Ralph Fiennes at the Abbey Theatre: An electrifying, moving reading of TS Eliotâs Four QuartetsThe likely triple Oscar nominee, star of Conclave, is in fluent form at the national theatreâs TS Eliot Lecture for 2024Sun Dec 15 2024 - 21:34
Four new films to see this weekLord of the Rings anime prequel is violent fun for fans, but Luca Guadagninoâs Queer is a vacuous disappointment. Plus documentaries The Bibi Files and Chasing the LightSun Dec 15 2024 - 05:00
What kind of Christmas songs are Jingle Bells and Winter Wonderland? Funny you should askItâs a swizz: both belong to a large class of winter songs that have been shuffled cynically on to the Christmas playlistSun Dec 15 2024 - 05:00
Dear Orson Welles & Other Essays by Mark Cousins: A generous, playful and unpretentious collectionThe self-confessed âaltar boy in the church of cinemaâ propels the reader comfortably from one argument to the nextSat Dec 14 2024 - 00:00
The Movie Quiz: Hackman, Spacey, Eisenberg: Who has played Lex Luthor the most often?Plus: Which is the only Bond film to feature the singer of the theme song in an acting role?Fri Dec 13 2024 - 05:00
Chasing the Light review: This agreeable Irish documentary is all peace and healing. Then something disturbing happensReceiving a limited theatrical release, Chasing the Light is worth seeing on the big screen to savour breathtaking vistas of the Atlantic coastThu Dec 12 2024 - 05:00
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim review â Enjoyably gory epic is a useful addition to Tolkien loreQuibbles aside, Kenji Kamiyamaâs prequel is better than a place-holding animation needed to beWed Dec 11 2024 - 05:00
Daily Mail vs Kneecap: Belfast rap trioâs âanti-Britishâ film has the newspaper up in arms againDaily Mail article headlined âAnti-British Irish-language movie funded by UK public money wins Best British Film gongâ is the latest salvo in the war of words with KneecapTue Dec 10 2024 - 06:00
Golden Globes 2025: Good day for Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott. Bad day for Paul Mescal and Saoirse RonanColin Farrell and Andrew Scott compete against each other villainously in the race for best actor in a TV movie or limited seriesMon Dec 09 2024 - 17:00
The 10 worst films of 2024 â and Gladiator II is one of themWe gave you the best films, now hereâs the worst. Is it a surprise half of these are sequels?Sun Dec 08 2024 - 05:30
The rise and rise of Moana 2: How the Disney film is conquering the world Dollar signs are lighting up eyes all over Hollywood after Moana 2 - yes, you read that right - blew Thanksgiving apartSun Dec 08 2024 - 05:00
The 50 best films of 2024 â the top 10 movies of the yearWe reach our top 10 favourite movies released in Ireland this yearSat Dec 07 2024 - 05:30
The 50 best films of 2024: No 20 to No 11We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this yearFri Dec 06 2024 - 05:30
The Movie Quiz: Barbie director Greta Gerwig is to adapt which series of novels for Netflix?Plus: How many of the Alien films has Sigourney Weaver appeared in?Fri Dec 06 2024 - 05:00
The 50 best films of 2024: No 30 to No 21We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this yearThu Dec 05 2024 - 05:30
Grand Theft Hamlet: Slings, arrows and outrageous fortune as Shakespeare meets gameplayReview: This innovative lockdown film stages a production of Hamlet within the online version of Grand Theft Auto VThu Dec 05 2024 - 05:00
The 50 best films of 2024: No 50 to No 31 The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels â but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for âcultural cinemaâWed Dec 04 2024 - 05:30
Nightbitch: Amy Adams gives it her all, but the close of the film feels like a malign deceptionConventional drama drops in on bookâs key premise when bored by its own lacklustre comedyWed Dec 04 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekVatican thriller Conclave is gripping hokum. Plus poetic Mumbai drama All We Imagine as Light, mild and pleasant Disney sequel Moana 2, and ho-ho-hum Christmas romcom Our Little SecretSun Dec 01 2024 - 05:00
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivoâs emotional love-ins take publicity to another levelThe Wicked starsâ sentimental gush lachrymose interviews have surely helped drive the film to an enormous opening in US cinemasSun Dec 01 2024 - 05:00
Emma review: Agreeably quirky take on Austen shakes the storyâs structure a little too vigorouslyTheatre: Toni OâRourke plays Emma with gusto, and Hannah Mamalis is hilarious as Harriet. Despite some narrative overreaching, youâll probably leave happyFri Nov 29 2024 - 10:01
The Movie Quiz: Paul Mescal has not featured in a film by one of these directors Plus: What is the current Irish pick for the best international film Oscar?Fri Nov 29 2024 - 05:00
All We Imagine as Light: Swooningly poetic film marks Payal Kapadia as a voice for the futureThe Indian directorâs Mumbai-set second feature is, like Wings of Desire, one of the great city filmsThu Nov 28 2024 - 05:00
Conclave: Ralph Fiennes is flawless in Robert Harrisâs preposterously gripping drama of papal electioneeringThis heavily plotted adaptation moves at a dizzying clatter as revelation upends revelationThu Nov 28 2024 - 05:00
The Dead review: James Joyceâs tragicomedy wraps around the audience in a hugely engaging, immensely accomplished eveningTheatre: Marty Rea and Maeve Fitzgerald star as Gabriel and Gretta Conroy in Louise Loweâs promenade staging of the beloved Dubliners storyTue Nov 26 2024 - 23:54
Box Office Poison by Tim Robey: Cinematic flops that defined the industry, from Colin Farrell in Alexander to Tom Hooperâs creepy CatsThe Daily Telegraph reviewer certainly has fun with his catastrophes, but the book has a more serious purposeTue Nov 26 2024 - 05:00
Paul Mescalâs response to meeting King Charles was a masterclass in diplomacyGladiator II star said meeting the English king at the filmâs British premiere was ânot on the list of prioritiesâSun Nov 24 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekMovie of smash-hit musical Wicked is well-cast and spectacular. Plus moving and evocative Irish documentary Housewife of the Year, solid IVF drama Joy, and fascinating feminist doc WitchesSun Nov 24 2024 - 05:00
Amy Adams: âThere is so much women normalise in relation to pain and sacrificeâIn Nightbitch, Marielle Hellerâs new film, the star plays a woman crushed by childrearing. Itâs not the only pressure women are under, she saysSat Nov 23 2024 - 05:15
âLots of guests got tattooedâ: Jack Reynor and best man Sam Keeley on his wedding, making speeches and remaining friendsIrish actors Jack Reynor and Sam Keeley met before being cast in Lenny Abrahamsonâs What Richard Did and remain very close, to the point that Keeley was recently best man at Reynorâs weddingFri Nov 22 2024 - 05:30
The Movie Quiz: With which sweets does Elliott lay his trail in ET?As part of Irish Times Food Month, 10 delectable questions to satisfy every cinema-going gourmetFri Nov 22 2024 - 05:00
Wicked director Jon Chu: âEveryoneâs whispering behind your back at what a terrible decision this is or that wasâTurning the $1bn stage musical into a Hollywood blockbuster brought high expectations for the maker of the Oscar-winning Crazy Rich AsiansThu Nov 21 2024 - 05:15
Housewife of the Year: A wistful celebration of a generation of Irish women who competed for ÂŁ300 and a gas stoveCiaran Cassidyâs fine documentary is filled with much sadness but also allows a fair degree of celebrationThu Nov 21 2024 - 05:00
Wicked review: Yes, itâs a nightmare in digital wax, but youâll leave the cinema in buoyant moodCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are well paired. Itâs easy to shake off the outside world and soar along beside themTue Nov 19 2024 - 20:00
The Borrowers review: Gateâs Irish-set adaptation is solid good fun for the whole familyMary Nortonâs story will entertain children while adults can convince themselves of its literary statusMon Nov 18 2024 - 09:21
Four new films to see this weekMescal and Washington are solid in otherwise second-hand Gladiator II. Plus charmingly festive Christmas Eve in Millerâs Point, vibrant doc Soundtrack to a Coup dâĂtat, and rigorous if cold drama In CameraSun Nov 17 2024 - 05:00
Are celebrities preparing Donald Trump takedown speeches ahead of awards season? Donât bet on itIgnore the right-wing blowhards: awards ceremonies are rarely as politically partisan as they like to pretendSun Nov 17 2024 - 05:00
Steve McQueen: âIt was always Saoirse Ronan and her mother. So there was this bond. Thereâs this kinshipâ Directorâs film Blitz, starring the Irish actor, focuses on a tight family of three trying to keep heads aloft as the bombs fall in London in 1940Sat Nov 16 2024 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: Skellig Michael made its first appearance in which Star Wars film?Plus: Connie Nielsen is back in Gladiator II. Who else returns from the first film?Fri Nov 15 2024 - 05:00
In Camera: Debut feature unnerves, provokes and intriguesA film that steers away from didacticism, this is a deliberately puzzling, oblique affair that never runs when it can sneakFri Nov 15 2024 - 05:00
Gladiator II: What the critics say about Paul Mescalâs performanceThe word on the Irish actorâs performance was consistently positive, not so much for the film itselfTue Nov 12 2024 - 12:00
Gladiator II review: Donât blame Paul Mescal, but thereâs no good reason for this jumbled sequel to existRidley Scottâs sequel to his own historical epic fails to rise above second-hand status, despite valiant efforts from a fine castMon Nov 11 2024 - 14:00
Sonny Boy: A Memoir by Al Pacino â A meandering but not unengaging memoir from Hollywoodâs enduring oddballThe star reflects on his âdifficultâ reputation, his baffling and hilarious money troubles, and how drinking âsaved his lifeâMon Nov 11 2024 - 05:00
Show Clint Eastwood some respect. His new film Juror #2 is no dudThe way Warner Bros has handled the veteran starâs 40th film as director is in keeping with Hollywood studiosâ new approach to the movie economySun Nov 10 2024 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekSaoirse Ronan in in elaborate but conventional WWII drama Blitz, plus superior family film Paddington in Peru, static adaptation of August Wilsonâs The Piano Lesson, and peculiar âLegoisedâ Pharrell Williams doc Piece by PieceSun Nov 10 2024 - 04:45
Bird director Andrea Arnold on Barry Keoghan: âI thought he had the most incredible face. Wow. What a manâThe English film-maker talks about tough shoots, her working-class background and working with Irishmen Keoghan and Robbie RyanSat Nov 09 2024 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: What three Oscars has Meryl Streep won? Plus: What was the first film Clint Eastwood directed in which he did not act?Fri Nov 08 2024 - 05:00
âThis feels categorically mentalâ: Paul Mescal stunned by celebrations at Gladiator II premiereActor attends Irish premiere of Ridley Scott film at Light House Cinema in DublinThu Nov 07 2024 - 20:55
Piece by Piece review: Pharrell Williamsâs life story, told through Lego. Kind of weirdThe peculiarity here is how little this documentary differs from the average pop hagiographyThu Nov 07 2024 - 05:00
The Piano Lesson review: Denzel Washingtonâs project is admirable, but this film canât shake off its stage originsDanielle Deadwyler and Samuel L Jackson are outstanding in the third instalment of the starâs effort to bring August Wilsonâs Pittsburgh cycle to the screenWed Nov 06 2024 - 05:00
