ordinary family man with a peculiar sort of careerFri Feb 28 2014 - 00:00
The Book ThiefSmart older kids might buy this too cosy depiction of Germany’s descent into fascismFri Feb 28 2014 - 00:00
Do the Oscars get it right? A more useful question is: Have they ever got it right?The roll call of best picture wins over the years does feature some real clangers, but maybe we shouldn’t be too hard on the Academy ...Fri Feb 28 2014 - 00:00
Father and son go head -to-head in IFTAsBrendan and Domhnall Gleeson nominated in the best actor categoryThu Feb 27 2014 - 13:46
Celebrities mouthing off can be annoying but let’s give them the benefit of the doubtOpinion: It hurts a little, but I’m going to say it anyway. You keep at it, BonoSat Feb 22 2014 - 00:01
Nymphomaniac: Volume 1 and Volume 2Lars Von Trier continues on his highly eccentric way with this bold and bonkers epicFri Feb 21 2014 - 10:58
Elementary my dear WatsonCautious and couched, Emily Watson is an actor who exhibits reason and calm at every turn. So how did such a sober person find herself in such as dangerous business? “I was pretty bloody minded . . .”Fri Feb 21 2014 - 00:00
McQueen brought to earth as ‘Gravity’ wins six BaftasIt was a night of surprises – not least when Tinie Tempah high-fived Prince WilliamMon Feb 17 2014 - 01:01
We’ve been sheltered from the weather, but now it’s all changeOpinion: How strange it is that global warming has become an issue that divides right and leftSun Feb 16 2014 - 00:01
The Morgan formula: how to put famous lives on filmScreenwriter Peter Morgan developed a neat way of portraying personalities, from Tony Blair and David Frost to the queen: focus on one incident. Now everyone’s at itFri Feb 14 2014 - 01:00
Richard Dreyfuss on Spielberg and Stone, Hollywood and the almighty dollarStill the curmudgeon after all these years, Richard Dreyfuss - who's in Dublin this week for the JDIFF - hasn’t lost any of his appetite for bashing Hollywood and colleagues who irritate him.Fri Feb 14 2014 - 00:00
HerSpike Jonze’s new film is a deeply humane fable about love in the nth degreeFri Feb 14 2014 - 00:00
Former child star Shirley Temple dies aged 85Juvenile star began acting aged three and became the most famous child actor of all timeTue Feb 11 2014 - 18:43
A Fiennes romanceRalph Fiennes talks about his childhood in Ireland, the great Bond conundrum, and dipping into the complicated private life of a fellow English celebrity – Charles DickensSat Feb 08 2014 - 01:00
The ancient art of rhetoric can still thrive in a hostile climateOpinion: The public oration was at its most powerful before the arrival of mass literacySat Feb 08 2014 - 00:01
Robocop's other half Abbie Cornish keeps it countryThe Australian has come a long way, from lauded turns in arthouse hits to the new Robocop. Donald Clarke talks to the star – if only he can get a word in over the puppies and parakeetsFri Feb 07 2014 - 00:00
Homophobia in focus: Dallas Buyers Club reviewAn obnoxious homophobe becomes a most unlikely hero in the fight against Aids in this stirring true-life dramaFri Feb 07 2014 - 00:00
Philip Seymour Hoffman: a strange kind of movie starRather than being bullied into adoration by tub-thumping promotion, filmgoers felt they had discovered Hoffman all on their ownMon Feb 03 2014 - 17:43
Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in New YorkOscar-winning actor (46) dies from an apparent drug overdose in his apartmentMon Feb 03 2014 - 10:26
The appeal of Garth Brooks is destined to remain a mystery to people like usOpinion: The tapenade-eaters are always going to remain immune to the charms of ‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’Sat Feb 01 2014 - 00:01
Lone SurvivorGet past the dubious, gung-ho imperialism and this is a gripping, gruelling thrillerFri Jan 31 2014 - 13:33
Matthew McConaughey's hunk evolutionHe was once known primarily as a mahogany beefcake, but a series of thrilling performances has seen Matthew McConaughey’s critical star rise to the very top. The Oscar nominee talks reinvention, rom-coms and running the gauntlet of awards seasonFri Jan 31 2014 - 00:00
Why is it that spoilers seem to make so many people lose the plot?Opinion: If Dr Johnson could get by without issuing spoiler warnings surely the rest of us canSun Jan 26 2014 - 00:01
JDIFF 2014: A fest for the sensesFrom the flicks to the deliberations, Donald Clarke’s 10 must-sees, must-hears for this year’s Dublin film festivalFri Jan 24 2014 - 12:20
