Beautiful Lies/De Vrais MensongesOH, SPARE US. Some maniac has decided that Audrey Tautou is one of the few French stars who can draw anglophone audiences to …Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Teen kicks off awards seasonOne suspects that any teenager worth his or her salt would spurn something called the Teen Choice AwardsFri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
The Devil's DoubleIT’S ABOUT time some bright film-maker offered us a serious study of the outrages that went on in the court of Saddam Hussein…Fri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Do we need to elect a largely powerless president at all?THE ONGOING race for the presidency has, as I understand it, stirred up some controversy this weekSat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Sarah's Key/Elle S'Appelait SarahTHE HOLOCAUST was, surely, sufficiently catastrophic to require little melodramatic enhancementFri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Taking a bare-knuckle rideIt took 10 years to capture the blood, sweat and punches that make up ‘Knuckle’, a gripping documentary about Travellers and …Wed Aug 03 2011 - 01:00
A Better LifeHEAVEN SAVE us from Hollywood directors and their troubled consciencesFri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Horrid Henry: The MovieKEEP THE little ones away from the fizzy pop before bringing them – if you must – to Nick Moore’s take on Francesca Simon’s pathologically…Fri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
No hate figure worthy of name left to fill the Murdoch vacuumThe arch-Beelzebub’s loss of menace leaves lefties bereft of a bête noireSat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
BeginnersIF YOU WERE feeling unkind, you could view Mike Mills’s latest film as an almost self-parodic adventure in liberal quirkiness…Fri Jul 22 2011 - 01:00
Race between China and US for Top Nation trophy not over yetCan America’s belief that all things are possible win it back its coveted global status?Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
Bobby Fischer Against the WorldTHERE’S A SCENE in All the President’s Men where, as Bob Woodward readies himself for the day, a newscaster relates details of…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Guard takes top Fleadh prizeThe Guard had more to celebrate this week – the film secured the audience prize for best Irish feature at last week’s Galway…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Donald Clarke's Weekly Movie Quiz1 Which current hit teams Cheadle with Gleeson?Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Quality movies for the little onesSick of watching your children hammer away at those Angry Birds? In search of a more cerebral alternative to Harry Potter? Get…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Koreans put the Pow! in PandaJust when we thought 3D was dying off, a gang of Korean boffins has gone one dimension furtherFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: a surprising degree of high dramaThe final film in the Potter saga offers a surprising degree of high drama, writes Donald ClarkeFri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Arresting debut for Connemara cop comedyThe week before the most successful film of the year opened (come on, what else is going to trump the last Potter?), the box-…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Film Fleadh ends with prize-givingTHE 23RD Galway Film Fleadh ended last night by awarding the event’s audience prize, an influential citation, to John Michael…Mon Jul 11 2011 - 01:00
Hard to contain resentment of the anti-begrudgery brigadeAREN’T YOU sick of so-called Rory McIlroy? Look at him playing golfSat Jul 09 2011 - 01:00
The Princess of Montpensier/ La Princesse de MontpensierBACK IN THE 1960s, directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Éric Rohmer formed the nouvelle vague partly as a…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Partners needed for short filmMarriage Equality, the organisation dedicated to narrowing the gap between marriage and civil partnerships, plans to make a short…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Birthday bash is wheeled outThe splendid Cinemobile has long been an essential part of the Galway Film FleadhFri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Thumbs up for Madonna’s movieIt seems as if the Weinstein brothers have faith in W.EFri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Ashton puts Voice in the tweet spotIn so far as any news about Twitter is worth heeding, a diverting punch-up has been taking place between the Village Voice and…Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
The GuardJOHN MICHAEL McDonagh? Now, that name sounds familiar. You’re thinking along the right lines.Fri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Galway film festival gets into top gear with acclaimed comedy 'Parked'GALWAY FILM Fleadh marked its 23rd year last night as it kicked off with a screening of Darragh Byrne’s eccentric comedy Parked…Wed Jul 06 2011 - 01:00
New 02 cinema a capital idea for city so conspicuously short of 3D venueUpcoming blockbusters are made for an Imax screen, but studios and fans want premieres in the city centreFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
A Bond gets his girlCongratulations to Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig who, following a whirlwind romance, were married in secret last week.Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
A SeparationTHROUGHOUT ITS rise over the past few decades, Iranian cinema has gained a reputation for visual austerity and elliptical storytelling…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Transformers: Dark of the Moon review: everything that’s wrong with the entertainment industrySuch the appalling reputation of the Transformers movies that this release seems less like the launch of a summer blockbuster than the recurrence of a debilitating, infectious diseaseFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Python team plans to reuniteHere’s a nice idea. Surviving members of the Monty Python team plan to produce a 3D animated film based on the autobiography …Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Box-office big, box-office littleThere was good news for Schadenfreude fans in this week’s UK and Ireland box-office figuresFri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Is Palin ready for her close-up?Let’s be honest. We might rant about the media’s obsession with Sarah Palin, but we continue to mop up every scandalous nugget…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Standards slip in EdinburghThe sad decline of the Edinburgh Film Festival continues.Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
'Psychopaths and gangsters in tiaras'A controversial new documentary about the death of Princess Diana is packed with mind-bending speculations and theories – and…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Struggle for the soul of English usage is not just small potato'sTexting and social media are the new battlefield for language pedants and libertinesSat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
Film-makers head back to baseREELNEWS: Filmbase, the admirable resource centre for moviemakers, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a series of exciting…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Beeb to chronicle unholy rowREELNEWS: The BBC seems to have an obsession with dramatising the lives of post-war comicsFri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
23rd Fleadh makes holy show of Stella line-upREELNEWS: The programme for the 23rd Galway Film Fleadh was unveiled this week.Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Award for best dictator goes to . . .REELNEWS: Har, har! Michael Bay, director of the cacophonous Transformers franchise, has confirmed what many people already …Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Viva Riva!ON PAPER, this acetylene-driven thriller – allegedly the first dramatic feature ever from the Democratic Republic of the Congo…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Ebert’s car-crash review hits a nerveREELNEWS: An odd controversy has sprung up in the aftermath of Jackass performer Ryan Dunn’s death in a car crashFri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Plaudits for the publicREELNEWS: An interesting scheme is afoot aimed at thanking the general public for attending movies and at promoting the importance…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
