Flight of the red baloon/ Le voyage de ballon rougeREADERS who ran screaming from Wong Kar Wai's atrocious My Blueberry Nights could be forgiven for approaching the latest film…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
The CottageIMAGINE, for a moment, that, after directing Poor Cow, his feature debut, Ken Loach embarked on a Norman Wisdom comedy or a film…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
The game planIF YOU really have to attend the latest humorous juxtaposition of action star and infant - did you learn nothing from Kindergarten…Fri Mar 14 2008 - 00:00
Anna MThough Isabelle Carré's coruscating central performance has been justly praised, this interesting French film has also generated…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Don't Touch the Axe/Ne Touchez pas La HacheJACQUES Rivette, who turned 80 last Saturday, was among that august group of Cahiers du Cinéma critics at the forefront of the…Fri Mar 07 2008 - 00:00
Roots and bling side by sideThis year's Dublin International Film Festival got cinema talked about in corners of the city festivals don't usually reachWed Feb 27 2008 - 00:00
The band's visit/Bikur ha-tizmoretONE can imagine worse things than a Middle Eastern version of Local HeroFri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
The edge of heaven/Auf der Anderen SeiteHEAD-ON, the last dramatic feature from Fatih Akin, gained quite a following on its release three years agoFri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
Be Kind RewindWHEN Michel Gondry, the French director of deranged pop videos, followed up Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with the amusing…Fri Feb 22 2008 - 00:00
The princes' questJUST when you think you've got your head around the various manifestations of the current animation boom - Pixar's digital slickness…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
The water horse: Legend of the deepAH, YES. Lot's of bracing highland air. Children in corduroys and thick-knit jumpersFri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Arctic TaleANYBODY troubled by the anthropomorphism in March of the Penguins would, if somehow forced to attend this ghastly arctic soap…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
National Treasure: Book of SecretsHEY, Burt Sidekick, have you finished running up and down ladders for no good reason? Yes? Well, then what do you make of this…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
Definitely, maybeTHE romcom is currently in such a degraded state that one feels like screeching for joy when any film that meets the description…Fri Feb 08 2008 - 00:00
CloverfieldWE FIRST heard of Cloverfield last summer when a deliberately perplexing trailer - lots of screaming and panicking in New York…Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
PenelopeI WOULD guess the maniacs behind this bungled fairytale would be pleased to hear their film described as oddFri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
I know who killed meTwo films are fighting it out for the title of Grand Turkey at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.Fri Feb 01 2008 - 00:00
Outdoor screenings to feature in next month's Dublin I Film FestivalPat Shortt, one of the nation's favourite actors, and Jayne Wisener, who plays the title character's young daughter in the recent…Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:00
The sound of musicalsThe heyday of American movie musicals is over, but as Sweeney Todd, Mamma Mia! and High School Musical show, there's life in …Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
The ItalianIt would require a Dickensian misanthrope of inhuman proportions to turn this particular cinematic waif from the door, writes…Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
In the Valley of ElahTommy Lee Jones provides the moral heft to this mystery, writes Donald Clarke.Fri Jan 25 2008 - 00:00
Monster mashFreddy Krueger has battled Jason, Frankenstein has met the Wolf Man and today Predator starts another dust-up with the Aliens…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Alien vs Predator: RequiemWhat's going on? Harry Secombe vs The Honey Monster? Princess Grace vs Tank Girl? If you thought the first round of this celebrity…Fri Jan 18 2008 - 00:00
Charlie Wilson's WarOver the past year or so, too many prominent film-makers have failed in their (admirably intentioned) attempts to make big, serious…Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Dan in real lifeWHAT are we to do with Steve Carell? Since breaking cover with The 40-Year-Old Virgin and the American version of The Office, …Fri Jan 11 2008 - 00:00
Hotel Harabati/De particulier a particulierIf you are an enthusiast of the work of Michael Haneke (and you have decided to emerge from the dank cellar in which you sleep…Fri Jan 04 2008 - 00:00
Closing the RingSome veteran performers save this silly melodrama from total decay, writes Donald Clarke.Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
Shut Up and Shoot MeFilm-makers have always enjoyed extracting comedy from the petty squabbling of silly men, writes Donald Clarke.Fri Dec 28 2007 - 00:00
Alvin and the ChipmunksI SMELL hypocrisy. This perfunctory family film follows a cynical record producer (David Cross, currently playing Alan Ginsberg…Fri Dec 21 2007 - 00:00
Mr Magorium's wonder emporiumEXCUSE me. Where is the rest of this film? Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium - the title alone could rot teeth - is mostly taken …Fri Dec 14 2007 - 00:00
Southland TalesFOR ALL the abundant delights provided by Richard Kelly's fine Donnie Darko, there remained a suspicion that the film was the…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
The Killing of John LennonMARK Chapman, the troubled JD Salinger enthusiast who murdered John Lennon, is, by all accounts, a fairly dull individual with…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
You Kill MeWHEN, a decade and a half ago, John Dahl hit gold with Red Rock West and The Last Seduction, a few million noir addicts gleefully…Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Code Name: The CleanerIF THE movies have taught us anything, it is that a bump on the head can wipe the memory clean and make a tabula rasa of the …Fri Dec 07 2007 - 00:00
Controversial fantasy saga opens on big screenEver since the first Lord of the Rings film opened in 2001 Christmas has become the season for noisy fantasy epicsThu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Blame It on Fidel/La faute a FidelGROWING up as the daughter of Constantin Costa-Gavras, the noted left-wing film-maker, Julie Gavras probably sat through her …Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
Fred ClausA FEW years back, angry parents without access to the censor's advisory notes got themselves in a bit of a tizzy about Bad Santa…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
HitmanTHE video game adaptation is such a grisly genre that if any film fitting the description fails to induce fits, vomiting or comas…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
