Root: Undeniable good will prevails over occasional awkwardnessDublin Theatre Festival: Four talented actors provide good company throughoutFri Oct 01 2021 - 14:30
The Movie Quiz: How many James Bond films have ‘die’ or ‘dies’ in the title?With No Time to Die out, a martini-fuelled headscratcher devoted to all things 007Fri Oct 01 2021 - 06:00
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life – A remarkable documentaryFilm review: It may not be innovative, but this biography is still extraordinaryFri Oct 01 2021 - 05:00
It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond careerThere has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers wholeThu Sept 30 2021 - 06:00
No Time to Die film review: The opening sequence is the best thing about itThe new Bond film starts brilliantly, goes off the boil, then rallies in a stirring finaleWed Sept 29 2021 - 01:01
Four new movies to see this weekThe Many Saints of Newark, The Alpinist, The Green Knight and The StarlingSun Sept 26 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Forget movie stars, it’s all about the IP now‘We are about to visit the most marvellous places,’ says Netflix after Roald Dahl aquisition – yeah, rightSat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
James Bond: Can 007 and No Time to Die save cinema?Latest Bond film No Time to Die arrives in the hope rescuing the entire mediumSat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which is the one Fast & Furious smash-up without Vin Diesel?Plus: Who might belong with Fay Weldon, Walter Tevis, Roald Dahl and Lucy Irvine?Fri Sept 24 2021 - 06:00
The Starling: Please avoid this sentimental claptrapReview: If you like grief porn and self-help gibberish, this one’s for youFri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00
The Alpinist: Don’t look downDizzying climbing documentary best viewed on the largest possible screenFri Sept 24 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this weekRose Plays Julie and The Story of Looking in cinemas, Everyone’s Talking About Jamie and The Mad Women’s Ball streamingSun Sept 19 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: How do we know autumn is here? The Great British Bake Off is backAnna Beattie pitched for four years before the BBC took a punt in 2009Sat Sept 18 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Which hit film was the name of a classic Seinfeld episode?Plus: Which pair shares the record for most best acting Oscar noms without a win?Fri Sept 17 2021 - 06:00
Rose Plays Julie: Highbrow quasi-thriller frustrates and rewardsA more fibrous, chewier piece of work than Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor’s previousFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
The Story of Looking: Mark Cousins takes us on an eye-opening journeyIdiosyncratic documentary explores the meaning of sight and imageryFri Sept 17 2021 - 05:00
Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980sWed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00
Twenty new films worth going back to the cinema forThe film studios’ release schedule for the rest of 2021 is as tasty as any in recent memoryTue Sept 14 2021 - 06:00
Four new films to see this weekAretha Franklin biopic Respect, Herself and Copilot in cinemas, Sweet Thing streamingSun Sept 12 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The enduring appeal of the greatest TV show ever madeIt is some measure of Columbo’s uniqueness that it has no obvious successorSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
Jennifer Hudson: ‘I grew up very normal. I wasn’t born into fame’The Oscar-winning actor on her Chicago roots, fame and playing Aretha FranklinSat Sept 11 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: From which Dylan song does Jack nearly steal a line in Titanic?Plus: Which of the Mad Max films was called The Road Warrior in the US?Fri Sept 10 2021 - 06:00
Herself: Delayed portrayal of housing crisis loses none of its relevanceWriter-star Clare Dunne shines in this irresistible dramaFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Respect: Just a little bit of a great soul storyAretha Franklin biopic follows familiar rhythms of the genreFri Sept 10 2021 - 05:00
Get you, wee man: There’s nothing wrong with my accent – and you shouldn’t need subtitlesThe Belfast ‘brogue’ in Kenneth Branagh’s new film is stumping some US reviewersWed Sept 08 2021 - 13:20
Venice Film Festival: Who will triumph as all eyes turn to the Golden Lion?Reviews: Paul Mescal and Kristen Stewart among stars featuring in this year’s festivalTue Sept 07 2021 - 11:40
Four new films to see in cinemas this weekAnnette, Wildfire, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Here TodaySun Sept 05 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Diana worship isn’t going away, you knowKristen Stewart stars in new drama depicting the princess as ‘just an ordinary girl’Sat Sept 04 2021 - 05:00
Dune: None of us has been anywhere like this before. They can put that on the posterReview: Donald Clarke on Denis Villeneuve’s unforgivingly stark film of the Frank Herbert novelFri Sept 03 2021 - 17:45
The Movie Quiz: Which studio has won the most best picture Oscars?Plus: Directing Jack, the very last line, spotting the odd track and odd title outFri Sept 03 2021 - 06:00
Wildfire: Nika McGuigan burns brightly in her final performanceReview: Border psychodrama has impressive visuals and excellent performancesFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Marvel takes a turnReview: The latest offering from the MCU is pleasingly snappy and energeticFri Sept 03 2021 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week, including 5 stars for Jude LawThe Nest, Candyman and Redemption of a Rogue in cinemas, Demonic streamingSun Aug 29 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: The B&B paperback is deadUp to the 1980s, every Irish B&B had bookshelves stuffed with books left by guestsSat Aug 28 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who was not one of Richard Lester’s original Three Musketeers?Plus: Name the only film to date to be nominated for four male acting OscarsFri Aug 27 2021 - 06:00
Redemption of a Rogue: Mucky goings-on in CavanReview: Black humour interspersed with mad visions flesh out the dark themesFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
Candyman: There goes the neighbourhood, againThis sequel to the horror classic is a blood-soaked treatment of the United States’ racial tensionsFri Aug 27 2021 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Expect all celebrities to have their own tequila by 2050It transpires that Black Irish is Mariah Carey’s entry into the ‘Irish cream’ warsSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
Juliet Stevenson: ‘My agent said: Go to Hollywood. I thought: I just can’t do this sh*t’She comes to Galway next month (kind of) in an adaptation of José Saramago’s BlindnessSat Aug 21 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: Who, in 1984, was talking Italian (as he waited)?Plus: Hitchcock’s loss – and that of cinema more widely – was which dynasty’s gain?Fri Aug 20 2021 - 06:00
Censor: Niamh Algar keeps the momentum surging in this video-nasty horrorReview: Prano Bailey-Bond brings a clever concept to life with invention and emotional honestyFri Aug 20 2021 - 05:00
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan – Sitcom stars hit the big screenReview: Hard to say if film adaptation will appeal to people unfamiliar with Kurupt FM crewFri Aug 20 2021 - 05:00
Bill Murray is helping to flog Ireland. So what’s he getting out of it?The friend of the old country is golfing his way around the island with help from Fáilte IrelandThu Aug 19 2021 - 07:20
Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas CoppolaAs his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genreTue Aug 17 2021 - 06:00
Donald Clarke: Video games spawned two film genres. Only one of them is awfulThe other, which includes new release Free Guy, helps explain how we became what we areSat Aug 14 2021 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: What film was Meryl Streep’s first Oscar nomination for?Plus: Spot the film not directed by Clint Eastwood (that you’ve probably forgotten)Fri Aug 13 2021 - 06:00
Coda: An irresistible if generic dramaSian Heder’s Sundance winner pushes all the right emotional buttonsFri Aug 13 2021 - 05:00
Free Guy: When the game starts fighting backRyan Reynolds plays a video game character who’s not going to take it any moreFri Aug 13 2021 - 05:00
‘Video nasties’: It was the 1980s, and moral madness stalked the landA child was possessed while watching a film, moralists claimed, and even dogs were corruptedThu Aug 12 2021 - 06:00
