Mutant Mayhem: This new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is top notch. Who could have seen it coming?Previous Turtles incarnations had a twentysomething swagger. Jeff Rowe’s subterranean avengers are continually battling with believable insecuritiesTue Aug 01 2023 - 09:55
Mick Jagger is 80. Let’s pay tribute to his greatest gift to the worldDonald Clarke: Mick Jagger and his peers liberated young men from requirement to dress like their dadSun Jul 30 2023 - 05:00
What lessons will Hollywood learn from Oppenheimer and Barbie? Probably the wrong onesDespite setting post-pandemic box-office records, the industry is still struggling with an existential crisis that compares to the arrival of television in the 1950sSat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
The Last Bohemian: Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema by Lance PettittDespite analysis of Hurst’s work being academic in form, this book offers pleasures to the casual readerSat Jul 29 2023 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who is not really a character in The Flintstones (1994)?Plus: Which was the first film directed by Woody Allen in which he didn’t appear?Fri Jul 28 2023 - 15:07
The Virgin Suicides: The most 1999 film of 1999 is even more persuasive now than it was on releaseSofia Coppola’s beautiful debut film, restored to 4K quality, returns us to a time when the world had no clue what was comingFri Jul 28 2023 - 05:00
‘It was our film and Oppenheimer. I thought, What the f**k? This is crazy’Talk to Me, Danny and Michael Philippou’s superb horror film, has catapulted the brothers from YouTube spoofs to the mainstreamThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:15
Talk to Me: RackaRacka’s Philippou brothers get serious with a bracingly grim horror Expect a lot of money to be thrown at the Philippous. On this evidence, they deserve the opportunityThu Jul 27 2023 - 05:00
Venice film festival 2023: Liam Neeson and Emma Stone movies lead Irish interest as line-up unveiledA sparkling line-up of titles for the upcoming 80th edition of the festival has been announcedTue Jul 25 2023 - 16:46
Barbenheimer: Spectacular figures at box office evidence huge turnout around Ireland The Light House cinema in Dublin and Pálás in Galway annihilate records with busiest weekends everTue Jul 25 2023 - 11:55
Éanna Hardwicke on The Sixth Commandment: ‘It’s a devastating story. I’m just glad that it reached people’As the four-part BBC series comes to a close, the young Cork actor has received ecstatic reviews for his disturbing performanceTue Jul 25 2023 - 09:09
Popcorn in the IFI: is this the buttery end of a long campaign to turn cinemas into feeding pens?Much as we would wish it otherwise, the exhibitors function within the brutal matrix of neoliberal economicsSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Cillian Murphy is one of film’s most reclusive actors – how much longer can he avoid the spotlight?Actors’ strike may be blessing in disguise for Corkman, but Oscar buzz for his performance in Oppenheimer could force him out of his comfort zoneSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What was the first Hitchcock film in colour?Think you know your films inside out? It’s time to put your cinema knowledge to the test in our weekly movie quizFri Jul 21 2023 - 08:27
My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock: A rigorous commentary for Hitch enthusiasts and a useful primer for newcomersAn unseen Alistair McGowan impersonates the great man as he talks us through themes in his workFri Jul 21 2023 - 05:00
Barbie review: Margot Robbie is explosive in Greta Gerwig’s lurid assault on sensesThe screenplay is positively philosophical at times, as a self-conscious plot spins ever deeper into creative absurdityThu Jul 20 2023 - 05:56
Does the Barbenheimer phenomenon ring any bells?If the box-office projections are right, the battle between Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig’s Barbie won’t even be closeTue Jul 18 2023 - 07:00
Galway Film Fleadh 2023: Rambunctious comedy Apocalypse Clown wins best Irish filmThis year’s event boasted 34 Irish films, including 20 world premieres and seven Irish premieresMon Jul 17 2023 - 11:11
Whodunit? In search of the lesser presented Alfred Hitchcock Mark Cousins discusses his exploration of the great film-maker’s thoughts on life and workMon Jul 17 2023 - 05:00
Jane Birkin: A charismatic actor best known for a song that ‘wasn’t rude at all’Birkin, who has died aged 76, was also a fashion idol and a philanthropistSun Jul 16 2023 - 16:45
Donald Clarke: Napoleon still the historic figure film directors can’t get away fromNo figure in history has been portrayed so often in movies than the little CorsicanSun Jul 16 2023 - 05:45
Squaring the Circle: Celebrating designers of era-defining album sleevesFrom Pink Floyd to the likes of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, design house Hipgnosis forged some of the best known album covers with improvised chaosSat Jul 15 2023 - 13:35
The Movie Quiz: How many times did Clint Eastwood play Dirty Harry?Plus: Which Hitchcock star just celebrated her 99th birthday?Fri Jul 14 2023 - 05:00
While We Watched: Gripping film about Ravish Kumar presents a chilling view of India’s broadcast mediaThis film, centred on one brave journalist railing against populist fervour, addresses universal problemsFri Jul 14 2023 - 05:00
The Deepest Breath: A tense, engrossing documentary about the terrifying sport of freedivingHumans exist on a spectrum between those who find this extreme sport tempting and those who feel nauseous watching it on filmThu Jul 13 2023 - 05:00
Why are the best film-makers signing up for franchise movies? Money might have something to do with it Donald Clarke: These days there’s only one way for promising directors to get their rewardSun Jul 09 2023 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekCruise & co firing on all cylinders in latest Mission: Impossible, plus Pierce Brosnan in fun caper comedy The Out-Laws, French satire Smoking Causes Coughing, and Morocco-set drama The Damned Don’t CrySun Jul 09 2023 - 05:00
The Out-Laws: Pierce Brosnan grapples with a comedy role not quite dumb enough for Robert De NiroPierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin are the future parents-in-law who turn out to have unexpected jobsFri Jul 07 2023 - 08:01
The Movie Quiz: Who gives out the Oscars?Plus: Fosse, Kane, Levine...A film directed by whom might complete the set?Fri Jul 07 2023 - 05:00
Judi Dench: ‘My family was so rooted in Ireland. It is not a surprise to come back and feel unbelievably settled’Oscar-winner’s father, from Dorset, and her mother, born in Dublin, first met at Wesley College in DublinThu Jul 06 2023 - 21:13
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One: Tom Cruise at 60 appears implausibly comfortableTom Cruise and the series itself are in rude health as this indecently exciting instalment showsThu Jul 06 2023 - 08:55
The 10 best films of 2023 so far – in reverse orderBox office is booming, powered by a handful of smash hits. But look around, especially in art houses and on streamers, and you’ll find plenty of great moviesMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:15
How to make the new Irish passport the world’s coolest: Vote for the jellyfish, the shark and the lizardDonald Clarke: We are a sentimental people, but that does not extend to passports any more than it does to driving licencesSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekHarrison Ford does his gruffly charming best in frenetic but underwhelming Indiana Jones 5, plus enjoyable animation Ruby Gilman, Teenage Kraken, amiable doc Hello, Bookstore, and Succession’s Sarah Snook in eerie Run Rabbit RunSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
Elemental is a tale of romance that arrives at an awkward time for the industryNew film Elemental struggled at US box office but its makers believe there’s something special about the animation studioSun Jul 02 2023 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many Steven Spielberg films have held the title of the highest grossing of all time?Plus: Who first sang an official James Bond theme over the opening credits?Fri Jun 30 2023 - 06:30
Run Rabbit Run: Scarey starey child tropes in the wretched Australian wildernessFirst-rate performances from actors of three generations overcome reservations about this clammy thrillerFri Jun 30 2023 - 05:45
Hello, Bookstore: tracing the fortunes of a bibliophilic heroDelightful documentary on Matthew Tannenbaum’s efforts to keep afloat his shop in Lenox, MassachusettsFri Jun 30 2023 - 04:45
Laura Linney, Kathy Bates and Cyndi Lauper: Galway Film Fleadh reveals its 2023 line-upThe festival boasts 20 world premieres and seven Irish premieres kicking off with Dublin director Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s The Miracle ClubTue Jun 27 2023 - 18:00
The n-word has been cut from The French Connection by the new puritans. Where do we draw the line?Donald Clarke: Streaming services now hold the keys to alter final cuts of films perhaps permanently, a troubling developmentSun Jun 25 2023 - 05:00
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekWe Anderson’s exquisitely crafted but twee and exhausting Asteroid City, plus Jennifer Lawrence’s cringy, atrocious romcom No Hard Feelings and superior documentaries The Last Rider and The Super 8 YearsSun Jun 25 2023 - 05:00
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page - An engaging and raw takedown of Hollywood’s hypocrisy towards queernessThe text reads more like an exercise in self-psychoanalysis than a linear history of celebrity ascentSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: When did Michael Douglas win his first Oscar? Plus: How many Martin Scorsese films are set largely outside the US?Fri Jun 23 2023 - 05:45
The Super 8 Years: Lucid, unpretentious language, but the medium has changed irretrievablyNobel prize-winner in literature Annie Ernaux digs through home-movie footage from the 1970s that sheds light on years raising children and finding herself as an artistFri Jun 23 2023 - 05:00
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson hands his detractors a wealth of ammunitionIt is difficult to locate the narrative or emotional core in a film that has difficulty settling upon what story it wants to tellWed Jun 21 2023 - 05:15
The Ezra Miller conundrum: are superhero blockbusters too big to cancel?Donald Clarke: Some are asking why the actor hasn’t received the Woody Allen or Roman Polanski treatmentSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:45
Four new films to see this weekHigh-energy superheroics in The Flash, plus the human body close up in De Humani Corporis Fabrica, gay religious drama You Can Live Forever, and trashily kinetic Extraction 2 on NetflixSun Jun 18 2023 - 05:00
Harrison Ford: ‘I just want to get through the f**king day with some self-respect left’The 80-year-old star returns as Indiana Jones and he seems to be enjoying himself while reflecting on the state of the worldSat Jun 17 2023 - 05:55
The Movie Quiz: How many Rambo flicks do not have John R’s surname in the title?Plus: Who is about to take over from Maximus Decimus Meridius?Fri Jun 16 2023 - 05:00
Glenda Jackson: No room for compromise in a career as an actor and politician marked by stubbornness and originalityNot afraid to embrace difficult material, by the early 1970s Jackson was established as the most emotionally intelligent female actor of her generationThu Jun 15 2023 - 14:28
