‘We would go to motels to have sex. In Brazil, as in every Catholic country, there’s a huge degree of hypocrisy’Film-maker Aïnouz talks about Berlin parties, taking back Brazil from the military and coming to see cinema as an artform that can change the worldMon May 05 2025 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: The hottest TV show you’ve never seen could land in Ireland next year. Are these people insane?Noah Wyle's new medical drama is taking its time getting to the Old WorldSun May 04 2025 - 05:45
Four new films to see this weekThunderbolts*, Amongst the Wolves, Screamboat and Parthenope among film highlightsSun May 04 2025 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which is the only Bridget Jones not to feature Hugh Grant?Plus: What is the highest grossing English-language film of 2025? Fri May 02 2025 - 05:00
Amongst the Wolves review: This Irish drug dealer is in debt to a villain played by Aidan Gillen. That never bodes wellLuke McQuillan makes the most of a breakthrough lead in this grim survey of stubborn urban discontentsWed Apr 30 2025 - 08:22
Thunderbolts* review: Florence Pugh stars in the least bad of Marvel’s trilogy of obscure team-up flicksFlorence Pugh and David Harbour star in jokey romp at home to tolerable quips amid mounting chaosTue Apr 29 2025 - 17:26
Magic movies: The 25 best comedies of the past 25 years – in reverse orderFrom Borat to Banshees of Inisherin, here’s the best comedies from the last 25 yearsMon Apr 28 2025 - 05:19
John Murry on being abused: ‘Those experiences as a teenager made me angry and they made me write. They gave me a lot of rage’Singular US musician and former resident of Ireland is the subject of a fine documentary, The Graceless Age: The Ballad of John MurryMon Apr 28 2025 - 04:59
No, I didn’t watch Sinners all the way through before giving it five starsRyan Coogler’s terrific film has a post-credits sequence that adds important plot points. What the hell’s going on?Sun Apr 27 2025 - 05:30
Four new films to see this weekFréwaka is an eerie, subtle delve into Celtic mythology. Plus a gruesome Norwegian reworking of Cinderella, Naomi Watts and Bill Murray in a gentle story of friendship, and a thoroughly original drama from GeorgiaSun Apr 27 2025 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many times have DiCaprio and Scorsese worked together?Plus: Who’s playing Ringo in the upcoming Beatles tetralogy?Fri Apr 25 2025 - 05:00
‘I couldn’t sit through it’: New Oscars rule requires members to watch all films before votingDonald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shiftThu Apr 24 2025 - 11:18
April review: This five-star film is difficult and abrasive, but it’s also cinematic poetryDea Kulumbegashvili’s sprawling meditation on gynaecological morality is unlike anything else in cinemasThu Apr 24 2025 - 05:00
The Friend review: Bill Murray and Naomi Watts are genuinely touching in this lovely New York fantasy The newcomer Bing is full of charm as the dog whose presence causes Watts’s character to confront what’s missing in her lifeWed Apr 23 2025 - 05:00
Havoc director Gareth Evans: ‘I’ve always been a disciple of the John Woo school of film-making’Tom Hardy is top-notch, but what sets this film apart is the poetic mayhem of a creator raised on Asian greatsTue Apr 22 2025 - 05:24
If Warfare’s not an anti-war film, what is? Apocalypse Now? Don’t make me laugh Most sensible people might be anti-war, but just as many are in favour of certain wars. And pacifism just doesn’t make for good cinemaSun Apr 20 2025 - 06:00
The Movie Quiz: Which of these four films doesn’t quote its title in the last scripted line?Plus: What is getting us all throwing popcorn?Fri Apr 18 2025 - 05:00
Sinners review: The best film of 2025 so far, right down to the Celtic vampires singing Rocky Road to DublinPart period bloodsucker flick, part blues-heavy musical, with not one but two Michael B Jordans and an insanely violent denouementThu Apr 17 2025 - 05:00
Warfare review: Few US war films have come this close to acknowledging the true suffering of combatAlex Garland and Ray Mendoza bring us within the US combatants’ claustrophobic bubble during the Iraq WarWed Apr 16 2025 - 05:01
Grand Tour star Crista Alfaiate: ‘Portuguese cinema has this beautiful heritage – the sense of freedom’Miguel Gomes won the best director award at Cannes for a film that is properly strange, in a way you don’t get from the mainstreamSun Apr 13 2025 - 05:08
Four new films to see this weekEngrossing Lennon/Ono doc is a fascinating time capsule. Plus an amusing Irish spin-off, a gritty, austere take on The Odyssey, and an exuberant, smash-hit French comedy Sun Apr 13 2025 - 05:00
Distressing news about Elton John and Madonna. We don’t get too many cask-strength feuds any moreThe spitting match between the biggest pop stars of the 1970s and 1980s had all the elements for recreational savourSun Apr 13 2025 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which icon is ‘lousy with virginity’?Plus: What is the only film in Universal’s doomed Dark Universe ‘series’?Fri Apr 11 2025 - 05:00
Cannes film festival 2025: Bono, Paul Mescal and Element Pictures to fly flag for Ireland Documentary based on U2 frontman’s memoir will premiere in Cannes, while Paul Mescal will attend for The History of SoundThu Apr 10 2025 - 13:15
Fran the Man review: Irish TV comedy’s big-screen upgrade floods the zone with classy comic actorsIt wouldn’t do to overanalyse this film set in and about the characterful suburbs of Dublin, but the script never lets up on worthwhile one-linersThu Apr 10 2025 - 05:03
One to One: John & Yoko review – Watch this film at a good cinema to really appreciate its seat-juddering soundThere’s always room for a post-Beatles doc if it’s as good and original as this one from Kevin MacdonaldWed Apr 09 2025 - 05:07
Hey, tourists: fondling the Molly Malone statue is not a Dublin tradition. And it probably won’t bring you any luckSince word got around that rubbing Molly Malone's bronze bazongas brings good fortune, they’ve become shiny enough for Bavarians and Bostonians to redo their eye make-up in them post-frottage. Fondling the statue is not a Dublin tradition. And it probably won’t bring you any luck, writes Donald ClarkeSun Apr 06 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekPleasant Irish comedy Four Mothers, plus Richard Burton’s origin story, a cracking British thriller, and a slacker vibe video game adaptationSun Apr 06 2025 - 05:00
Ralph Fiennes: ‘I don’t feel any need to slow down. Opportunities come my way – and I can’t say no’The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mysterySat Apr 05 2025 - 05:31
The Movie Quiz: Who has not played Elle Fanning’s dad?Plus: Who said `Who am I? Are you sure you want to know’?Fri Apr 04 2025 - 05:00
Restless review: Perfectly pitched thriller makes an everyday irritation impressively stressful A woman is pushed to the edge when noisy neighbours move in next doorThu Apr 03 2025 - 05:02
Val Kilmer: Avatar of American swagger who only occasionally got the roles he deservedSymbolising a brash period in pop culture, the handsome Californian had an up-and-down professional journeyWed Apr 02 2025 - 12:15
Four Mothers review: Fionnula Flanagan excels as one of four Dublin partying matriarchs on a road tripA gay man saddled with four Dublin matriarchs decides to take a road tripWed Apr 02 2025 - 05:07
George Clooney is giving up romance at 63. Don’t people of his age deserve love?The star says he’s too old to play any more romantic leads. But something odd has happened: that kind of big film has almost vanished Sun Mar 30 2025 - 05:00
Fionnula Flanagan: I remember the ‘No Irish or dogs’ signs. I didn’t want to live in a country that took that attitude towards mePut off London, the actor went instead to the US, where she spent 50 years as one of Ireland’s most prominent screen presencesSat Mar 29 2025 - 05:33
The Movie Quiz: Which hit romcom couple reunited at the Oscars?Plus: How many Star Trek features are there?Fri Mar 28 2025 - 05:00
An Taibhse review: Queasy atmosphere and good performances drive this taut Irish-language horrorAt a taut, busy 92 minutes, John Farrelly’s film works itself into a symphony of niggling submelodies: blood, religion, familial abuseThu Mar 27 2025 - 05:05
The End review: Don’t be put off. This powerful, beautiful film could become a cult classicJoshua Oppenheimer’s singular musical about the end of the world is a melodic warning from beneath the earthWed Mar 26 2025 - 05:10
The digital haters are out again. Look at what they’ve done to Millie Bobby Brown and Rachel ZeglerIt’s a tragedy of modern communication that bullies can gather online to torment any young woman foolish enough to achieve even a sliver of fameSun Mar 23 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekRachel Zegler the best thing in misfire updating of Snow White. Plus an Oscar-winning Latvian animation, a compelling Chinese domestic drama, and Robert De Niro in a superfluous sub-Goodfellas mob taleSun Mar 23 2025 - 05:00
Joshua Oppenheimer on shooting his postapocalyptic film The End in Ireland: ‘How would you tell your story to your grandchildren?’The End, starring Bronagh Gallagher, was shot in Wicklow and seems about as far as you can get from the director’s disturbing documentariesSat Mar 22 2025 - 05:16
The Movie Quiz: How many Shakespeare adaptations has Kenneth Branagh directed?Plus: Who are the stars of Disney’s live-action update of Snow White?Fri Mar 21 2025 - 05:00
Flow review: Children will rewatch this piece of outsider art until the pixels wear outThis tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the OscarsFri Mar 21 2025 - 05:00
Brief History of a Family review: Startlingly eerie debut finds new angles to a familiar genreIn this excellent Chinese drama, a mildly troubled son to a well-off couple brings the bright child of an abusive father home Thu Mar 20 2025 - 05:00
Ludivine Sagnier: ‘This sexy bombshell had nothing to do with who I was. I felt confused’Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas Mon Mar 17 2025 - 05:04
Four new films to see this week: Black Bag, Sister Midnight, Opus, The Electric StateSteven Sodergergh’s starry espionage caper is sleek and stylish. Plus an inventive Indian caper, an oddball popstar horror, and a blandly expensive sci-fi bust on NetflixSun Mar 16 2025 - 05:00
Van Morrison’s Madame George remains a work of great poignancyWhat did the old grump mean in Madame George about pitching pennies into the Boyne? We’re one step closer to reconnecting with his great artworkSun Mar 16 2025 - 04:03
The Movie Quiz: For what did Anora’s Sean Baker not win a gong at the Oscars?Plus: Spot the film without a credit for BonoFri Mar 14 2025 - 05:00
Sister Midnight review: An endlessly inventive marriage of perfectly pitched comedy and deranged ambienceRadhika Apte plays an irrepressible oddball driven to the edge of sanity (and maybe beyond)Thu Mar 13 2025 - 05:04
