Southern spotlight on home moviesThe 55th Corona Cork Film Festival offers a warm refuge from a cold economic climate, but it also illuminates the wealth of filmmaking…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Involuntary/De OfrivilligaENCOUNTERING something as odd as Ruben Östlund’s comic Swedish mosaic, the viewer, eager for a road map, is bound to consider…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
Forbes names stars who get money for nothingWe know how much you enjoy Forbes magazine’s various lists of which Hollywood stars get the most money and how much revenue they…Fri Nov 12 2010 - 00:00
We saw it coming in 3DYeah, yeah, yeah. Reports of 3D’s demise might (by this column, for starters) have been greatly exaggeratedFri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Cork film festival hits 55 with an eclectic line-upThe Corona Cork Film Festival, the oldest such jamboree in the nation, kicks into busy action on SundayFri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Due DateAN UPTIGHT neurotic, desperate to get home to his beloved wife, is forced to journey cross-country with a coarse, overweight, …Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Leo the Lion could be muzzledIt looks as if the long-running financial catastrophe engulfing MGM has finally reached a critical stageFri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Burren given Access to filmsIf the lovely scenery isn’t enough to keep them entertained, visitors to and residents of the Burren now have a new film club…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Jumping through Hobbit’s hoopsIt seems the New Zealand government actually had to pass formal legislation to keep Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit within its shores…Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Burke and HareIt’s directed by John Landis and it stars Simon Pegg. You can tell what they’re going for hereFri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
The career hangover continues for GibsonWhen, earlier this year, that story emerged about Mel Gibson’s alleged racist and sexist rants, more cynical pundits argued that…Fri Oct 29 2010 - 01:00
The good, bad and just plain weird at DarklightDespite the grim economic climate, a number of innovative film festivals continue to deliver exciting material to enthusiasts…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Jolie’s Bosnian drama okayedBosnia has reopened its doors to Angelina Jolie and her mighty lips. It’s a strange storyFri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleTHE SUBJECT for this week appears to be the wrong way to handle 3D family animationsFri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Ramona and BeezusA STRANGE one this. Based on a series of children’s books by Beverly Cleary that, to this writer’s knowledge, have made little…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Alpha and OmegaHERE’S AN animated feature that stresses the importance of following your dreamFri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Leigh won’t be going to IsraelDirector Mike Leigh has pulled out of a teaching trip to Israel in protest against that country’s controversial loyalty-oath …Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Tintin gets the deluxe treatmentThere’s still a whole year to go before the release of Steven Spielberg’s film based on the adventures of Hergé’s immortal Tintin…Fri Oct 22 2010 - 01:00
Dublin hosts best of Polish filmThe fifth Kinopolis Polish Film Festival will kick off in Dublin on WednesdayFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Potter won't be popping out all over after allExtraordinary news reaches us from HogwartsFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Madge gets the royal treatmentIt seems that members of the British royal family have been acting as expert advisers to Princess Madonna of Ciccone.Fri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Lord of the wingsZack Snyder, the director of 300 and Watchmen, brings his adman sensibilities and knack for CGI mayhem to a peculiar family fantasy…Fri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Critic hot to trot for horse flickA most unusual kerfuffle has kicked up among US criticsFri Oct 15 2010 - 01:00
Veteran Wisdom joins Hollywood exit paradeWhat with the recent passing of such luminaries as Claude Chabrol, Tony Curtis and Arthur Penn, The Ticket looks set to merge…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
Wall Street: Money Never SleepsA GREAT DEAL has happened since Oliver Stone, the Bomber Harris of American cinema, delivered his first, characteristically unrestrained…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
The Death and Life of Charlie St CloudFROM TIME to time, most parents will worry that their children are watching too many films or playing too many video games that…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
RestrepoIT SEEMS A long time since liberal politicians – Al Gore and Barack Obama, to name two – felt able, when considering their country…Fri Oct 08 2010 - 01:00
How a cinema ticket-tearer teamed up with Neil Jordan and helped save an industryStephen Woolley was always a film fanatic, but he became a producer almost by accident, after John Boorman encouraged him to …Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
BuriedIF YOU’VE glanced across the credits for this excellent high- concept thriller, you will – aware the film concerns Ryan Reynolds…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
Made in DagenhamOVER THE past 30 years, the demonisation of the UK labour movement has been so pervasive that the notion of a mainstream film…Fri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
TakersA WEEK AGO, we enjoyed a film that seemed happy to generate comparisons with Michael Mann’s HeatFri Oct 01 2010 - 01:00
The TownA BIG SUCCESS in these territories, Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone truly transformed attitudes to the square-headed polymathFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Binoche passes the O’Hara testThe Kerry Film Festival, which runs from October 30th to November 6th, is to present Juliet Binoche with its annual Maureen O…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
The HoleEVERY NOW and then you come across a film that reminds you of a vanished genre: a class of entertainment that slipped away without…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Ultimate video nasty stays banned in IrelandThere’s no doubting the big story in Irish film this weekFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Surprise: Phoenix flick a hoaxCasey Affleck has finally admitted – more or less – that I’m Still Here , his documentary on the apparent decline of actor Joaquin…Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Endgame for Leo the LionThe saga of MGM’s struggle against financial annihilation continuesFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Enter the Void/Soudain La VideYOU COULDN’T say that Enter the Void wasn’t an ordealFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Back to the big house for Li-Lo?The Lindsay Lohan story continues to get sadderFri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Death of a film-makerDonal Gilligan, the distinguished Irish cinematographer who worked on films such as Omagh and Mystics , has died of a sudden …Fri Sept 24 2010 - 01:00
Re-release of 'I Spit on Your Grave' banned by film bodyTHE IRISH Film Classification Office has banned the DVD re-release of Meir Zarchi’s notorious 1978 horror film I Spit on Your…Tue Sept 21 2010 - 01:00
Shower power: 'Psycho' at 50The 1960s began with Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’, which, in spite of its agelessness, contains a lesson in why it’s a bad idea…Sat Sept 18 2010 - 01:00
Just WrightWHAT IS the point of flying this thing across the Atlantic? Queen Latifah has some currency – though not as much as she deserves…Fri Sept 17 2010 - 01:00
