The VowIF YOU WANT evidence that the US is a decadent society, then take note of the way mainstream Hollywood represents bohemian lifestyles…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Big MiracleNOW, LOOK HERE. This writer is as wet a liberal as you could fear to meetFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
A Separation’s trouble and strifeREEL NEWS: Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation , a tale of marital strife from Iran, has been picking up gongs wherever it goes.Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Prepare for a piggy presenterREEL NEWS: You can’t escape from Miss Piggy at present.Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Neeson gets Peta in a stewREEL NEWS: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) is urging punters to avoid the latest Liam Neeson film The Grey…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Team that lit up the screenSMALL PRINT: Just look at this now-poignant Life cover from 1969Tue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Surely we all know we are being lied to by now, don't we?The advertising and media worlds are awash with knowing liesSat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Man on a Ledge“JUMP! DO IT! DO IT!” inconvenienced New Yorkers shout at poor Sam WorthingtonFri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
ChronicleTHIS CRACKING little found- footage thriller – at just 84 minutes, it really is quite little – doesn’t half tell us a familiar…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Jack and JillADAM SANDLER plays twins: one an assured male, the other a dysfunctional femaleFri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Journey 2: The Mysterious IsalndHANG ON A moment. To what is this thing a sequel? Oh, yesFri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
Pacino to present his Oscar Wilde film at 10th Dublin festivalESTEEMED SWEDISH actor Stellan Skarsgård joined a gang of celebrities at the reopened Light House cinema to launch the programme…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
National traits can bring out the worst in usIS IT possible to indulge in national stereotyping without being a racist? It’s a tricky oneSat Jan 28 2012 - 00:00
The PierFOLLOWING A successful screening at last year’s Galway Film Fleadh, Gerard Butler’s pleasant, low-key drama gets a deserved outing…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
House of Tolerance/L'appolonide: Souvenirs de la Maison CloseHEAVEN SAVE us from middlebrow notions of sophisticated entertainment. Classical orchestras play the music of QueenFri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
A Monster in ParisISN’T IT peculiar the way certain unlikely subjects suddenly colonise one medium or another? Bibo Bergeron’s tolerable French…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
Oscar surprise as Scorsese's 'Hugo' edges it over 'The Artist' for nomination top spotFOR ONCE there were a few surprises when the Oscar nominations were announced in Los Angeles yesterday.Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
Two Irish directors make the cut for best short filmTWO EXPERIENCED Irish film professionals are celebrating today after picking up Oscar nominations for Best Live Action Short …Wed Jan 25 2012 - 00:00
CoriolanusDRAGGING SHAKESPEARE plays to other times and other places causes greater problems on film than it does in the theatre.Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
'Artist' and 'Tinker Tailor' on track for BaftasFOLLOWING ITS triumph at the Golden Globes on Sunday, Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist has garnered an impressive 12 nominations…Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Margin CallIN THE mid-1970s, as the Watergate malarkey unfurled, the complex, unforgiving conspiracy thriller became the era’s signature…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Two studios mark 100 yearsREEL NEWS : Two of the big studios celebrate their centenaries this yearFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Star in freefall over silent's 'Vertigo' sampleREEL NEWS : Nobody has got a bad word to say about The Artist , right? Wrong! Kim Novak, a key icon of the late 1950s, has taken…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Wiig never a bride for sequelREEL NEWS : As you should be aware by now, Bridesmaids turned out to be the biggest film of 2011 in the Republic of IrelandFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Iftas tinker with meaning of ‘lead’REEL NEWS : Nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards were announced on Tuesday.Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Screen WriterREMEMBER THAT story about the actress who was suing the Internet Movie Database for printing her real age? These sorts of dubious…Fri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Arresting performance could swing awards for Gleeson and 'The Guard'JOHN MICHAEL McDonagh’s hit comedy, The Guard, came out on top when nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards were…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
'The Guard' gets nine IFTA nominationsThe Guard, John Michael McDonagh’s hit comedy, came out on top when nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards (Ifta…Tue Jan 10 2012 - 00:00
In search of the real Iron LadyWhether loathed or revered, Margaret Thatcher is now a figure of myth who defies efforts to humanise herSat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Chimp makes a chump out of gullible mediaREEL NEWS: Do you remember, a little less than a decade ago, when some mad cult announced that it had cloned the first human…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
GoonAS THE muted “overseas” response to Moneyball demonstrated, films concerning American sports rarely thrive outside the United…Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
RTÉ CO gives Dimitri his dueREEL NEWS: The RTÉ Concert Orchestra will honour Dimitri Tiomkin, composer of classic scores such as High Noon, The Guns of …Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Sir Elton talks up his own biopicREEL NEWS: Elton John has confirmed that plans are afoot for a film based on his life.Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Clash of the box-office titansREEL NEWS: Paramount has knocked Warner Bros from the top of the box-office hit parade for the first time in three yearsFri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Soho deli's plight underlines dreary inevitability of clone cityIn the 1980s you could still visit a city in Britain or Ireland and expect to see unfamiliar shopsSat Dec 24 2011 - 00:00
Free speech for all, including the rancid BNPTrinity’s ban on Nick Griffin only bolsters his supposed status as a censored outsiderSat Dec 17 2011 - 00:00
Fassbender and Gleeson nominated for Golden GlobesTHERE WAS happy news for Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender, two of the nation’s busiest actors, when the nominations for…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
US critics dishing out the gongsAwards season is hitting its stride as various American critics’ organisations give out their prizesFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Gumball rallies at LA AnniesThe Amazing World of Gumball from Dublin-based Boulder Media has picked up four nominations for the annual Annie Awards.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
The villainIF EVER an actor were marinated in theatrical royalty it would be Jared HarrisFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
What you're missingHollywood’s annual Black List has just been published. No, the studios aren’t back to hunting closet MarxistsFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
It’s a Wonderful LifeIt behoves the seasonal sceptic to find something unacceptable in It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Romantics Anonymous/Les Émotifs AnonymesAT JUST 78 minutes, this French comedy is actually 10 minutes shorter than ChipwreckedFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
The British Guide to Showing OffTRUE, THIS documentary on the Alternative Miss World does not demand to be seen on the world’s biggest screenFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Helen Mirren as Mrs Hitchcock?Sacha Gervasi, director of the sublime Anvil! The Story of Anvil!, is a famously well- connected chap.Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Time for the annual bout of listomaniaWhat can account for the deluge of best-of charts? Is it just a male obsession with lists?Sat Dec 10 2011 - 00:00
New Year's EveALLOW US A brief diversion before kicking this appalling film’s teeth down its cute little throat.Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Twilight’s Stewart in the big money zonePerhaps the most interesting of those endless lists concerning cinematic money generators is Forbes Magazine’s chart detailing…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
